book-fed

“It was simply the result of our common vanity and of her book-fed sentimentality and, eventually, of her unbridled temper; and in nature the compound was an unsavoury mess which thoroughly delighted Lichfield.”

The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking

“But then, you see, I had firmly realised this, that she would sooner recover from our separation than from our marriage; that her love for me, pretty and poignant and dramatic while it lasted, was a book-born, book-fed dream, which must die soon or late, -- the sooner the better for the peace of the dreams that in the course of nature would soon spring up to take its place.”

The Quest of the Golden Girl

“The best they can hope for is 1000 book-fed no "blackhat" experienced professional students.”

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