What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves,... Catalogue - Page 1081912Full view - About this book
| 1835 - 430 pages
...of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is on old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these BodInans, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
| Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though * Januses of one face — SIR THOMAS BROWNE. all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
| English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...of mouldering learning, thy shelves — AVhat a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
| Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 362 pages
...of mouldering learning, thy shelves • What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were * Januses of one face. — SIR THOMAS BROWNE. reposing here, as in some dormitory,... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
| Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1845 - 398 pages
...! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade.... | |
| 1883 - 846 pages
...'What a place," says Charles Lamb, speaking of Oxford, 'to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. say to us about books.... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle,... | |
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