 | John Ferriar - Bible - 1809 - 30 pages
.../. 108. « « PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND ; BY J. HADDOCK, WARRINGTON. 1809 THE BIBLIOMANIA, AN EPISTLE, TO RICHARD HEBER, ESQ....eyes behold The Princeps-copy, clad in blue and gold, A 2 Where the tall Book-case, with partition thin, Displays, yet guards the tempting charms within... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - Fables - 1820 - 388 pages
...to feed the whimsies of bibliomanists," as he himself expresses it ; the Editor, conscious of " What wild desires, what restless torments seize " The hapless man, who feels the book disease," conceives he is rendering, to the curious in wood engraving, a very acceptable acquisition,... | |
 | Library science - 1880 - 112 pages
...collector : What wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book disease, If niggard Fortune cramp his gen'rous mind, And Prudence quench the Spark by heaven assign' J ! "With wistful glance his aching eyes behold The Princeps-copy, clad in blue and gold, Where... | |
 | Ernest Chester Thomas - Libraries - 1880 - 618 pages
...Haddock, Warrington. 1809." Oar bibliomaniacal poet first paints the woes of the poor collector : What wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book disease, If niggard Fortune cramp his gen'rous mind, And Prudence quench the Spark by heaven assign'd... | |
 | leypoldt - 1880 - 370 pages
...Haddock, Warrington. 1809." Our bibliomaniacal poet first paints the woes of the poor collector : — What wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book disease, If niggard Fortune cramp his gen'rous mind, And Prudence quench the Spark by heaven assign'd... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 310 pages
...restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book disease, If niggard Fortune cramp his gcn'rous mind, And Prudence quench the Spark by heaven assign'd ! With wistful glance his aching eyes behold 5 The Princeps-copy, clad in blue and gold, Where the tall Book-case, with partition thin, Displays,... | |
 | Brander Matthews, Andrew Lang - Book verse - 1888 - 196 pages
...112. .„„.. KUBB,.., An Epistle to Richard Heber. Esf. JOHN FERRIAR. Itanciutttr, April. 1809. WHAT wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book -disease, If niggard Fortune cramp his gen'rous mind And Prudence quench the Spark by heaven assign'd... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - Anthologies - 1911 - 452 pages
...proud expense, And humbly is contented with the sense. E. YOUNG. The Love of Fame. THE BIBLIOMANIA WHAT wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless...feels the book-disease, If niggard Fortune cramp his generous mind, And Prudence quench the spark by heaven assigned ! With wistful glance his aching eyes... | |
 | Library science - 1914 - 632 pages
...to all others In the world." The term is explained by the poet-doctor in the following lines: What wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless...feels the bookdisease, If niggard Fortune cramp his generous mind, And Prudence quench the spark by Heaven assign'd! With wistful glance his aching eyes... | |
 | Medicine - 1921 - 468 pages
...contains many wonderful lines in its fourteen pages and really deserves to be reprinted. It begins: What wild desires, what restless torments seize The hapless man, who feels the book-disease. Taste, tho' misled, may yet some purpose gain, But fashion guides a book compelling train. The "book... | |
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If niggard Fortune cramp his gen'rous mind, And Prudence quench the Spark by heaven assign'd ! With wistful glance his aching eyes behold The Princeps-copy, clad in blue and gold, Where the tall Book-case, with partition thin, Displays, yet guards the... 
