 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 pages
...further made both in religious and civil wisdom. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye...potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a viol the purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | 1840 - 448 pages
...hae begun the gude work, e'en sae perfect it, an' ye shall nae want your reward in heaven.' BOOKS. BOOKS are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | 1858 - 690 pages
...present around us." Pp. 96-97. AET. XII.— QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye...malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, bnt do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. —... | |
 | 1860 - 722 pages
...QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eve how books demean themselves as well as men, and thereafter...sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books arc not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1842 - 706 pages
...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 ex" tract and efficacy of... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...excellence here ascribed to that treatise : " I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye...themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine in prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books arc not absolutely dead things,... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye...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... | |
 | Independent Whig, Andrew SCOTT (Member of the Merchant Company, Edinburgh.) - 1845 - 420 pages
...advocate of civil and religious liberty from 1641 until his death, 1674; and to use his own words, his " books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are." But in spite of all his mental efforts, and the energy and skill of Cromwell... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...deny not but that it is of the greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a ngilant meat choke, And all their spits are turning. Without...die, Well bury Ч in a Christmas pie, And evermore »hose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a rial, the purest efficacy and extraction of... | |
 | 1847 - 486 pages
...resurrection is sure. " Books," says Milton, " are not absolutely dead things ; they contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul whose progeny they are. The precious life-blood of a master-spirit, treasured up to a life beyond life ; they preserve, as... | |
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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 as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. 
