 | James Fergusson - 1851 - 448 pages
...compass of a single shelf, or of one trunk, suited for all classes and all climates. Dr. Johnson says : " Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the moit useful after all. A man will often look at them, and be tempted to go on when he would be frightened... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1851 - 344 pages
...the supplementary volumes of the present edition, he :„»> i : " Books Hint vou may carry to Ihe fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. Such hooks form the mass ol general and easy reading." BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON, one stout, closely,... | |
 | George Borrow - 1851 - 420 pages
...single shelf, or of one trunk, suited for all classes and all climates. Dr. Johnson says : " Books tliat you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the mott useful after all. A man will often look at them, and Ite tempted to go on when he would be frightened... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 pages
...one trunk, suited for all classes and all climates. Dr. Johnson says : " Books that you may earry fo the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. A man will often look at them, andbe tempted to yo on when he would be fri9htened at books of a laryer... | |
 | Alphonse Marie L. de Prat de Lamartine - 1851 - 204 pages
...you may carry to the fire, and hold raadily in your hand, are th» most useful after all. Such hooks form the mass of general and easy reading." BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON, one ttout, closely, hut eleganllv printed vol foolscap 12mo, with fine equestrian Portrait of Napoleon... | |
 | John Murray - 1851 - 312 pages
...Sir JAMES CLARK, Bart., MD Post 8vo., 10s. 6d. A PORTMANTEAU LIBRARY. Books that you may carry easily and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. — DR. JOHNSON. The reading which Sir Humphry Dacy preferred was ' 1/ord Byron's Poems, of which he... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1877 - 388 pages
...wood to burn I Old wine to drink I Old friends to trust 1 Old books to read ! — Alanzo of Aragon. Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in youi hand are the most useful, after all. — Johnson. We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats,... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1877 - 388 pages
...wood to burn I Old wine to drink I Old f rienda to trust I Old books to read 1 — Alanzo of Aragon. Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in youi hand are the most useful, after all. — Johnson. We ocght to regard books as we do sweetmeats,... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - 1878 - 156 pages
...circumstance that little is known, must be considered as honorable to him." — Macaulay. " Books that you can carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all." — Dr. yohnson. REMARKS. 1. A phrase is one of the smaller divisions of a sentence, and consists of... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...gets thus are at such a distance from each other that he never attains to a full view. DR. S. JOHNSON. 8 ؠ8 DR. S. JOHNSON. Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book ! — M message to... | |
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Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. 
