 Buy good books, and read them ; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads ; for they may profit of the former. But take care not to understand editions and title-pages too well. It always...  The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 41by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1901 - 438 pages
...scarce books. Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads,...former. But take care not to understand editions and title-pages too well. It always smells of pedantry, and not always of learning. What curious books... | |
 | Allusions - 1942 - 222 pages
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