...crowd. First let us view the form, the size, the dress : For these the manners, nay the mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclosed for many an ago ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the...

...has made up its mind to be fugitive, as well as minute. What a change from the ancient volume !— " That -weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid. Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-press'd leaves, unoped for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page : On the...

...volumes which displayed the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet: That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-pressed leaves unoped for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-filled page, On the broad...

...champion of huge proportions, who turns out to be no better than a barber, after all ! Gazing upon " That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made, The close-pressed leaves, unloosed for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-filled page, On the...

...over shelf — well-preserved, clean. Crabbe has described the externals of such a collection : — That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The cloee-press'd leaves, unclosed for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page. It is...

...volumes which displayed the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-pressed leaves unoped for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-filled page, On the broad...

...circumstances some advantage sufficient to over-balance all its inconveniences. Johnson. M188Ab-The. That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-press'd leaves unoped for many an age, The dull-red edging of the well-filled page ; O/i the...

...shall rest unransacked, from the bright, new work, fresh from the press, up to the most ancient — " That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-press'd leaves, unop'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page, On the broad...

...shall rest unransacked, from the bright, new work, fresh fawn the press, up to the most ancient — " That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-press'd leaves, unop'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page, On the broad...

...volumes which ' displayed the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-pressed leaves unoped for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-filled page, On the broad...