 We are few of us put to such trial, and more the pity; for, indeed, a precious thing is all the more precious to us if it has been won by work or economy ; and if public libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of...  The Poetical Works of Laman Blanchard - Seite 2von Laman Blanchard - 1876 - 359 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 Seiten
...libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 Seiten
...were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even fooliah men and women might sometimes suspect there was good...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making v even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 Seiten
...were half us costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even fooliah men and women might sometimes suspect there was good...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 Seiten
...libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 144 Seiten
...libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there was good in reading, as well as in munching and sparkT ling; whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 Seiten
...libraries were half as costly aa putilic dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...that if a book is worth reading it is worth buying. LETTERS AND THEIR ENDINGS. There is a large gamut of choice for endings, from the official "Your obedient... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 Seiten
...libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...that if a book is worth reading it is worth buying. LETTERS AND THEIR ENDINGS. There is a large gamut of choice for endings, from the official " Your obedient... | |
 | Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm - 1875 - 452 Seiten
...BOWERS. I. Gallops from Gorseborough. II. Scrambles with Scratch Packs. III. Studies with Stag Hounds. Square 8vo, cloth, extra gilt, gilt edges, with Coloured Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations, \Os. 6d. The Art of Beauty. By Mrs. HR HAWEIS, Author of "Chaucer for Children.' With nearly One Hundred... | |
 | Westland Marston - 1876 - 434 Seiten
...libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...— SESAME AND LILIES ; OR, KING'S TREASURES. CHATTO & WINDUS'S LIST OF BOOKS. Crown 8vo, Coloured Frontispiece and Illustrations, cloth gilt, It. dd. Advertising,... | |
 | Henry Kingsley - 1876 - 304 Seiten
...libraries "were half as costlv as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...reading it is worth buying." — SESAME AND LILIES, OR KINGS' TREASURES. ILtst of Boohs PUBLISHED BY CHATTO & WINDUS, 74^ 75, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W. jDVERTISINa,... | |
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