 | John Ruskin - 1894 - 504 oldal
...never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you donot hear of people ruining themselves by their books....the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position would ^its... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1895 - 184 oldal
...bibliomaniac. 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 themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1895 - 138 oldal
...But you never call any one a horsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their 15 horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position 20 would its... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 oldal
...bibliomaniac. 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 themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, . . . what position would our expenditure on literature take, as compared with our expenditure on luxurious... | |
 | A. L. Humphreys - 1897 - 218 oldal
...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 themselves by...books. Or, to go lower still, how much do you think the bookshelves of the 1 The Library, July, 1895. United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared... | |
 | ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS - 1897 - 222 oldal
...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 themselves by...books. Or, to go lower still, how much do you think the bookshelves of the 1 The Library, July, 1895. United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1898 - 260 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call any one ahorsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...lower still, how much do you think the contents of the book shelves of the United Kingdom, public or private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. . . . We talk of food for the mind, as of food for the body : now, a good book contains such food inexhaustibly... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1900 - 152 oldal
...you never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and 25 you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their...the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1901 - 137 oldal
...and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how much do 5 you think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with the contents of its wine-cellars? What position would its expenditure... | |
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If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad - a bibliomaniac. But you never call any one a horsemaniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. 
