 We are few of us put to such trial, and more the pity; for, indeed, a precious thing is all the more precious to us if it has been won by work or economy ; and if public libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of...  The Poetical Works of Laman Blanchard - Page 2by Laman Blanchard - 1876 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
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...libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which... | |
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...were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even fooliah men and women might sometimes suspect there was good...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making v even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything... | |
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...were half us costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even fooliah men and women might sometimes suspect there was good...whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which... | |
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