 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 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...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... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1880 - 466 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call 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 -winecellars ? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | 1880 - 736 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call 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, how much da you think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch,... | |
 | Thomas Alfred Spalding - 1880 - 244 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call 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, hmo much do you think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would... | |
 | 1880 - 1112 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call anyone a horsemaniac, though men ruin themKlves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books."— Sesame and Lilies, chap. i. Kings' Treasuries, p. 43, § 32. the value of what is already valuable... | |
 | 1882 - 404 oldal
...bibliomaniac ; but you never call one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by...the bookshelves 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 - 1882 - 224 oldal
...biblio-maniaa 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... | |
 | 1882 - 848 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call anyone a horsemaniac. though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear of people ruining themselves by their books. JOHN RUSKIN. A MISUNDERSTANDING. 'OuR married life was a long one — forty-eight years — and it... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call 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 con tents of its wine cellars? What position would its expenditure... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1883 - 320 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...the bookshelves 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. 
