 But where a book is at once both good and rare — where the individual is almost the species, and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine, — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle,...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 525edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...almost the species, and when that perishes, We know not altere it that Promethean torch That can itt light relumiae— such a book, for instance, as the Life... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1828 - 266 pages
...we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare—where the individual is almost the species, and when that...instance, as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle, by his Duchess—no casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, becausfe we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel. Not only rare volumes of this description, which seem hopeless ever... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to b,e " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare—...perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch v. j . That can its light relumine — • „•, such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...almost the species, and when that perishes, We know nol where it thai Promethean torch That can its light relumine — •uch a book, for instance, as... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...individual is almost the species, and when that perishes, \Ve know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine — auch a book, for instance,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel. Not only rare volumes of this description, which seem hopeless ever... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumiuc — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle, by his Duchess — no... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterne." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...instance, as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle, by his dutchess — no casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...see them individually perish with less regret, because we know the copies of them to be " eterno." But where a book is at once both good and rare —...is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel. Not only rare volumes of this description, which seem hopeless ever... | |
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