 | Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 halaman
...Albany (by Francis Dwight), in Boston (by Horace Mann), and in Kentucky. XII. ENCYCLOPAEDIAS, &c. " There is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books...by which a skilful observer will as -well know what ro expect from the one as the other." — BUTLER'S Remains. Encyclopedia Americana. We consider this... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1862 - 914 halaman
...exhilarating state which every page of Spare Hours authorizes, nay compels. " There is," says Butler, " a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books, no less than in the faces of men, by which a skillful observer will as well know what to expect from the one as the other." The book-worm will confirm... | |
 | 1846 - 526 halaman
...moderns, who, to evince their irony and wit, selected that fabled emblem of wisdom — the ass. In Butler's Remains, it is remarked, that " there is...is correct. But the optician who should happen to parchase a book, entitled A New Invention, or a Paire of CristaU Spectacles, by helpe whereof may be... | |
 | 1846 - 516 halaman
...emblem of wisdom — the ass. In Butler's Remains, it is remarked, that " there is a kind of physioguomy in the titles of books, no less than in the faces...well know what to expect from the one as the other." eles, by helpe whereof may be read so small a print, that what twenty sheets oj paper will hardly containe... | |
 | 1847 - 346 halaman
...in Albany (by Francis Dwight), in Boston (by Horace Mann), and in Kentucky. XII. ENCYCLOPAEDIAS, &c. "There is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books...well know what to expect from the one as the other." — BUTLER'S Remains. Encyclopaedia, Americana. We consider this publication as creditable to the editors... | |
 | 1847 - 602 halaman
...knew tuat he was dead !" CURIOU8 FORM8 OF EXPRE88ION BY WRITER8. In Butler's " Remains," we are told " there is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books,...well know what to expect from the one as the other." What shall he said, however, (to refer to only a single instance, ) of the appositeness of the titles... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1847 - 690 halaman
...'„' ^ -• ^ ^ I* r ;*r l^:J/ ENGLISH OXFORD LIBRARY THE DOCTOR, 8$c. There is a kind of pbysiognomy in the titles of books no less than in the faces of...well know what to expect from the one as the other. BUTLER'S REMAINS. •THE STATUES THE DOCTOR, VOL. VII. LONDON : LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1847 - 438 halaman
...bequest ENGLISH OXFORD LIBRARY 30*72 THE DOCTOR, There is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of hooks no less than in the faces of men, by which a skilful...well know what to expect from the one as the other. BUTLER'S RRMAIJJS. VOL. VI. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS'. 1847. LONDON : BY W. NICOL,... | |
 | 1847 - 606 halaman
...that be was dead !" CURIOUS FORMS OF EXPRESSION ВТ WRITERS. In Butler's " Remains" we are told " there is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books, no less than in the faces of men, by which n skilful observer will as well know what to expect from the one as the other." What shall be said,... | |
 | 1849 - 736 halaman
...author. Butler, in his Remains, (a work worthy to be placed by the side of Hudibras,) shrewdly remarks, " there is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books...well know what to expect from the one as the other." " Fictions like those of Anne Radcliffe," observes Sir Walter Scott, " may, without injustice, be compared... | |
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Remains," it is remarked, that "there is a kind of physiognomy in the titles of books, no less than in the faces of men, by which a skilful observer will as well know what to expect from the one as the other. 
