 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics - 1970 - 1060 lapas
...death, the translation of every book In all languages, the Interpolations of every book in all books. "When it was proclaimed that the Library contained...world problem whose eloquent solution did not exist. . . . The universe was Justified, the universe suddenly usurped the unlimited dimensions of hope. At... | |
 | Jorge Luis Borges - 1964 - 496 lapas
...for many nights through corridors and along polished stairways without finding a single librarian. books, the first impression was one of extravagant...whose eloquent solution did not exist in some hexagon. The universe was justified, the universe suddenly usurped the unlimited dimensions of hope. At that... | |
 | Mark C. Taylor - 1987 - 233 lapas
...certainly does not deny the evident attraction that the Leibnizian book exercises on readers. He writes: "When it was proclaimed that the Library contained...extravagant happiness. All men felt themselves to be masters of an intact and secret treasure. There was no personal or world problem whose eloquent solution... | |
 | Roger Chartier - 1994 - 152 lapas
...death, the translation of all books in all languages, the interpolations of every book in all books. When it was proclaimed that the Library contained all books, the first impression was one1 of extravagant happiness.1 'When it was proclaimed that the Library contained all books, the first... | |
 | Roger Chartier - 1995 - 144 lapas
...could consult, read, study any text, regardless of its original location.33 "When it was proclaimed the library contained all books, the first impression was one of extravagant happiness": the extravagant happiness of which Borges spoke is promised us by the libraries without walls, even... | |
 | Paul Standish, Nigel Blake - 2000 - 508 lapas
...writing in every conceivable genre, information for every purpose, and guidance for every problem: When it was proclaimed that the Library contained...first impression was one of extravagant happiness ... As was natural, this inordinate hope was followed by an excessive depression. The certitude that... | |
 | Iain Bamforth - 2003 - 462 lapas
...and windy places, inimical to warmth and conviviality. Jorge Luis Borges returned to tell the tale: When it was proclaimed that the Library contained...whose eloquent solution did not exist in some hexagon. The universe was justified, the universe suddenly usurped the unlimited dimensions of hope. At that... | |
 | Myra Sklarew - 2003 - 218 lapas
...librarian, the library or universe the work of a god. The books appear to be impenetrable. At first, when it was "proclaimed that the Library contained...whose eloquent solution did not exist in some hexagon" of the library. The story concludes with a footnote in which the narrator attributes to a Letizia Alvarez... | |
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When it was proclaimed that the Library contained all books, the first impression was one of extravagant happiness. All men felt themselves to be the masters of an Intact and secret treasure. There was no personal or world problem whose eloquent solution... 
