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" I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. "
The Pageant of English Prose: Being Five Hundred Passages by Three Hundred ... - Page 447
edited by - 1912 - 743 pages
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...unlimited freedom of discussion. " ' I deny not," says the eloquent pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have...malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do eontain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are: nay, they...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...unlimited freeuscussion. " 'I deny not," says the cnt pleader, " but that it is of great icernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant...well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, arid do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...
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Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly ..., Volume 9

Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...hindering and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. 1 deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them te be as active as that soul was whese progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...hindering and crqp_£ing the discovery that mi^ht bq y£L furthex. made, both inreligious and civil wisdom. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve...
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The Life of John Milton

Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...unlimited freedom of discussion. " d I deny not," says the eloquent pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have...malefactors: for books are not absolutely dead things, but do cond P. wi 289. tain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they...
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The Life of John Milton

Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books domean themselves as well as men, and thereafter to confine,...malefactors: for books are not absolutely dead things, but do ecu** P. wi 289. tain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 pages
...execute sharp justice upon them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, but they have a potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they contain, as in a vial, the purest extract and efficacy of that intellect which bred them. They are...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - 1819 - 484 pages
...is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as Men ; and thereafter to confine,...malefactors: For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of Life in them to be as active as that Soule was whose progeny they are ; nay,...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - 1819 - 464 pages
...hl^i^ngjTnr^ijiilijjjpg in lyhfl* T" kn^T alreajj.i but by hindering. and gropping^ the discovery that civill "Wisdome. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment...Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as Men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice...
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The Life of John Milton

Charles Symmons - 1822 - 526 pages
...unlimited freedom of discussion." " I deny not73," says the eloquent pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have...eye how books demean themselves as well as men, and therer after to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors : for books are not...
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