 | English literature - 1906 - 578 pages
...good editions, and stock the libraries of great men. There is not a sale of books begins until Tom Folio is seen at the door. There is not an auction...nor a catalogue printed, that doth not come to him wet from the press. He is an universal scholar, so far as the title-page of all authors; knows the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 414 pages
...together good editions, and stock the libraries of great men. There is not a sale of books begins till Tom Folio is seen at the door. There is not an auction...in the very nick of time, in the critical moment, be- I0 fore the last decisive stroke of the hammer. There is not a subscription goes forward, in which... | |
 | Edmund Kemper Broadus - Books and reading - 1921 - 228 pages
...together good editions, and stock the libraries of great men. There is not a sale of books begins till Tom Folio is seen at the door. There is not an auction...nor a catalogue printed, that doth not come to him wet from the press. He is a universal scholar, so far as the title-page of all authors, knows the manuscripts... | |
 | Gwendolen Murphy - Characters and characteristics - 1925 - 496 pages
...together good Editions, and stock the Libraries of great Men. There is not a Sale of Books begins till Tom Folio is seen at the Door. There is not an Auction...nor a Catalogue printed, that doth not come to him wet from the Press. He is an universal Scholar, so far as the Title-Page of all Authors, knows the... | |
 | Gwendolen Murphy - Characters and characteristics - 1925 - 500 pages
...together good Editions, and stock the Libraries of great Men. There is not a Sale of Books begins till Tom Folio is seen at the Door. There is not an Auction...nor a Catalogue printed, that doth not come to him wet from the Press. He is an universal Scholar, so far as the Title-Page of all Authors, knows the... | |
 | Warner Taylor - American essays - 1927 - 668 pages
...good editions, and stock the libraries of great men. There is not a sale of books begins until Tom Folio is seen at the door. There is not an auction...nor a catalogue printed, that doth not come to him wet from the press. He is an universal scholar, so far as the title-page of all authors; knows the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 534 pages
...together good editions, and stock the libraries of great men. There is not a sale of books begins till Tom Folio is seen at the door. There is not an auction...last decisive stroke of the hammer. There is not a subcription goes forward, in which Tom is not privy to the first rough draught of the proposals ; nor... | |
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Tom Folio is seen at the door. There is not an auction where his name is not heard, and that too in the very nick of time, in the critical moment, before the last decisive stroke of the hammer. There is not a subscription goes forward in which Tom is... 
