 | 1858
...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,...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. —... | |
 | 1841
...as a motto on the title-page : — " Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie 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 piirest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that hrcd them. Many a man lives... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844
...and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do 1 sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books i "% Chambers Robert" Robert Chambers( whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - Liczba stron: 372
...greatest concernment to the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison,...potency 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... | |
 | Independent Whig - 1845
...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...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 and his army,t the Commonwealth... | |
 | John Milton - 1845
...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,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847
...greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a ngilant eye how books demean themselves as turning. Without the door let sorrow lie ; And if...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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - Liczba stron: 587
...monuments of human state as these ?J »0 [** 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 as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction ofthat living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | John Milton - 1848
...concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison,...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... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1848
...as malefactors : for Books,' he affirms, 'are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie 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 of that living intellect that bred them ; they are as lively,... | |
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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 of that living intellect that bred them. 
