...and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke...; but old editions of writers, such as Sir Philip Sydney, Bishop Taylor, Milton in his prose-works, Fuller — of whom we have reprints, yet the books...

...and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke...Newcastle, by his Duchess — no casket is rich enough, 44 no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel. Not only rare volumes of this...

...book is, the less it demands from binding . . . but where a book is at once both good and rare ... no casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel." The evident commonsense of such a statement appeals to everyone who owns and reads books. There is...

...(published in 1667 in his lifetime) is worth all the rest. " No casket is rich enough," declared Lamb, ' ' no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel." Equally charming is her autobiographical sketch. Pepys gives an amusing account of the performance...

...species, and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine; such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke...reprinted, but old editions of writers, such as Sir Philip Sydney, Bishop Taylor, Milton in his prose works, Fuller, (of whom we have reprints, yet the books...

...and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke...— no casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently 20 durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel. Not only rare volumes of this description, which...

...Maria, and a poet, playwright, and philosophic writer. Of her life of her husband, Charles Lamb said : ' No casket is rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel.' P. 122. The Earle of Kingston. Robert Pierrepont, first Earl (1584-1643). P. 122. His eldeat xonne....

...cover, could grow enthusiastic over his favourite Duchess of Newcastle, and declare that no casket was rich enough, no casing sufficiently durable, to honour and keep safe such a jewel. Collectors of the abstract type looked, and still look, at the essence or soul — at the object pure...

...and when that perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch That can its light relumine — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke...reprinted; but old editions of writers, such as Sir Philip Sydney, Bishop Taylor, Milton in his prose-works, Fuller — of whom we have reprints, yet the books...

...when thai perishes, We know not where is that Promethean torch 15 That can its light relumine ; — such a book, for instance, as the Life of the Duke...only rare volumes of this description, which seem hope- 20 less ever to be reprinted ; but old editions of writers, such as Sir Philip Sydney, Bishop...