 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; for books are not...  Readings in English literature, prose - Page 73by English literature - 1874Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter...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... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...pleader, " but that it is of great icernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as 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... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...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...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 as in a vial the purest... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...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...progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men, and thereafter...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 954 pages
...but that it is of the greatest concernment in thechurch and eomnwn-wealth, to have a vigilant eye, how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter...are not absolutely dead things ; but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve... | |
 | 1857 - 878 pages
...third greatness, the power of art. Works thus wrought, whether poems in words, or pictures in forms, 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 as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1822 - 526 pages
...and commonwealth to have a vigilant 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 abso^ lutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was,... | |
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