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" My depth of purse is not so great
Nor yet my bibliophilic greed,
That merely buying doth elate:
The books I buy I like to read:
Still e'en when dawdling in a mead,
Beneath a cloudless summer sky,
By bank of Thames, or Tyne, or Tweed,
The books I read — I like to buy. "

A. Edward Newton , The Amenities of Book Collecting And Kindred Affections


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A. Edward Newton quote : My depth of purse is not so great<br />Nor yet my bibliophilic greed,<br />That merely buying doth elate:<br />The books I buy I like to read:<br />Still e'en when dawdling in a mead,<br />Beneath a cloudless summer sky,<br />By bank of Thames, or Tyne, or Tweed,<br />The books I read — I like to buy.