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...more exquisite than the following : " Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potcucie of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they doe preserve as in a violl the purest cfficacie and extraction of that living intellect that bred them....

...acknowledgment of the devil'« right of superiority. — ROBERT HALL. Books arc not absolutely dead things, bnt do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul «..a whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extractan...

...commonwealth " — and we are before the public as pledged sentinels, to watch on behalf of both — " to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men," and has said something of the duty of sometimes " doing sharpest justice on them as malefactors." Notwithstanding,...

...early part of this beautiful treatise, is truly Miltonian : " I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have...life in them to be as active as that soul was whose pogeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that...

...eloquence and strongly impressed with his genius. "I deny not" he exclaims, "but it is of the greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have...not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency o! life in them tii be as active as that soul whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in...

...thoughts the best way. SIR W. TliMFLX. BOOKS are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they aie; nay, they do preserve as in a viull the purest efficacie and extraction of that living intellect...

...might be yet 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...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was «hose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve...

...06906310 9 \/ A MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, MUSEUM, AND GAZETTE, APRIL 4— SEPT. 25, 1835. VOL. XXIII. " Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...potency of life in them to be as active as that soul who?e progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction uf...

...AND GAZETTE, APRIL 4— SEPT. 25, VOL. XXIII. л>» ИХ < " Books are not absolutely (leail thing?, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soulwho?e progeny they are; nav, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction...