 ... 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....  The Life of John Milton - Page 252de Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pages
...whofe progeny they are; are ; nay they do prefcrve as in a viol! the pureft efficacie and extradtion of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigoroufly produdtive, as thofe fabulous Dragons teeth ; and being fown up and down, may chance to... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do eontain a potency of life in them to be as active as that...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 warincs$ »... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are: nay, they do preserv e, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of...may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness i PW vol. i. 289, be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book:... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...in them te be as active as that soul was whese progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...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...lively, .and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other... | |
 | Francis Maseres - 1809 - 638 pages
...as active as that foul was whofe progeny they are ; nay, they do prefcrve, as in a vial, the pureft efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that...they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as thofe fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being srqucncei " f°wn npand down, may chance to fpring-up armed... | |
 | Francis Maseres - 1809 - 636 pages
...as aftive as that foul was whofe progeny they arc ; nay, they do preferve, as in a vial, the pureft' efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigoroufly productive, as thofe fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sequences " fc>wn upand down, may... | |
 | Friedrich Bouterwek - 1809 - 500 pages
...be as aclive . as that foul was whofe progeny they are; my, (hey do preferve as in a vial the pureft efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorous ly productive, as thofe fabulous dragons teeth; and being fown up and down , may chance to... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 954 pages
...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...being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed again." Milton's Areopagaica in his Works, edit 1697, p. 374, " At the chapel of Kilfenora two schools... | |
 | 1857 - 878 pages
...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." Books have always been deemed a power ; the press is termed a fourth estate ; and yet art, pictorial... | |
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