 | George Borrow - 1851 - 420 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | George Borrow - 1851 - 430 pagina’s
...suited for all classes and all climates. Dr. Johnson says : " Books that you may carry to the ftre, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. A man will often look at them, and be tempted to go on when he would be frightened at books of a larger... | |
 | John Murray - 1851 - 312 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Joakim Frederik Schouw - 1852 - 488 pagina’s
...form ot Sir Walter Scott, and Byron's Works, is just such an edition as Dr. Johnson himself loved and recommended. In one of the Ana recorded in the supplementary...in your hand, are the most useful after all. Such l>oolts form the mass ofgeneral and easy reading." BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON, one stout, closely,... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1852 - 372 pagina’s
...form of Sir Walter Scott and Byron's Works, is )ust such an edition as Dr. Jobnson himself loved and recommended. In one of the Ana recorded in the supplementary...edition, he says : "Books that you may carry to the fiie, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. Such'books form the mass of general... | |
 | Howard Staunton - 1852 - 514 pagina’s
...recommended. In one of the Ana recorded In tlie supplementary volumes of the present edition, lie nays; "Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most lift- in' I after all. Such books form the mass ofgeneral and easy reading." BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - 1852 - 518 pagina’s
...or ,' Sir Waiter Scott, and Byron's Works, is iust such an edition as Dr. Johnson himself loved and recommended. In one of the Ana recorded in the supplementary volumes of the present edition, he says : " llooks that you may carry to the lire, and hold readily in your luuni, are the most useful after... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1852 - 520 pagina’s
...form ol Sir Walter Scott, and Byron's Works, is just such an edition ns Dr. Johnson himself loved and recommended. In one of the Ana recorded in the supplementary volumes of the present edition, lie says: "Books that you may curry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are ihe n,'j..i useful... | |
 | Hans Christian Ørsted - 1852 - 842 pagina’s
...form ot Sir Walter Scott, and Byron's Works, is just such an edition as Dr. Johnson himself loved and recommended. In one of the Ana recorded in the supplementary volumes of the present edit: .:', he says: "Books that you may curry to the lire, and hold readily in your hand, are the .;,.•-!... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 104 pagina’s
...the " Little Classics " has proved anew the truth of Dr. Johnson's remark : " Books that you may cany to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all." The attractive character of their contents has been very strongly commended to public favor by the... | |
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Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. 
