 | John Ruskin - 1895 - 184 oldal
...longer. I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 oldal
...If you will not rise to us, we cannot stoop to you." . . . I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, . .... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1895 - 138 oldal
...I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. 32. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much do 10 you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend... | |
 | A. L. Humphreys - 1897 - 218 oldal
...they were ignorant of such things.'1 Mr. Ruskin's Advice. ' I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...— a biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining... | |
 | ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS - 1897 - 222 oldal
...they were ignorant of such things.' 1 Mr. Ruskiifs Advice. I 1 say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad—a biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse maniac, though men ruin themselves every... | |
 | Arthur Lee Humphreys - 1897 - 218 oldal
...they were ignorant of such things.' 1 Mr. Ruskitis Advice. ' I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much...a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad—a biblio-maniac. But you never call any one a horse maniac, though men ruin themselves every... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 oldal
...It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life." " How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries,...private, as compared with what we spend on our horses ? " asks another enthusiastic lover of books. "If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1900 - 152 oldal
...I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. 32. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much do you •20 think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1901 - 137 oldal
...will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. 25 32. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much...what we spend on our horses? If a man spends lavishly 30 on his library, you call him mad—a bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1903 - 324 oldal
...I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause. 32. I. I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much...spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac.0 But you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their... | |
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What do we, as a nation, care about books ? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses ? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad — a bibliomaniac. 
