Word: rare
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...classics, in language, in history, would there not be a great encouragement to pursue outside work if the student could make use of it at his examinations without the tedious process of memorizing it? Would not his familiarity with the tools of learning, books, be advanced, and that rare ability of gathering the wheat from the chaff be greatly increased? With the present requirements this is impossible; preparation is required on the notes given only in lectures and textbooks. And this preparation is at the expense of laborious grinding. One of the famous German Etymologists will lecture hours...
...literature generally than among the cares of after life he otherwise would. To buy books one at a time as we want to read them, aside from the pleasure it gives, is a matter to be considered by those who desire to save expense, since valuable and rare books can often be purchased for a comparative trifle at the nooks of second-hand booksellers. Old Cornhill will still yield many a harvest, yellow with age, to one who gleans closely...
...rich perfume, like an incense rare...
...library that Mr. Sumner has bequeathed to Harvard has just been received. The number of volumes is nearly 3,000, and the value of some of them is very great. That Mr. Sumner had the true love of a bibliophile for beautiful bindings, rare editions, and exquisite texts, is testified by the Didots, the Foulis, the Pickerings, and the Roger Paynes he has collected; and though our opportunities for seeing really fine typography in this country are so rare that we are not trained to appreciate the delicate finish of these books, yet one cannot help admiring the vellum...
Reacting star-gemmed dews of thought most rare...