 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
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 622 pages
...in tne church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean therm.-lves ал well ai men. perforation of the precipice. At the mouth of the cave sale two figures; the first, bo ae active as tbat soul was whose progeny they are I know they are as lively and as vigorously productive... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 526 pages
...vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men. For books are not absolutely dead things, but contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. I know they are as lively and vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 568 pages
...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...books 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... | |
 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 pages
...commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confme, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors : for books are not absolutely dead things, but d< contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nny,... | |
 | 1855 - 662 pages
...concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as weil as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do...books 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. — MILTON. (1.) "... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 pages
...in ever-widening circles. The great thinkers of our race still live and act through their works, " for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...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... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1855 - 922 pages
...FEBRUARY, 1855. 1 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 iustice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, out do contain a potency... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...of bulky tomes ; for great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.— WB Clulow. 456. 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... | |
 | 1854 - 500 pages
...wisdom ; " And books are the legacies they have left us. " Books are not absolutely dead things, but ib contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...generality of bulky tomes; for great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.— WB CMow. 456. 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... | |
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