 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 sider
...give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce suoh a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 sider
...give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There would he scarce such a thing in nature as a folio ; the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 sider
...perfect happiness for there is no such thing in the world. Were all books reduced to their quintessence many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper there would be no such thing in nature as a folio the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves not to mention... | |
 | 1859 - 690 sider
...how true and striking is the remark of Mr. Addison : " Were all books reduced to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper; there would scarcely be such a thing in nature as a folio ; the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 sider
...quintessence of books, and condense folios into pamphlets. ' Were all books thus reduced,' says Addison, ' many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There would scarce be such a thing in nature as a folio; the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1875 - 208 sider
...examination improved, nor action embodied. — Lacon. 501. Were all books reduced to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There would be scarcely any such thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 sider
...give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio; the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ;... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 sider
...give the virtue of a full draught in a few drops. Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio; the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ;... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1885 - 908 sider
...after all. —Dr. Л. Johnson. 13. Voluminous. (675.) Were all books reduced to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper. There would scarcely be any such thing in nature as a folio : the works of an aee 19 ) BOOKS. would be contained... | |
 | William Wheeler - 1892 - 200 sider
...great evil." — Translation of filotto to Essay 124. Were all books reduced to their quintessence, many a bulky Author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in Nature as a Folio. The works of an age would be contained on a few shelves,... | |
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... such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated. 
