No furniture so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist, wit Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by His Daughter, Lady Holland, Vol. 1, ch. 9 (1855)
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. The collection of essays is from articles originally printed in the New York Ledger or Independent. This essay was reprinted in several other newspapers in the spring and summer of 1859. See Sydney…
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. The collection of essays is from articles originally printed in the New York Ledger or Independent. This essay was reprinted in several other newspapers in the spring and summer of 1859. See Sydney…