I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not injure it.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)


I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not...

I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not...

I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not...

I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not...