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Library   /lˈaɪbrˌɛri/   Listen
noun
Library  n.  (pl. libraries)  
1.
A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
2.
A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.





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"Library" Quotes from Famous Books



... what will suit you all to pieces," said Ashton; "and your friend Hardy too. I am a member of a literary institution. It is a first-rate place—the best in London. There are lectures and classes, and soirees, a debating society, a good library, and rooms for chess-playing and that sort of thing. Now, you really must join it; it will be so very nice for us to have a regular place of meeting; and, besides that, we can combine study with amusement. What do you say, ...
— Life in London • Edwin Hodder
... institution. He was the author of that provision in the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution, which called for the presentation of one copy of every copyrighted book, map, and musical composition, to the Institution and to the Congressional Library.[594] He became a member of the board of regents and retained the ...
— Stephen A. Douglas - A Study in American Politics • Allen Johnson
... of the latter, between his two daughters; the economic books going to Mrs. Bannerman, the wife of the late Professor Bannerman of Edinburgh, and the works on other subjects to Mrs. Cunningham, wife of the Rev. Mr. Cunningham of Prestonpans. Both portions still exist, the former in the Library of the New College, Edinburgh, to which they have been presented by Dr. D. Douglas Bannerman of Perth; and the latter in the possession of Professor Cunningham of Queen's College, Belfast, except a small number which ...
— Life of Adam Smith • John Rae
... Library is now accepted as one of the most successful ventures of recent years. Beautifully produced and covering a wide range of subjects, the books have been eagerly ...
— The Three Brontes • May Sinclair
... greatly pleased with my appearance; but they would not permit me to say one word. After their curiosity was satisfied they desired me to sit down upon a chair in the corner of the room. In the evening I was taken up stairs, and confined in the family prison, called by them the library. Several thousand prisoners were under the same sentence, standing in rows around the room; they had their names written upon their foreheads, but none of them were allowed ...
— The Village in the Mountains; Conversion of Peter Bayssiere; and History of a Bible • Anonymous


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