 ... 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
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...master-spirit embalmed and treasured up to a life beyond life." — " They preserve, as in a vial, as his ; but the matter, which was none of his, he could not give me, nor I It is astonishing that these books should not in our time have been appreciated by the people, and... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pages
...life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. I know they are as lively and vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth...may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a book. Many a man lives a burden... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 276 pages
...they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that [iving intellect that bred them. I know they are as 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... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 332 pages
...them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they must preserve as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." Instruction, which is the third thing to be noticed under means of education, must always be kept strictly... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 328 pages
...them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they must preserve as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." Instruction, which is the third thing to be noticed under means of education, must always be kept strictly... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1837 - 638 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...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men ! A good book is the... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 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 .. .Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a Man, as kill a good Book: who kills a Man kills... | |
 | 1838 - 540 pages
...by death in his last triumph, — the power of genius. To any one who feels, with Milton, that books are " as lively and as vigorously productive as those...up and down, may chance to spring up. armed men," how awful must be the conviction that even penitence for having uttered a wrong book, cannot kill its... | |
 | American and Foreign Bible Society - 1838 - 1182 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. They are as lively and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth, and being sown up... | |
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