 | English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves — AVhat a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as goon dislodge a shade.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though * Januses of one face — SIR THOMAS BROWNE. all the souls of all the writers, that have bequeathed...reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade.... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...solace rne, arc thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is on old library! It seems as though all the souls of all...writers, that have bequeathed their labours to these BodInans, were reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 362 pages
...most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves • What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...bequeathed their labours to these Bodleians, were * Januses of one face. — SIR THOMAS BROWNE. reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state.... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves — their winding sheets. I could as soon dislodge a... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...do most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their windingsheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...do most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1851 - 396 pages
...do most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering- learning, thy shelves What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade.... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves — their winding sheets. I could as soon dislodge a... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves — What a place to be in is an old library ! It seems as though all...reposing here, as in some dormitory or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves — their winding sheets. I could as soon dislodge a... | |
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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,... 
