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22605''Alack, sir,''rejoined the landlady,''what is there that thus disturbs you in the sight of those books? 22605 ''Madam,''said Ferdinand,''is there no possibility of inspecting the books in the cupboard?
22605''Who, madam, who is the lucky owner?'' 22605 ''Will he part with them?
22605( Is n''t"A thing of beauty,"& c., the opening line?)
22605Can any book be finer than"André''s Journal"?
22605Can you introduce me to him?''
22605Remembering this, how can one help wishing to furnish his house with some such furniture?
22605To whom do such gems belong?''
22605What material, color, and general make- up shall it have?
22605What should he do?
22605Where does he live?
22605Where is the key?''
22605Why not also attend the opera and your various social functions by proxy, through your secretary?
21630And that Rome is no where less known and less loved than at Rome?
21630And was not justice satisfied?
21630And who reaped so laboriously or gleaned so carefully as those two illustrious scholars?
21630Besides who is to pacify the churches of Britain, if St. Cuthbert can not defend them with so great a number of saints?
21630But we will not denounce them here, for did not the day of retribution come?
21630But what will he say to the fine Bibles that crown and adorn the list?
21630But, careful as they were, what would these monks have thought of"paper- sparing Pope,"who wrote his Iliad on small pieces of refuse paper?
21630For had he not shown his love to God by his munificence to His Church on earth?
21630Moreover as to the simple question-- Were the monks booklovers?
21630Or bend to him with any obedience?
21630Sharon Turner thus renders a portion of Satan''s speech from the Saxon of Cædmon:"Yet why should I sue for his grace?
21630What good could come of them?
21630What good purpose then will it serve to cavil at the monks forever?
21630Where is the Christian who will not rejoice that the Gospel of Christ was read and loved in the turbulent days of the Norman monarchs?
21630Where is the philosopher who will affirm that we owe nothing to this silent but effectual and fervent study?
21630Where is the reader who will not regard these instances of Bible reading with pleasure?
21630Who this simple layman, whose ignorance rendered him an unfit_ socius_ for the plodding monks of old St. Albans Abbey?
21630Who will say after this that the monks were ignorant of the sciences and careless of the arts?
21630[ 397] And who was this poor, humble, unlettered clerk?
21630and does not the reader behold in it the very type and personification of its existence now?
21630does he not see in Richard de Bury the prototype of a much honored and agreeable bibliophile of our own time?
21630spare thy people, and take not thine inheritance from them;''nor let the Pagans say,''Where is the God of the Christians?''
36764And could that auburn hair grow gray, And wrinkles line thy face?
36764And didst thou marry, or art thou Still of the spinster tribe?
36764And hath thy lot been like to mine, Or pinched and bare and sore?
36764And so when asked if book- collecting pays, I retort by asking, does piety pay?
36764But if a club of fifteen girls determine to read a book, do they buy fifteen copies?
36764Do grandsons round thy hearthstone play, Or dost thou end thy race?
36764Do they buy five copies?
36764How many of the first edition men know of the interesting fact narrated by Mr. Crowe?
36764In this age of historic doubt and iconoclasm, are not the heroes of our favorite romances much more real than those of history?
36764Is not the first printed book still the finest ever printed?
36764Lucrezia, of the poisoned cup, Why do you shrink away by stealth?
36764Oh, why do you elude me so-- Ye portraits that so long I''ve sought?
36764Perchance thou art a widow now, Steeled against second bribe?
36764Show forth your face, Anonymous, Whose name is in the books I con Most frequently; so famous thus, Will you not come to me anon?
36764The real world, do we say?
36764What can be more pleasing than the modern Quantin edition of the classics?
36764What chattel is there for which the buyer can get as much as he paid, even the next day?
36764What has not the animal Man collected?
36764What knows he of the joys of the tramper in the forest, who stalks the deer, or scares up smaller game, singly, and has to work hard for his bag?
36764Which is the real world, that of history or that of fiction?
36764Why should I haunt a purling stream, Or fish in miasmatic brook?
36764Why should I jolt upon a horse And after wretched vermin roam, When I can choose an easier course With Fox and Hare and Hunt at home?
36764Why should I scratch my precious skin By crawling through a hawthorne hedge, When Hawthorne, raking up my sin, Stands tempting on the nearest ledge?
36764Why should I sit upon a stile And cause my aged bones to ache, When I can all the hours beguile With any style that I would take?
36764art thou still in life and time, Or hast thou gone before?
36764which shall I rescue?"
36764why so coy, Godiva fair?
22607But, by- the- by, what is it?
22607Who was the lucky purchaser?
22607''"And never buys?"
22607''"What is the book, my lord?"
22607''And it was solely for the sake of books that you committed these murders?''
22607''And why?''
22607''At what time do you dine?''
22607''Certainly, but why and wherefore?''
22607''Does that not interest them in the book, so that they buy it?''
22607''Here, what do you want for this?''
22607''His companion smiled, and replied by another question:"What is the man who reads the book?"
22607''Steal?''
22607''What do you think of my library?''
22607''What''s yer figger for them, any way?
22607), remarkable on account of its copy of the Valdarfer Boccaccio, 1471, £ 230; a copy(?
22607And what, indeed, it may be asked, will become of the hundreds and thousands of books which are now all the fashion?
22607But can so much and so many rare books ever be collected again in that space of time?''
22607But would he draw the line at stealing a book which deals with thieves?
22607Dr. King, in his translation(?)
22607How many men, who are getting £ 1,000 a year, spend £ 1 per month on books?
22607In what manner?
22607Taking the other man aside, he said,''Who have you been bidding for?''
22607Taking up this very volume, he turned to me and remarked,"This looks a rare edition, Mr. Stevens; do n''t you think so?
22607The enterprising individual who, on receipt of a catalogue of medical books, wired to the bookseller,''What will you take for the lot?''
22607What heart, having the least spark of ingenuity, is not hot at this indignity offered to literature?
22607What soul can be so frozen as not to melt into anger thereat?
22607Where is Dr. Johnson''s library, which must bear traces of his buttered toast?
22607[ Illustration:_ Lamb''s Cottage at Colebrook Row, Islington._] In an edition of Donne[?
22136Pray, Mr Surtees,said the great man,"do you think that any other undergraduate in the college would have taken that liberty?"
22136Was not that then an awful wasting of his substance on vanities?
22136What had the brother paid for that bauble[ a picture by Wouvermans], for instance?
22136You fool,was the reply,"is that any reason why you should go to hell?"
22136''No, thank you, sir; I have ordered a bit of supper; perhaps you will walk up with me?''
22136A nervous inquiry in later years, if he heard of any guest being expected, was,"He, or she, will not meddle with me, will he?"
22136Being endowed with power and wealth, and putting to himself the question,"What can I render to the Lord for all that he hath conferred on me?"
22136But how many instances far more flagrant could be found in picture- buying?
22136Every tribute from such_ dona ferentes_ cost him much uneasiness and some want of sleep-- for what could he do with it?
22136He is known to quote Scripture for his purposes, but who ever before heard of his writing a sermon-- and, as it seems, a sound and orthodox one?
22136How are you all?
22136How many drops?
22136If a novel was recommended to him he used to inquire,"Is there plenty of murder in it?"
22136In what mood and shape shall he be brought forward?
22136Is it not something in itself to possess genius?
22136May the writer here be permitted to state that she considers this small and little- noticed work the best of all her husband''s productions?
22136Might it not be as well to remain until that period, when I might attend the Circuit and bring you back?
22136Quo innumerabiles libros et bibliothecas, quarum dominus vix tota vita indices perlegit?
22136Surely you will not let this cruel king rob us of the fruits of our industry?
22136The reason for sorrow, then, what is it?
22136The stranger replied--"Sir, I am a minister; let me hear the text?"
22136These he set to cater for him, and he triumphantly asks,"Among so many of the keenest hunters, what leveret could lie hid?
22136True, the world at large has gained a brilliant essay on Euripides or Plato-- but what is that to the rightful owner of the lost sheep?
22136What can be the theory of such a costume?
22136What can it be?
22136What fry could evade the hook, the net, or the trawl of these men?
22136What use of putting notions into the greedy barbarian''s head, as if one were to find treasures for him?
22136What would you think of such an association?
22136When he had come so close that I could hardly escape him, he roared out:''Is''t you''at''s the laad Colonel H.''at''s been runnan''awa''?''
22136Where next are we to be disenchanted?
22136Who can deny it?
22136Who could gainsay those believed to hold in their hands the issues of life and death?
22136Who knows what he may be reduced to?
22136Who shall say what the belated traveller may make of this?
22136Why was he taken away from his attendance at Mr Winchester''s office?
22136[ 79] What would the learned world give for the restoration of these things?
22136a street- boy of some sort?
22136and whose fault is that?"
22136cries the carle;''Gie me an answer, short and plain-- Is the sow flitted, yammerin''wean?''"
28540Alack, sir,rejoined the landlady,"what is there that thus disturbs you in the sight of those books?
28540How is this?
28540I am at a loss,said Philemon,"to comprehend exactly what you mean?"
28540I dreamt a dream last night;which has been already told-- but what was yours?
28540Madam,said Ferdinand,"is there no possibility of inspecting the_ books_ in the_ cupboard_--where is the key?"
28540Well, and what message was this? 28540 Well, then, and will we see what a weighty message this was that Gardiner so exquisitely commended?
28540What dream has disturbed your rest?
28540What,cried I,"is the meaning of these objects?"
28540When the king saw the Archbishop enter the room, he said,''What have you brought with you those_ rarities_ and_ jewels_ you told me of?'' 28540 Who BUT John Clarke?"
28540Who was the happy man to accomplish such a piece of binding? 28540 Who, madam, who is the lucky owner?"
28540Why do you so much admire the Helen of Zeuxis?
28540Will he part with them-- where does he live? 28540 ''For whom,''said the king,''is this model?'' 28540 ''This Briefe Examen following, was found in the Archbishop''s( Laud?) 28540 ( George Peele''s: 7_l._ 7_s._) 1902:( Sackville''s Ferrex and Porrex: 2_l._ 4_s._)--But--quo Musa tendis?"
28540( and are there not a few, apparently, as unimportant and confined in these rich volumes of the Treasures of Antiquity?)
28540( what is there between a Scot and a Sot?)
28540--Is it not probable that Dr. Johnson himself might have sold for SIXPENCE, a_ Tusser_, which now would have brought a''GOLDEN GUINEA?'']
28540--What say you to this specimen of Caxtonian eloquence?
285405 5 0( Shall I put one, or one hundred marks-- not of admiration but of astonishment-- at this price?!
28540A brave and enviable spirit this!--and, in truth, what is comparable with it?
28540A little volume of indescribable rarity 12 15 0 221 Arnold''s Chronicle, 4to., printed at Antwerp, by Doesborch( 1502)?
28540After such an account, what bibliomaniac can enjoy perfect tranquillity of mind unless he possess a_ Grollier copy_ of some work or other?
28540Ah, well- a- day!--have I not come to the close of my BOOK- HISTORY?
28540Alas, madam!--why are you so unreasonable?
28540Alas, when will all these again come under the hammer at one sale?!
28540Am I to talk for ever?
28540And do you imagine that no one, but yourself, has his pockets"lined with pistoles,"on these occasions?
28540And of this latter who can possibly entertain a doubt?
28540And pray what are these?
28540And when they tell ought, what delight can be in those things that be so plain and foolish lies?
28540And why not?
28540Are there any other bibliomaniacs of distinction yet to notice?
28540Are we as successful in printing upon vellum as were our forefathers?
28540Are you accustomed to attend book- auctions?
28540Are you then an enemy to booksellers, or to their catalogues when interlaced with bibliographical notices?
28540At what bookseller''s shop, or at what auction, are they to be procured?
28540But I suppose you would not object to be set right upon any subject of which you are ignorant or misinformed?
28540But I suspect you exaggerate?
28540But am I to be satisfied with the possession of those works already recommended?
28540But bibliography has never been, till now, a popular( shall I say fashionable?)
28540But can not you resume this conversation on the morrow?
28540But can you properly place Erasmus in the list?
28540But does he atone for his sad error by being liberal in the loan of his volumes?
28540But first tell us-- why are these copies so much coveted?
28540But had we not better speak of the book ravages, during the reformation, in their proper place?"
28540But have I not discoursed sufficiently?
28540But have you quite done, dear Lysander?
28540But how may this heat be brought again?
28540But it must have been obtained in the golden age of book- collecting?
28540But our friend is not forgetful of his promise?
28540But what becomes of the English, Spanish, and Italian bibliographers all this while?
28540But what can be said in defence of the dissolute lives of the monks?
28540But what has a BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE to do with_ Love_ and_ Marriage_?
28540But what has become of Ashmole all this while?
28540But what is become, in the while, of the English, Italian, and Spanish bibliographers-- in the seventeenth century?
28540But what is to be done?
28540But what is to be done?
28540But what shall we say to Lord Shaftesbury''s eccentric neighbour, HENRY HASTINGS?
28540But where shall we begin?
28540But why are we about to make learned dissertations upon the old English Chronicles?
28540But why is perfection to be expected, where every thing must necessarily be imperfect?
28540But why so suddenly silent, gentlemen?
28540But why so warm upon the subject?
28540But you promise to commence your_ symptomatic_ harangue on the morrow?
28540But you promise to renew the subject afterwards?
28540But you promise, when you revisit the library, not to behave so naughtily again?
28540But, Philemon, consider with what grace could this charge come from HIM who had"shed innocent blood,"to gratify his horrid lusts?
28540Can any eyes be so jaundiced as to prefer volumes printed in this crabbed, rough, and dismal manner?
28540Can it be possible?
28540Can such a declaration, from such a character, be credited?
28540Can the enlightened reader want further proof of the existence of the BIBLIOMANIA in the nunnery of Godstow?
28540Can these things be?
28540Can you find it in your heart, dear brother, to part with your black- letter Chronicles, and Hakluyt''s Voyages, for these new publications?
28540Can you introduce me to him?"
28540Come a short half hour, and who, unless the moon befriend him, can see the outline of the village church?
28540Did Geyler allude to such bibliomaniacs in the following sentence?
28540Did you ever read the inscription over the outside of my library door-- which I borrowed from Lomeir''s account of one over a library at Parma?
28540Did''st ever hear, Lisardo, of one WILLIAM THYNNE?
28540Do pray tell me what it is you wish me to go on with?
28540Do they contain more than the ordinary ones?
28540Do you frankly forgive-- and will you henceforth consider me as a worth[ Transcriber''s Note: worthy]"_ Aspirant_"in the noble cause of bibliography?
28540Do you mean to have it inferred that there were no collections, of value or importance, which were sold in the mean time?
28540Does he ever quote Clement, De Bure, or Panzer?
28540Does not this recital chill your blood with despair?
28540Does this madness''Grow with our growth, and strengthen with our strength?''
28540Dr. R(awlinson, qu.?)
28540First, therefore, what is meant by LARGE PAPER COPIES?
28540For heaven''s sake, into what society are we introduced, sister?
28540From what period shall we take up the history of BOOKISM( or, if you please, BIBLIOMANIA) in this country?
28540From what you say, it would appear to be wiser to lay out one''s money at a bookseller''s than at a book- auction?
28540Good news, I trust?
28540Good!--even good-- Robin- hood?
28540Had you not better confine yourself to personal anecdote, rather than enter into the boundless field of historical survey?
28540Has the reader ever seen the same primate''s copy of the_ Aldine Aristophanes_, 1498, in the same place?
28540Have we any other symptom to notice?
28540Have we here no patriotic spirit similar to that which influenced the Francises, Richlieus, Colberts, and Louises of France?
28540Have you many such characters to notice?
28540Have you nothing else, in closing this symptomatic subject, to discourse upon?
28540Have you recovered, Sir, the immense fatigue you must have sustained from the exertions of yesterday?
28540Have you the conscience to ask for more?
28540He afterwards came to himself, and demanded whether or not the king had arrived?
28540He replied,''But, Sir, shall I not now have it with me?''
28540How can I, therefore, after the fatigues of the whole of yesterday, and with barely seven hours of daylight yet to follow, pretend to enter upon it?
28540How do you feel?
28540How is this?
28540How shall I talk of thee, and of thy wonderful collection, O RARE RICHARD FARMER?
28540How so?
28540I have no doubt that there was a_ presentation_ copy printed UPON VELLUM; but in what cabinet does this precious gem now slumber?]
28540I hear him exclaim--"Where is this treasure now to be found?"
28540I hope you forgive her, Lysander?
28540I suppose, then, that Bagford, Murray, and Hearne, were not unknown to this towering bibliomaniac?
28540I suspect that, like many dashing artists, you are painting for_ effect_?
28540I think HENDERSON''S[397] library was sold about this time?
28540I will make a memorandum to try to secure this"comical"piece, as you call it; but has it never been reprinted in our"_ Corpora Poetarum Anglicorum_?"
28540If I mistake not, I observe the mild and modest countenance of my old acquaintance, HERBERT, in this bibliographical group of heads?
28540If it be said-- why"draw his frailties from their drear abode?"
28540In each of these instances, should we have heard the harsh censures which have been thrown out against it?
28540Is THOMAS RAWLINSON[375] so particularly deserving of commendation, as a bibliomaniac?
28540Is decoration to be confined only to the exterior?
28540Is not my reason good?"
28540Is that so formidable?
28540Is there any other passion, or fancy, in the book- way, from which we may judge of Bibliomaniacism?
28540Is this an episode?
28540Is this digressive?
28540Is''t not so, Lisardo?
28540It is unluckily printed upon wretched paper-- but who rejects the pine- apple from the roughness of its coat?
28540Let_ half_ of another similar course of time roll on, and where will the SURVIVORS be?
28540Look at your old romances, and what is the system of education-- of youthful pursuits-- which they in general inculcate?
28540Mercy on us-- what is this_ Burr_?!
28540Most true; but, in my humble opinion, most ridiculous; for what can a sensible man desire beyond the earliest and best editions of a work?
28540My question, yesterday evening, was-- if I remember well-- whether a_ mere collector_ of books was necessarily a bibliomaniac?
28540No; but I will line my pockets with pistoles, and who dare oppose me?
28540Now a- days, the last article alone would pr duce[ Transcriber''s Note: produce]--shall I say_ nine_ times the sum of the whole?
28540Now let any man, in his sober senses, imagine what must have been the number of volumes contained in the library of the above- named THOMAS RAWLINSON?
28540Now pray, Sir, inform us what is meant by that strange term, UNCUT COPIES?
28540Now, my friends, what have you to say against the_ English_ system of education?
28540Now, tell me who is yonder strange looking gentleman?
28540Of Padaloup, De Rome, and Baumgarten, where is the fine collection that does not boast of a few specimens?
28540Of SIR THOMAS MORE,[296] where is the schoolboy that is ignorant?
28540Of what do you suppose he would have informed us, had he indulged this bibliographical gossipping?
28540On collationnoit ensuite pour vérifier s''il n''y avoit ni transposition, ni omission de feuilles ou de pages?!!''
28540Or, is not_ that_ the most deserving of commendation which produces the most numerous and pleasing associations of ideas?
28540Or, open the beautiful volumes of the late interesting translation of Monstrelet, and what is almost the very first thing which meets your eye?
28540Passe, with thirty- two Englishes[ qu?
28540Perhaps you will go on with the mention of some distinguished patrons''till you arrive at that period?
28540Perhaps, Three Hundred Guineas?
28540Pray consider what will be the issue of this madness?
28540Pray inform us what are the means of cure in this disorder?
28540Quis enim in tanta multitudine rerum et librorum omnia exhauriret?
28540Quis non alicubi impingeret?
28540Quis putet esse Deos?
28540Quis salvum ab invidia caput retraheret, ac malignitatis dentes in liberiore censura evitaret?
28540Shakspeare, surely, could never have meant to throw such"physic"as this"to the dogs?!"
28540Shew me in what respect the gallant spirit of an ancient knight was hostile to the cultivation of the belles- lettres?
28540Skelton and Roy are in my library;[316] but who is RAMSAY?
28540Speak-- are you about to announce the sale of some bibliographical works?
28540Such a collection, sold at the present day-- when there is such a"_ qui vive_"for the sort of literature which it displays-- what would it produce?
28540Suppose we had found such a treatise in the volumes of Gronovius and Montfaucon?
28540Surely he knew something about books?
28540Tell me-- are bibliographers usually thus eloquent?
28540Tell us, good Lysander, what can you possibly mean by the_ seventh symptom_ of the Bibliomania, called TRUE EDITIONS?
28540The Clementine and Florentine museums?
28540The Spira Virgil of 1470, UPON VELLUM, will alone confer celebrity upon the_ first_ catalogue-- but what shall we say to the_ second_?
28540The leaves"discourse most eloquently"as you turn them over: and what sound, to the ears of a thorough bred bibliomaniac, can be more"musical?"]
28540The reader may, perhaps, wish for this,"coronation dinner?"
28540The science( dare I venture upon so magnificent a word?)
28540The weather will probably be fine, and let us enjoy a morning_ conversazione_ in THE ALCOVE?
28540Then, reading the title- page, he said,''What is this?
28540There is at present no reprint of either; and can I afford to bid ten or twelve guineas for each of them at a public book- sale?
28540They have likewise been made use of by several in part, but how much more complete had this been, had it been finished by himself?"
28540To what?
28540To whom do such gems belong?"
28540Upon condition that you promise not to interrupt me again this evening?
28540Upon what principle,_ a priori_, are we to ridicule and condemn it?
28540Upwards of thirty guineas?
28540Was Captain Sw- n, a Prisoner on Parole, to be catechised?
28540Was Captain Sw----n a Prisoner on Parole, to be catechised?
28540Was Wright''s the only collection disposed of at this period, which was distinguished for its dramatic treasures?
28540Was not this( think you) a good mean to live chaste?
28540Was there ever a more provoking blunder?!]
28540We admit Vitruvius, Inigo Jones, Gibbs, and Chambers, into our libraries: and why not Mr. Hope''s book?
28540We have heard of De Thou and Colbert, but who is GROLLIER?
28540Weary!?
28540What are become of Malvolio''s busts and statues, of which you were so solicitous to attend the sale, not long ago?
28540What are become of our bibliomaniacal heroes?
28540What can there possibly be in a large paper copy of a_ Catalogue of Books_ which merits the appellation of"nobleness"and"richness?"
28540What can you say in defence of your times of beloved chivalry?
28540What countenances are those which beam with so much quiet, but interesting, expression?
28540What defects do you discover here, Lysander?
28540What does the reader think of 2000 chickens, 4000 pigeons, 4000 coneys, 500"and mo,"stags, bucks, and roes, with 4000"pasties of venison colde?"
28540What gracious figures are those which approach to salute us?
28540What has become of Wyatt and Surrey-- and when shall we reach Leland and Bale?
28540What has become of the said Dr. Kenrick now?
28540What have we here?
28540What have we to do more with him than with the great Calypha of Damascus?
28540What is his name?
28540What is the meaning of this odd symptom?
28540What other ills have you to enumerate, which assail the region of literature?"
28540What say you?
28540What should I do with such books?
28540What should I rehearse here, what a bunch of BALLADS AND SONGS, all ancient?
28540What should he do?
28540What should now be done?
28540What think you of such a ridiculous passion in the book- way?
28540What was to be expected, but that boys, thus educated, would hereafter fall victims to the BIBLIOMANIA?]
28540What would we not give for an authenticated representation of Dean Colet in his library,[295] surrounded with books?
28540When and how do you propose going?
28540When does my Lord Brougham_ really_ mean to reform the law?
28540Where are we digressing?
28540Where sleep now the relics of DYSON''S Library, which supplied that_ Helluo Librorum_, Richard Smith, with"most of his rarities?
28540Which is the next symptom that you have written down for me to discourse upon?
28540Which of these is indicative of the_ true_ edition?
28540Who is that gentleman, standing towards the right of the auctioneer, and looking so intently upon his catalogue?
28540Who is the next bibliomaniac deserving of particular commendation?
28540Who is this Marcus?
28540Who shall hence doubt of the propriety of classing Ascham among the most renowned bibliomaniacs of the age?]
28540Who that has seen how frequently his name is affixed to Dedications, can disbelieve that Cecil was a LOVER OF BOOKS?
28540Who will accompany me?
28540Why does such indifference to the cause of general learning exist-- and in the 19th century too?
28540Why have I delayed, to the present moment, the mention of that illustrious bibliomaniac, EARL PEMBROKE?
28540Why this abrupt interruption?
28540Will not such volcanic fury burn out in time?
28540Will the same friend display equal fickleness in regard to THIS volume?
28540Will this word"re- animate his clay?"
28540With what?
28540Yet further intelligence?"
28540Yet what could justify the cruelty of dragging this piece of private absurdity before the public tribunal, on the death of its author?
28540Yet what has he not_ produced_ since that representation of his person?
28540Yet, who was surrounded by a larger troop of friends than the Individual who raised the Monument?
28540You allude to a late sale in Pall Mall, of one of the choicest and most elegant libraries ever collected by a man of letters and taste?
28540You allude to the STRAWBERRY HILL Press?
28540You are averse then to the study of bibliography?
28540You are full of book anecdote of Elizabeth: but do you forget her schoolmaster, ROGER ASCHAM?
28540You did not probably bid ten guineas for it, Lisardo?
28540You do n''t mean to sport_ hereditary_ aversions, or hereditary attachments?
28540You have all talked loudly and learnedly of the BOOK- DISEASE; but I wish to know whether a_ mere collector_ of books be a bibliomaniac?
28540You have called the reign of Henry the Seventh the AUGUSTAN- BOOK- AGE; but, surely, this distinction is rather due to the æra of Queen Elizabeth?
28540You observe, my friends, said I, softly, yonder active and keen- visaged gentleman?
28540You remember what Cowper says-- God made the country, and Man made the town?
28540You wished for these books, to_ set fire_ to them perhaps-- keeping up the ancient custom so solemnly established by your father?
28540]: from which will he obtain the clearer notions?
28540_ Where_ will you look for such books?
28540a place upon his shelf?
28540and Elizabeth, paid in proportion for the volumes of_ their_ Libraries?
28540and if so, has Mr. Hope illustrated it properly?
28540and set them to sale:''Magno conatu nihil agimus,''& c.''Quis tam avidus librorum helluo,''who can read them?
28540and, if so, are works, which treat of these only, to be read and applauded?
28540by one John Southern?
28540goods?
28540l.?
28540of the editor''s taste, than the ensuing representation of a pilgrim Hawker?
28540or suppose something similar to Mr. Hope''s work had been found among the ruins of Herculaneum?
28540said the king,''is it possible we shall behold yet more rarities?''
28540what they sold for?
28540when will such gems again glitter at one sale?
28540which you have in your possession?''
28540which, collectively, did not produce 35_l._--but which now, would have been sold for----!?