| New York (N.Y.) - 1840 - 818 pages
...of the Circuating Library, where nothing circulates — but the Catalogue. Catching a glimpse, at a corner of a street, of your oldest and dearest friends,...character oblige you, after ' snatching a fearful joy,' to ear yourself away. Wandering fr«m one shop to another in search of a book, .nd finding twenty copies... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...the circulating library, where nothing circulates — but the cat. alogue! Catching a glimpse, at a corner of a street, of your oldest and dearest friends, Punch and his party, all in full squeak and veuille; from whom, however, the cruel decorums of age and character oblige you, aoei " snatching a... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 462 pages
...the circulating library, where nothing circulates' — but the catalogue ! ' Catching a glimpse, at a corner of a street, of your oldest and dearest friends,...whom, however, the cruel decorums of age and character obi ige you, after "snatching a fearful joy," to tear yourself away. Wandering from one shop to another... | |
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