...and unwholesome manner. ' Madam,' says Sir Anthony in the play, ' a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. It~ blossoms through the year ; and, depend upon it, Mrs. Malaprop, they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.'...

...and unwholesome manner. ' Madam,' says Sir Anthony in the play, ' a circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. It blossoms through the year ; and, depend upon it, Mrs. Malaprop, they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.'...

...in Sheridan's play The Rivals (1774) confirms the current view: A circulating library in a town is an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. It blossoms...handling the leaves will long for the fruit at last (Act 1, Scene 2). Others deplored the commercial atmosphere and compared the novels to factoryproduced printed...

...female character was portrayed as highly overinvolved in her fiction reading habit. Another remarked: A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge! 1t blossoms through the year! And depend on it, Mrs. Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling...

...(1775), having observed Lady Languish's maid returning from such a place, remarks to Mrs. Malaprop, "Madam, a circulating library in a town is, as an...of handling the leaves will long for the fruit at last."49 In Hannah More's Two Wealthy Farmers, Mr. Bragwell, responding to Mr. Worthy's question as...

...to say that "a circulating library in a town." from which young women such as Lydia obtain novels, "is as an ever-green tree of diabolical knowledge!...handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last" 150). Sheridan, no doubt, viewed Sir Anthony's opinions about novel -read ing, circulating libraries,...

...indeed!" This tidbit of encouragement provokes a jeremiad linking female literacy to illicit sexuality: "Madam, a circulating library in a town is, as an ever-green tree, of diabolic knowledge! — It 81 Microcosm of London, 2:4-5. 82 Anti-Jacobin Review (May 1810) 36:106....

...Index™. Salt Lake City: Family History Department, 1998. CHAPTER 12 Using Local Family History Centers "Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen...who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long at last for the fruit. " — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Because the Family History Library in Salt Lake...

...that moment I guessed how full of duty I should see her mistress! 70 Those are vile places, indeed! Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an ever-green...And depend on it, Mrs Malaprop, that they who are so 75 fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last. Well, but Sir Anthony, your wife,...

...William Blake: His Life and Work (1978), P. 383 Brewer, The Pleasures of the Imagination, p. 178. 84 'Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen...knowledge! It blossoms through the year! - and depend upon it, Mrs Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at...