 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1793 - Liczba stron: 656
...fharp juftice upon them as malefactors ; for books are not " abfolutely dead things, but they have a potency of life in " them, to be as active as that foul was whofe progeny they " are ; nay, they contain, as in a vial, the pureft extract and " efficacy... | |
 | 1799 - Liczba stron: 202
...of the Press must not be omitted : " Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - Liczba stron: 690
...justice on them as malefactors: for books are not absolutely dead things, but do conJ P. wi asp. tain 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 viol, the purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | 1830 - Liczba stron: 890
...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for 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... | |
 | 1820 - Liczba stron: 576
...pp.; 439. 14$. Boards. Hone, 1819. " T^ OOKS) " ^y 8 Milton, " are not 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 viol, the purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - Liczba stron: 570
...there is no doubt. To use again the words of Milton, " Books are not absolutely dead dungs, 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - Liczba stron: 368
...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For 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 phial the purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1827 - Liczba stron: 210
...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for 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... | |
 | 1831 - Liczba stron: 844
...fortunes, or to prosecute their investigations. ' Books,' said Milton, ' are not dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. They preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and. extraction of that... | |
 | 1831 - Liczba stron: 442
...fortunes, or to prosecute their investigations. ' Books,' said Milton, ' are not dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. They preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that... | |
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Books contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul whose progeny they are. • • • • 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 
