 | John Ruskin - Pre-Raphaelitism - 1865 - 302 pages
...— books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hoar, and the books of all time. Mark this distinction —...that does not last, and the good one that does. It ua diBtinction of species. There arc good books for tho hour, and good ones for all time ; bad books... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings — books, properly so called.' For all books are divisible into two classes, the books...distinction— -it is not one of quality only." It' is 'riot merely the bad book that does not last, and the good one that does. It is a" distinction of species.... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1867 - 144 pages
...prefer those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings—books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books...of the hour, and the books of all time. Mark this distinction—it is not one of quality only. It is not merely the bad book that does not last, and... | |
 | John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1872 - 144 pages
...divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. Mark this distinction—it is not one of quality only. It is not merely the bad book that does not last, and the good one that docs. It is a distinction of species. There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time;... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - Readers - 1875 - 444 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings, — books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. 8. The good book of the hour is simply the useful or pleasant talk of some person with whom you cannot... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Readers - 1878 - 444 pages
...those rapid and ephemeral writings to slow and enduring writings, — books, properly so called. For all books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, aud the books of all time. 8. The good book of the hour is simply the useful or pleasant talk of some... | |
 | Literature - 1879 - 360 pages
...Advice to Young Girls and Young Ladies, selected from the writings of John Rukkin. John Wiley & Son.] ALL books are divisible into two classes, the books...of quality only. It is not merely the bad book that dues not last, and the good one that docs. It is a distinction of species. There art good books for... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - Best books - 1881 - 108 pages
...by noting the difference between books of the hour, and books of all time. "All books," says he, " are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour,...species. There are good books for the hour, and good books for all time ; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all time. I must define the two kinds... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - Books and reading - 1881 - 104 pages
...books of all time. "All books," says he, " are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and_ the books of all time. Mark this distinction — it...species. There are good books for the hour, and good books for all time ; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all tirne. I must define the two kinds... | |
 | Edmund J. Baillie - 1882 - 76 pages
...constitutes the character of a good companion — in short, what is a book ? What shall we read? He tells us, "All books are divisible into two classes, the books...and the good one that does. It is a distinction of 16 RCSKIU'S THOUGHT AND TEACHINGS. species .... Our friend's letter may be delightful, or necessary,... | |
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There are good books for the hour, and good ones for all time ; bad books for the hour, and bad ones for all time. 
