The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Հատոր 139A. Constable, 1874 |
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... probably sold his copy- right , complains that this price is too high , and that a fair profit might be had by selling it for half the sum : — ' Quatuor est nimium ; poterit constare duobus , Et faciet lucrum bibliopola Tryphon . ' From ...
... probably sold his copy- right , complains that this price is too high , and that a fair profit might be had by selling it for half the sum : — ' Quatuor est nimium ; poterit constare duobus , Et faciet lucrum bibliopola Tryphon . ' From ...
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... probably the first in which the Christian literature obtained a footing . It may well be doubted , indeed , whether Constantine's new library was not mainly designed for Christian books . These he caused to be sought out diligently in ...
... probably the first in which the Christian literature obtained a footing . It may well be doubted , indeed , whether Constantine's new library was not mainly designed for Christian books . These he caused to be sought out diligently in ...
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... probably a missal , or gradual , at six and eight pence , and a similar volume in 1357 cost only four shillings . No information is given as to the size of these volumes , but in the department of school literature we find a copy of ...
... probably a missal , or gradual , at six and eight pence , and a similar volume in 1357 cost only four shillings . No information is given as to the size of these volumes , but in the department of school literature we find a copy of ...
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... probably have remained an all but complete repertory of the printed books of the fif- teenth century . Sixtus V. renewed the building , and laid the foundation of a careful scheme for the systematic enlargement of the collection , which ...
... probably have remained an all but complete repertory of the printed books of the fif- teenth century . Sixtus V. renewed the building , and laid the foundation of a careful scheme for the systematic enlargement of the collection , which ...
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... probably one of the most accomplished masters in his age of the practical science of library economy , attempted from this return to form , in the article Libraries ' in the English En- cyclopædia , published in 1860 , an approximate ...
... probably one of the most accomplished masters in his age of the practical science of library economy , attempted from this return to form , in the article Libraries ' in the English En- cyclopædia , published in 1860 , an approximate ...
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Էջ 570 - Seest thou yon dreary plain, forlorn and wild, The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful?
Էջ 111 - Suppose that all your objects in life were realized ; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?
Էջ 113 - What made Wordsworth's poems a medicine for my state of mind, was that they expressed, not mere outward beauty, but states of feeling, and of thought coloured by feeling, under the excitement of beauty.
Էջ 112 - I, for the first time, gave its proper place, among the prime necessities of human well-being, to the internal culture of the individual. I ceased to attach almost exclusive importance to the ordering of outward circumstances, and the training of the human being for speculation and for action.
Էջ 113 - ... shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power; And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation. Here you stand, Adore and worship, when you know it not ; Pious beyond the intention of your thought, Devout above the meaning of your will.
Էջ 111 - I carried it with me into all companies, into all occupations. Hardly anything had power to cause me even a few minutes oblivion of it.
Էջ 570 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful? Thither let us tend* From off the tossing of these fiery waves, There rest, if any rest can harbour there...
Էջ 111 - It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasurable excitement ; one of those moods when what is pleasure at other times, becomes insipid or indifferent ; the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism usually are, when smitten bv their first "conviction of sin.
Էջ 112 - The maintenance of a due balance among the faculties, now seemed to me of primary importance. The cultivation of the feelings became one of the cardinal points in my ethical and philosophical creed.