 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 684 pages
...though all the souls of all tir writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state....and the odour of their old moth-scented coverings ia fragrant as th* first bloom of those sciential apples which grew amid the happy orchard. Still less... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state....dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking * Januses of one face.— Sm THOMAS BROWNE. amid their foliage ; and the odour of their old moth-scented... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1868 - 728 pages
...though all the soule of all ' the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were ' reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state....not want to ' handle, to profane the leaves, their winding sheets. I could as soon ' dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking amid their '... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...seems as if all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labors to these Bodleians* were reposing here as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, — thenwinding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning walking amid their... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1871 - 484 pages
...though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labors to these Bodleians, were reposing here as in some dormitory, or middle state....inhale learning, walking amid their foliage ; and the odor of their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom of those sciential apples which... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1872 - 274 pages
...example in the following:— " I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves their winding sheet-n. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning walking amid their foliage."—Lamb. Here the leaves of the hooks in a library are first compared to the "winding sheets"... | |
 | William Swinton - English language - 1874 - 140 pages
...or middle state. I do not want to (12) handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I (13) - could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking amidst their foliage ; and the odor of their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 62 pages
...though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state....do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their w inding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state....not want to handle, to profane the leaves — their winding sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...though all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state....inhale learning, walking amid their foliage; and the odourof their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom of those sciential apples which... | |
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What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves,... 
