 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853
...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,...absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life iu them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial... | |
 | William Spalding - 1853 - Liczba stron: 413
...concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye hosv 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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - Liczba stron: 432
...and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafier to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them...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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854
...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,...whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854
...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,...whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | 1896
...ink. And yet, a soul is here. ' For books are not absolutely dead things ' — so said Milton — ' but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. Many a man lives, a burden to the earth, but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit,... | |
 | 1855
...concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as weil as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do...as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. — MILTON. (1.) " The Rich Kinsman, by SH TYNG, DD," (New- York: R. Carter & Brothers, 1855 ; 12mo.,... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - Liczba stron: 554
...for great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.— WB Clulow. 456. 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 of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855
...live and act through their works, " for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was...progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect which bred them." " A good book is... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855
...for great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.— WB CMow. 456. 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 of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
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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. 
