 I said then, that a man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Page 116by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 1892 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - British fiction - 1891 - 724 pages
...item. " Well,'' he said, " I say now, as I said then, that a man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. Now, for such a case as the one which... | |
 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 1902 - 472 pages
...man should keep his little brain-attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, as the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." But to him the petty results of environment, the sign-manuals of labour, the stains of trade, the incidents... | |
 | Philip A. Shreffler - Fiction - 1989 - 436 pages
...Holmes. For him, no over-specialized collecting. All knowledge was grist to his mill. Had he not declared that "a man should keep his little brain-attic stocked...his library, where he can get it if he wants it"? " We may be sure that the lumber-room of Holmes's library contained some of the finest furniture, and... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)... | |
 | Arthur Conan Doyle - Fiction - 1996 - 1136 pages
...item. " Well," he said, " I say now, as I said then, that a man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. Now, for such a case as the one which... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...Poetical Works, eds. AJ and RM Carlyle (1908, rev. 1924). 3 A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, (1859-1930)... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...Arthur Conan 1859-1930 1175 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. 1176 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...beautiful countryside. 2990 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes A man should keep his little brain attic 317 The Ordeal of Richard Feverel I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Ma lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. 2991 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes... | |
 | Evelyn Beilenson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1999 - 76 pages
...ahead of his accomplishments. John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. Arthur Conan Doyle .......J.11II ..... | |
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