 | John Ruskin - 2006 - 193 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 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... | |
 | 1884 - 1112 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... | |
 | 1896 - 682 oldal
...bibliomaniac. But you never call one a horse manic, 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 do }ou think the contents of the book-shelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch,... | |
 | Vermont. Free Public Library Commission - 1906 - 530 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.— John Ruskin. 35 anks for Gift from VLA BY ELIZABETH C. HILLS A PRAYER iy joy in life to find ivery... | |
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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. 
