 | English literature - 1787 - 534 pages
...without vice. He ufed to fay, that no man read Ion; tojeîher with я folio on his table. Book?, faiJ he, that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are [he moft ufeful aller all. He would fay, fuch books form tile m;tn of geuer.il and e.ifv reading. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...vice. He ufed to fay, that no man read long together with a folio on his table : — Books, faid he, that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the mod ufeful after all. — He would fay, fuch books form the man of general and eafy reading. Oj He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...vice. He ufed to fay, that no man read long together with a folio on his table: — Books, faid he, that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the moft ufeful after all. — He would fay, fuch books form the man of general and eafy reading. O 3 He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...vice. He ufed to fay, that no man read long together with a folio on his table :— »Books, faid he, that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the moft ufeful after all. — He would fay, fuch books form the man of general and eafy reading. He was... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...Johnson used to say that no man read long together with a folio on his table. " Books," said he, " that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all." ' Johnson's Works (1787), xi. 197. See also The Idler, No. 67, and/w/, April 12, 1776, and under Sept.... | |
 | Philip Massinger - 1830 - 440 pages
... f THE FAMILY LIBRARY. " BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY...ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF A MORE ERUDITE APPEARANCE."... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1837 - 504 pages
...get out an edition for the benefit of the church at large. It was well observed by Dr. Johnson — " Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily...all. A man will often look at them, and be tempted to go on, when he would have been frightened at books of a larger size, and of a more erudite appearance."... | |
 | John Galt - Poets, English - 1830 - 352 pages
...in the morning. His life here was an entire seclusion, devoted to poetry " THE END. TO THE PUBLIC. " Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your kant^ are the most useful after all. A man will often look at them, and be tempted to go on, when he... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1831 - 320 pages
...brought out, combining cheapness with elegance, is also worthy of approbation." — Oriental Herald. " BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY...ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF A MORE ERUDITE APPEARANCE."... | |
 | Sir Francis Palgrave - Great Britain - 1831 - 450 pages
...Dr. Johnson, in the well-chosen quotation by which Mr. Murray recommends me to his customers — ' that you may carry to the ' fire, and hold readily...A man will often look at them, ' and be tempted to go on, when he would have ' been frightened at books of a larger size or a ' more erudite appearance.'... | |
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Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. 
