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$Utro$j)ectitoe lictncUi: ¦ ¦ ¦. , * ' ;¦ • • " ¦ °* » ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦•'< . :¦• , ¦ •• . f •: - . COMPANION TO THE LOVER OF OLD BOOKS. ! ¦ ' * ''' i' • . ¦¦' • ) : - . ' ' ' , . . ' '. ¦ r ; ; i ; ',; 'I •'
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$Utro$J)Ectitoe Lictncui: ¦ ¦ ¦. , * ' ;¦ • • " ¦ °* » ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦•'≪ . :¦• , ¦ •• . F •: - . Companion To The Lover Of Old Books. ! ¦ ' * ''' I' • . ¦¦' • ) : - . ' ' ' , . . ' '. ¦ R ; ; I ; ',; 'I •'
$ Utro $ j ) ectitoe lictncUi : ¦ ¦ ¦ . , * ' ;¦ • " ¦ ° * » ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦•'< . : ¦• , ¦ . f : - . COMPANION TO THE LOVER OF OLD BOOKS . ! ¦ ' * ''' i' . ¦¦ ' ) : - . ' ' ' , . . ' ' . ¦ r ; ; i ; ' , ; ' I •'
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.. ... . . .. " ' * : Ji . i ' ^\ JVo , III ;—Beneficence of Bookstalls . " Qalcfieoy or a Weatue ^ Ppliteness . " Curious instance of Italian ^ eiicacy ofjt ^ pto (^{ U
Great and liberal is the magic , pf the bookstaHs ; truly deserved is thie title of cheap shops . Your secpnd-hand bookseller is Second tp none in the worth of t ^ e treasury , wl > ich he dispenses ; far superior indeed to
most ; and infinitely superior ir * t ^ ie Dqiodest profits he is content with . So much so , that one rpally ; feels ashamed , sometimes , to pay him such nothings for his goods . In some instances ( for it is not the case with every one ) he condescends even to expect to be " beaten down" in fl \ e price he charges , petty as it is ; and accordingly
is good enough A to ask more than he Will take , as though lie did nothing but ffefine upon t \\ p pleasures of the purchaser * Not content with valuing knowledge and delight at a comparative nothing , he takes ingenious steps to make even that nothing less ; and under the guise of a pretty struggle to the contrary
( as if to give you an agteeafefe sense of your ehefg ! i 6 s ) sfe ^ His dissatisfi ed uhles ^ he catt M ^ rid you away thrice tfesiseijy ^ - blessed with the book ; blesfi ^ i with the cheapness 6 f itj iiid blessed with the ^ dvaritai ^ e you
have had over mm iti ' makjhg the cheapness cli ^ a ^ r . Triii ^ , we fear that wit'bf ^ M& sh ^ ime we hav e tob often defrauded our second-harid M ^ nd of the generous self-denial he is thus prepared to exercise in our favour ; and by giving him the price set down in his catalogue , left him with impressions to our disadvantage *
, 4 ^ 4 ve t ^ hp caw see treasures of wisdom and beauty going fpt a prin ce which seems ittterly unwortny <> f them , and stand haggling , with any comfort , for a sixpence or threepence more or less ; doubting whether the merits of Shakspeare or Spenser can bear the weight of another four-penny
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¦ ¦¦—¦ " Old wood to burn , old wine to drink , old friends toconversa Vith , andold books to read . "— Alfonso , King op Arraook . ¦ , ,: » , t » < , „>>
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/61/
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