 I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book....  A Book of English Literature - Page 181edited by - 1916 - 889 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being sown up und rth that thou hast, and to see that thou art not wasted...thou have it ; for borrowing is the canker and death image ; but he who destroy*, a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were,... | |
 | Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 326 pages
...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...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain...this world, I hate ye< I feel my heart new open'd. image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | 1850 - 662 pages
...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...teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...of life in liiem, to be as active лз that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of...as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown tip and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used,... | |
 | 1850 - 604 pages
...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...productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being 8own up and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...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...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...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...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...progeny of life in them to be as active as the soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 472 pages
...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...up armed men. " And yet, on the other hand, unless weariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man, kills a reasonable... | |
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