Marius the Epicurean; His Sensations and Ideas Volume 4 (Paperback)
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This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 102 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: . . . CHAPTER V THE GOLDEN BOOK The two lacs . ere lounging together over a book, half buried 1n a eap of dry corn, in an old granary--the quiet corner to which they had climbed out of the way of their noisier companions on one of their blandest holiday afternoons. They looked round: the western sun smote through the broad chinks of the shutters. How like a picture! and it was precisely the scene described in what they were reading, with just that added poetic touch in the book which made it delightful and select, and, in the actual place, the ray of sunlight transforming the rough grain among the cool brown shadows into heaps of gold. What they were intent on was, indeed, the book of books, the golden book of that day, a gift to Flavian, as was shown by the purple writing on the handsome yellow wrapper, following the title. FlavianeI--it said, Flaviane! Flaviane I Flaviane I lege Vivas I Vivas I Feliciterl Floreas! Gaudeas! It was perfumed with oil of sandal-wood, and decorated with carved and gilt ivory bosses at the ends of the roller. And the inside was something not less dainty and fine, full of the archaisms and curious felicities in which that generation delighted, quaint terms and images picked fresh from the early dramatists, the lifelike phrases of some lost poet preserved by an old grammarian, racy morsels of the vernacular and studied prettinesses : --all alike, mere playthings for the genuine power and natural eloquence of the erudite artist, unsuppressed by his erudition, which, however, made some people angry, chiefly less well got-up people, and especially those who were untidy from indolence. No! it was certainly not that old-fashioned, unconscious ease of the early literature, which could never come again; which, after. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.

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Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: . CHAPTER V THE GOLDEN BOOK The two lacs .ere lounging together over a book, half buried 1n a DEGREESeap of dry corn, in an old granary--the quiet corner to which they had climbed out of the way of their noisier companions on one of their blandest holiday afternoons. They looked round: the western sun smote through the broad chinks of the shutters. How like a picture! and it was precisely the scene described in what they were reading, with just that added poetic touch in the book which made it delightful and select, and, in the actual place, the ray of sunlight transforming the rough grain among the cool brown shadows into heaps of gold. What they were intent on was, indeed, the book of books, the golden book of that day, a gift to Flavian, as was shown by the purple writing on the handsome yellow wrapper, following the title. FlavianeI--it said, Flaviane! Flaviane I Flaviane I lege Vivas I Vivas I Feliciterl Floreas! Gaudeas! It was perfumed with oil of sandal-wood, and decorated with carved and gilt ivory bosses at the ends of the roller. And the inside was something not less dainty and fine, full of the archaisms and curious felicities in which that generation delighted, quaint terms and images picked fresh from the early dramatists, the lifelike phrases of some lost poet preserved by an old grammarian, racy morsels of the vernacular and studied prettinesses: --all alike, mere playthings for the genuine power and natural eloquence of the erudite artist, unsuppressed by his erudition, which, however, made some people angry, chiefly less well got-up people, and especially those who were untidy from indolence. No! it was certainly not that old-fashioned, unconscious ease of the early literature, which could never come again; which, after.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Book Depository [54837791], London, United Kingdom.
Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: . CHAPTER V THE GOLDEN BOOK The two lacs .ere lounging together over a book, half buried 1n a DEGREESeap of dry corn, in an old granary--the quiet corner to which they had climbed out of the way of their noisier companions on one of their blandest holiday afternoons. They looked round: the western sun smote through the broad chinks of the shutters. How like a picture! and it was precisely the scene described in what they were reading, with just that added poetic touch in the book which made it delightful and select, and, in the actual place, the ray of sunlight transforming the rough grain among the cool brown shadows into heaps of gold. What they were intent on was, indeed, the book of books, the golden book of that day, a gift to Flavian, as was shown by the purple writing on the handsome yellow wrapper, following the title. FlavianeI--it said, Flaviane! Flaviane I Flaviane I lege Vivas I Vivas I Feliciterl Floreas! Gaudeas! It was perfumed with oil of sandal-wood, and decorated with carved and gilt ivory bosses at the ends of the roller. And the inside was something not less dainty and fine, full of the archaisms and curious felicities in which that generation delighted, quaint terms and images picked fresh from the early dramatists, the lifelike phrases of some lost poet preserved by an old grammarian, racy morsels of the vernacular and studied prettinesses: --all alike, mere playthings for the genuine power and natural eloquence of the erudite artist, unsuppressed by his erudition, which, however, made some people angry, chiefly less well got-up people, and especially those who were untidy from indolence. No! it was certainly not that old-fashioned, unconscious ease of the early literature, which could never come again; which, after.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, BuySomeBooks, NV, Las Vegas, [RE:5].
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