This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
|---|---|
| 45332 | Arcanum habeat quo pennam formet ut habilis sit et ydonea ad scribendum...... Habeat dentem canis(?) |
| 45332 | Et spectaculum habeat ne ob errorem moram disspendiosam(?). |
| 45332 | Habeat etiam pumicem mordacem et planulam ad pactandum(?) |
| 45332 | He should have the tooth of a dog(?) |
| 45332 | The scribe should have an_ epicaustorium_[304] covered with leather; he should have an_ arcanum_( pen- knife?) |
| 45332 | The scribe should sit in an arm chair, with arms raised on each side to support a desk or? |
| 28187 | But, first, what are our means for pursuing such an investigation? |
| 28187 | Can there be truth in the tale I have heard that it was sent for safe keeping to a mansion not far off, and there cut up for game labels? |
| 28187 | Can we trace this volume any farther back than 1594? |
| 28187 | Does this need explanation? |
| 28187 | How did it come here? |
| 28187 | How does it come to be here? |
| 28187 | Was it perhaps written there and sold or given to a daughter- house, or to some abbey which had a less skilful school of writers? |
| 28187 | What do we do in such cases? |
| 28187 | What has become of the Red Book of Eye in Suffolk? |
| 28187 | Whence did they come? |
| 28187 | Where did Felckmann find it? |
| 28187 | then at Oxford? |
| 17624 | And the_ Catullus_,_ Tibullus_, and_ Propertius_? |
| 17624 | And the_ Prudentius_--good M. Hartenschneider-- do you possess it? |
| 17624 | But have you no old paintings, Mr. Vice Principal-- no Burgmairs, Cranachs, or Albert Durers? |
| 17624 | But is it_ too late_ to erect his statue? 17624 But our Shakspeare and Milton, Sir-- what think you of these?" |
| 17624 | But tell me, worthy and learned Sir,( continued I) why so particular about the_ Statius_? 17624 But where( replied I) is the_ statue_ of this heroic collector, to whom your library is probably indebted for its choicest treasures? |
| 17624 | But you have doubtless_ dined_? |
| 17624 | Could the Professor facilitate that object? |
| 17624 | Do you observe, here, gentlemen? |
| 17624 | Do you then overlook the_ Danube_? |
| 17624 | If_ these_ delight you so much, what would you say to our_ professors_? |
| 17624 | Might I have a copy of it-- for the purpose of getting it engraved? |
| 17624 | Observe yonder--continued the Abbot--"do you notice an old castle in the distance, to the left, situated almost upon the very banks of the Danube?" |
| 17624 | Placetne tibi, Domine, sermone latino uti? |
| 17624 | What is the matter, Sir, am I likely to be intrusive? |
| 17624 | What, BUT the edifice which contains THE PUBLIC LIBRARY? |
| 17624 | Where are your_ Aldine Greek Hours_ of 1497? |
| 17624 | Wherefore was this? |
| 17624 | Which be they? |
| 17624 | Who might this be? |
| 17624 | Would I allow him to engrave it? |
| 17624 | Would any sum induce you to part with it? |
| 17624 | _ Bibliothecam hujusce Monasterii valdè videre cupio-- licetne Domine? 17624 ( Upon whom, NOW, shall this task devolve?!) 17624 ( exclaimed the professor-- for M. Le Bret is a Professor of belles- lettres),I observe that you are perfectly enchanted with what is before you?" |
| 17624 | Among the female figures, what think you of MARY MAGDALENE-- as here represented? |
| 17624 | And where will you find female penance put to a severer trial? |
| 17624 | Below the colophon, in pencil, there is a date of 1475: but quære upon what authority? |
| 17624 | Bernhard?" |
| 17624 | But what has an honest man to fear? |
| 17624 | But what then? |
| 17624 | But why do I talk of monastic delights only in_ contemplation_? |
| 17624 | But you will doubtless take the_ Monastery of Göttwic_ in your way?" |
| 17624 | Can not he displace one of these nameless marshals, who are in attitude as if practising the third step of the_ Minuet de la Cour_?" |
| 17624 | Do you forbid the importation of an old Greek manual of devotion?" |
| 17624 | He ought to have a splendid monument( if he have it not already?) |
| 17624 | He said--"where will you find truth unmixed with fiction?" |
| 17624 | He talked French readily, and we all four commenced a very interesting conversation,"Did any books ever travel out of this library?" |
| 17624 | Here are twenty golden pieces:"( they were the napoleons, taken from the forementioned silken purse[91])--"will these procure the copy in question?" |
| 17624 | I asked him, why? |
| 17624 | I asked my sable attendant, if this book could be parted with-- either for money, or in exchange for other books? |
| 17624 | In a word, allegory, always bad in itself, should not be_ mixed_; and we naturally ask what business lions and human beings have together? |
| 17624 | Is he alive? |
| 17624 | Is it thus, thought I to myself, that"they order things in"Germany? |
| 17624 | Is one word further necessary to say that a finer copy, upon paper, can not exist? |
| 17624 | It must be an exquisite production; for if the_ plaster_ be thus interesting what must be the effect of the_ marble_? |
| 17624 | Le Bibliographe?" |
| 17624 | N''est- ce- pas possible que vous passiez par Munich à votre retour de Vienne? |
| 17624 | Need I again remark, that this country was enchantingly fine? |
| 17624 | Silence ensuing, we were asked how we liked the church, the organ, and the organist? |
| 17624 | Tell me, who are these marshals that seem to have no business in such a sanctuary of the Muses-- while I look in vain for the illustrious Eugene?" |
| 17624 | The roof, which is of an unusual height, is supported by pillars in imitation of polished marble... but why are they not marble_ itself_? |
| 17624 | To another question--"which of Shakspeare''s plays pleased him most?" |
| 17624 | What might not the pencils of Turner and Calcott here accomplish, during the mellow lights and golden tints of autumn? |
| 17624 | What might this be? |
| 17624 | What shall we say? |
| 17624 | Why should not the book have been printed in Bohemia? |
| 17624 | Will you allow me to propose a fair good copy of that admirable performance, in exchange for your Statius?" |
| 17624 | Will you believe it-- I have not visited, nor shall I have an opportunity of visiting, the_ Interior_? |
| 17624 | Would you believe it? |
| 17624 | You would not like to tumble down from hence?" |
| 17624 | [ 38] What think you of undoubted proofs of STEREOTYPE PRINTING in the middle of the sixteenth century? |
| 17624 | [ 4] And what should be the_ object_ of this courtly visit? |
| 17624 | and PRINTED BOOKS? |
| 17624 | said the guide-- pointing to the coping of the parapet wall, where the stone is a little rubbed,"I do"--(replied I)"What may this mean?" |
| 16224 | But you are doubtless acquainted, Sir, with the COMTE DE LA FRESNAYE, who resides in yonder large mansion? |
| 16224 | Have you many English who visit this spot? |
| 16224 | How so? |
| 16224 | In respect to the_ sacrament_, what is the proportion between the communicants, as to sex? |
| 16224 | It seems you are very fond of old books, and especially of those in the French and Latin languages? |
| 16224 | Vois- tu comme ces fleurs languissent tristement? |
| 16224 | Vous n''avez rien comme ca chez vous? |
| 16224 | What are you about, there? |
| 16224 | What is that irregular rude mound, or wall of earth, in the centre of which children are playing? |
| 16224 | What is that? |
| 16224 | What might this mean? |
| 16224 | What( says M. Licquet) will quickly be the result, with us, of such indiscretions as those of which M. Dibdin is guilty? 16224 What-- you confess here pretty much?" |
| 16224 | Yes,( resumed I) tell me what you are about there? |
| 16224 | You are from London, then, Sir? |
| 16224 | You were yesterday evening at Monsieur Pluquet''s, purchasing books? |
| 16224 | Your daughter Sir, is not married? |
| 16224 | Your name, Sir, is D----? |
| 16224 | ( say you:)"not_ one_ single specimen from the library of your favourite DIANE DE POICTIERS? |
| 16224 | --"Comment ça?" |
| 16224 | 1690,( 1679?) |
| 16224 | And if you take river scenery into the account, what is the_ Seine_, in the neighbourhood of Paris, compared with the_ Thames_ in that of London? |
| 16224 | At length, turning a corner, a group of country people appeared--"Est- ce ici la route de Tancarville?" |
| 16224 | Before dawn of day I heard incessant juvenile voices beneath the window of my bedroom at the Grand Turc; What might this mean? |
| 16224 | But do you know no one...?" |
| 16224 | But tell me, Sir, how can I obtain a sight of the CHAPTER LIBRARY, and of the famous TAPESTRY?" |
| 16224 | But the sun was beginning to cast his shadows broader and broader, and where was the residence of Monsieur and Madame S----? |
| 16224 | But, would you believe it? |
| 16224 | Can this be possible?" |
| 16224 | Can you possibly advise and assist me upon the subject?" |
| 16224 | Chalon?) |
| 16224 | Coutances?) |
| 16224 | Dare I venture to say it was the_ cowhouse_? |
| 16224 | Dibdin, Ministre de la Religion,& c._"Avec un ris moqueur, je crois vous voir d''ici, Dédaigneusement dire: Eh, que veut celui- ci? |
| 16224 | Did I tell you that this sort of ornament was to be seen in some parts of the eastern end of the Abbey of Jumieges? |
| 16224 | Do you remember the emphatic phrase in my last,"all about the duel?" |
| 16224 | En feignant d''ignorer ce tendre sentiment;"Pourquoi,"lui dis- je,"ô ma sensible amie, Pourquoi verser des pleurs? |
| 16224 | Et comment s''étonneroit- on Si tant de fléaux nous tourmentent? |
| 16224 | Et quand l''avez- vous battue? |
| 16224 | Has the author passed a bad night? |
| 16224 | How shall I convey to you a summary, and yet a satisfactory, description of it? |
| 16224 | I exclaimed--"Ha, is it you Sir?" |
| 16224 | I was well contented with coffee, tea, eggs, and bread-- as who might not well be?... |
| 16224 | In the mean while, why is GALLIC ART inert? |
| 16224 | Is it not a pretty thing, Sir?" |
| 16224 | Is it possible that one spark of devotion can be kindled by the contemplation of an object so grotesque and so absurd in the House of God? |
| 16224 | It is surely the oddest, and as some may think, the most repulsive scene imaginable: But who that has a rational curiosity could resist such a walk? |
| 16224 | J''ai vu en beaucoup d''endroits de votre Lettre, que vous avez voulu imiter_ Sterne_;[4] qu''est- il arrivé? |
| 16224 | Je ne la peux faire lever le matin: Je l''appelle cent fois:_ Marguerite: plait- il ma Mere? |
| 16224 | Licquet; but what is a cow- house but"an_ outer building_ attached to the Abbey?" |
| 16224 | May I give him your name?" |
| 16224 | Ne voulez vous pas me répondre; en un mot, combien y a- t- il de temps que vous ne vous êtes confessée? |
| 16224 | On pointing to_ Houbigant''s Hebrew Bible_, in four folio volumes, 1753,"do you think this copy dear at fourteen francs?" |
| 16224 | On the other hand, has he had a good night''s rest in a comfortable bed? |
| 16224 | Ose- t- on ravaler un Ministre à ce point? |
| 16224 | Pensez- vous done, ou Charles Lewis pense- t- il, qu''il n''y ait plus d''esprit national en France? |
| 16224 | Qu''ai- je donc de commun avec un vil artiste? |
| 16224 | Que me veut ce_ Lesné_? |
| 16224 | Que voulez vous?" |
| 16224 | Savez- vous bien, Monsieur, pourquoi je vous écris? |
| 16224 | Scarcely fifteen people were present, I approached the bench; and what, think you, were the intellectual objects upon which my eye alighted? |
| 16224 | Still tarrying within this old fashioned place? |
| 16224 | The porter observed that they had just sat down to dinner-- but would I call at three? |
| 16224 | The woman said,"What, if you never return?" |
| 16224 | These be sharp words:[11] but what does the Reader imagine may be the probable"result"of the English Traveller''s inadvertencies?... |
| 16224 | Un ouvrier français, un_ Bibliopégiste_? |
| 16224 | What a difference between the respective appearances of the quays of Dieppe and Havre? |
| 16224 | What earthly motive could have led to such a brutal act of demolition?] |
| 16224 | What he adds, shall be given in his own pithy expression.--"Où la coquetterie va- t- elle se nicher?" |
| 16224 | What is meant to be here conveyed? |
| 16224 | What lovely vicinities are these compared with that of_ Mont Martre_? |
| 16224 | What say you therefore to a stroll to the ABBEY of ST. OUEN? |
| 16224 | What then, is the Abbé de la Rue in error? |
| 16224 | What was to be done? |
| 16224 | Where was the attendant guard?--or pursuivants-- or men at arms? |
| 16224 | Where was the harp of the minstrel? |
| 16224 | Where was the warder? |
| 16224 | Wherefore was this? |
| 16224 | Who in France would dare to risk such a sum-- especially for three, volumes in octavo? |
| 16224 | Why is it endured? |
| 16224 | Why is it persevered in? |
| 16224 | Would not the_ Debure_ Vocabulary have said"non rogné?"] |
| 16224 | [ 47] How long will this monument--(matchless of its kind)--continue unrepresented by the BURIN? |
| 16224 | [ Has my friend Mr. Hawkins, of the Museum, abandoned all thoughts of his magnificent project connected with such a NATIONAL WORK?] |
| 16224 | [ dans un lit_ comfortable_?] |
| 16224 | _ Saint Joseph_, que vous ai- je fait? |
| 16224 | et par quel changement Abandonner ton ame à la melancholie?" |
| 16224 | said he!--"How, Sir,"( replied I, in an exstacy of astonishment)--you mean to say fourteen_ louis_?" |
| 16224 | the baseness of John of Luxembourg, or the treachery of the Regent Bedford? |
| 16224 | who, by his strength, policy and wit kept them all out of the principal dominions of France, and out of this noble duchy of Normandy? |
| 17107 | !--as if every reader of common sense would not have given_ me_, rather than the_ Abbé Bétencourt_, credit for this bad speaking? |
| 17107 | Are the old and more curious books deposited here? |
| 17107 | But see, Sir,( continued he) is not this curious? |
| 17107 | Could Monsieur refuse this trifling payment? |
| 17107 | Had he any thing old and curious? |
| 17107 | Have you no curiosities of any kind--(said I to him) for sale? |
| 17107 | Is it possible to obtain a copy of this picture? |
| 17107 | Is it the top of the spire of Strasbourg Cathedral? |
| 17107 | Is the Son at home? |
| 17107 | Now that I am in this magical region, my good friend, allow me to inspect the famous PRAYER BOOK of CHARLEMAGNE? |
| 17107 | Vous le connoissez parfaitement bien, sans doute? |
| 17107 | Was the date legitimate? |
| 17107 | What is that? |
| 17107 | What is the subject to be? |
| 17107 | What might have been the charge per sheet? |
| 17107 | What might it have been? |
| 17107 | What might that be? |
| 17107 | What might that be? |
| 17107 | What might this mean? |
| 17107 | What want you there? |
| 17107 | Where is the original? |
| 17107 | Again-- if you convert them to_ other_ purposes of destruction, how can you hope to prevent the same example from being followed in other places? |
| 17107 | And do not mental affliction and bodily debility generally go together? |
| 17107 | And now, my good friend, suppose I furnish you with an outline of the worthy head- librarian himself? |
| 17107 | And to have it engraved there?" |
| 17107 | And wherefore? |
| 17107 | And who, think you, should that stranger turn out to be? |
| 17107 | And why is it thus? |
| 17107 | And yet it may be doubted whether the latter were absolutely printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz for their_ first_ edition? |
| 17107 | And yet, when will nations learn that few things tend so strongly to keep alive a pure spirit of PATRIOTISM as_ such_ a study or pursuit? |
| 17107 | And yet, where have I spoken ungraciously and uncourteously of Madame?] |
| 17107 | Are you thoroughly awake, and disenchanted from the magic which the contents of the preceding letter may have probably thrown around you? |
| 17107 | At least he must have a_ missal_ or two?" |
| 17107 | Barbier?" |
| 17107 | But I think I hear the wish escape him-- as he casts an attentive eye over the whole--"why do they not imitate us in a publication relating to them? |
| 17107 | But what do I see yonder? |
| 17107 | But what then? |
| 17107 | But"where are my favourite ECCLESIASTICAL EDIFICES?" |
| 17107 | But, what do you think supplied its place during the late Revolution, or in the year of our Lord 1794, on the 4th day of May? |
| 17107 | But, you may be disposed to add,"has this celebrated man no collection of Books?--no LIBRARY? |
| 17107 | Can it be so? |
| 17107 | Can such an union, therefore, be quite correct? |
| 17107 | Can there be the smallest shadow of doubt about the truth of the above assertion? |
| 17107 | Can this be in nature? |
| 17107 | Certainly the whole book has very much the air of a_ Copy_: and besides, would not the originals have been upon separate rolls of parchment? |
| 17107 | Could they not be placed in the chapel of St. Lawrence, or of St. Catharine, in the cathedral? |
| 17107 | Crapelet.?] |
| 17107 | Did the_ remaining_ volumes ever so exist? |
| 17107 | Did you ever, my dear friend, approach a fortified town by the doubtful light of a clouded moon, towards eleven of the clock? |
| 17107 | Do you ask this question? |
| 17107 | Does any perfect copy, of this kind, exist? |
| 17107 | Et votre grand capitaine, le DUC DE VELLINGTON, comment se porte il? |
| 17107 | Every now and then Louis turned round, and said to Bignon,"Bignon, have I got that book in my library?" |
| 17107 | Geneviève among the spectators.. and turning to his prime minister, exclaimed"Choiseul, how can one distinguish the_ true_ Bible of Sixtus V.?" |
| 17107 | I have lived fifty- nine years, the happiest of men-- and should I not be ungrateful towards Providence, if I complained of its decrees?!" |
| 17107 | I put it to the conscience of the most sober- minded observer of men and things-- if any earthly object can be more orthodox and legitimate? |
| 17107 | If you set fire to them, can you say how far the flames shall extend? |
| 17107 | In its original binding, with the ornaments tolerably entire:--and what binding should this be, but that of Henry the Second and Diane de Poictiers? |
| 17107 | Is it because some few hundred thousand_ printed volumes_ are deposited therein? |
| 17107 | Is there any representation of him, in the same situation, upon his_ return_? |
| 17107 | It is of the size of life; but surely a statue of_ Minerva_ would have been a little more appropriate? |
| 17107 | James''s Place_? |
| 17107 | Langlès?" |
| 17107 | Le Comte... comment vont les affaires en Angleterre? |
| 17107 | Most true-- and who has said that HE DOES? |
| 17107 | Next to Pascal is a prodigiously fine oval portrait( is it of_ Fontaine_?) |
| 17107 | Or rather, speaking more correctly, why are not the_ Marlborough Gems_ considered as an object of rivalry, by the curators of this exquisite cabinet? |
| 17107 | Ought not M. Crapelet to have said"il mourrira?" |
| 17107 | Possibly I might wish to possess them?" |
| 17107 | Quære tamen? |
| 17107 | Renouard, in consequence, venture upon the transportation of the_ remaining_ portion of his Library hither? |
| 17107 | Shall I tell you wherefore? |
| 17107 | The arms of_ Graville_( Grauille?) |
| 17107 | The attendant sees your misery, and approaches:"Que desirez vous, Monsieur?" |
| 17107 | The other day, when dining with some smart, lively, young Parisians, I was compelled to defend RAFFAELLE against David? |
| 17107 | The present is a sound, clean, and desirable copy: but why in such gay, red morocco, binding? |
| 17107 | The question therefore, was, after a good deal of pertinacious argument on both sides-- which of the two impressions was the MORE ANCIENT? |
| 17107 | Was it_ originally_ more_ piquan?_ I have reason not only to suspect, but to know, that it WAS. |
| 17107 | Was this object necessary to tell the tale?--or, rather, did not the sculptor deem it necessary to_ balance_( as is called) the figure? |
| 17107 | What is this singular portrait, which strikes one to the left, on entering? |
| 17107 | What may this mean? |
| 17107 | What must repeated glimpses have produced? |
| 17107 | What say you to this, Messrs. Lesné and Crapelet? |
| 17107 | What then? |
| 17107 | What therefore is to be done? |
| 17107 | What think you, among these"choice copies,"of the_ Cancionero Generale_ printed at Toledo in 1527, in the black letter, double columned, in folio? |
| 17107 | Who could say"nay?" |
| 17107 | Who is its fortunate Possessor?] |
| 17107 | Why do they not put forth something similar to what we have done for our_ Museum Marbles_? |
| 17107 | Why does he not visit us? |
| 17107 | Will the reader object to disporting himself with some REMBRANDTIANA, in the_ Bibliomania_ p. 680- 2.? |
| 17107 | Would I do him the favour of a visit? |
| 17107 | Would you believe it-- here are absolutely TWO copies of this glorious effort of the Aldine Press, printed UPON VELLUM!? |
| 17107 | Would you believe it-- nearly one half of the illumination, at top, has been sliced away? |
| 17107 | Would you believe it? |
| 17107 | Yet why do I find it in my heart to tell you that, towards the middle, many leaves are stained at the top of the right margin?! |
| 17107 | You enquire"whether Monsieur BARBIER, the chief Librarian, be within?" |
| 17107 | [ 149]["Would one not suppose that I had told M. Dibdin that it was impossible for the French to execute as fine plates as the English? |
| 17107 | [ 150] What then remains, in the book way, worthy of especial notice? |
| 17107 | [ 172]"What,( said its owner,) must you have an engraving of_ that_ head also? |
| 17107 | [ 75] Suppose, now, I throw in a little variety from the preceding, by the mention of a rare_ Italian_ book or two? |
| 17107 | [ Can I ever forget, or think slightly of, such kindness? |