 And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the...  The Ceylon magazine - Page 2Full view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...destroys a good book, kills Reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." EMERSON'S ESSAYS.*... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond a life. 'Tis true no age can... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a. life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life,... | |
 | Francis Maseres - Canada - 1809 - 638 pages
...deftroys a good book, kills reafon itfelr, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a matter fpirit, imbalmed and trcafured-up on purpofe to- a life beyond life. Jt is true, no age... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth: but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond a life. Tis true no age can... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...work in his own energetic language, Ave may justly call it, what he has defined a good book to be, " the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." His late biographer, instead of praising Milton for a service so honorably... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embahued and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no aap can restore a life,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can... | |
 | Scotland - 1857 - 878 pages
...of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book [picture] is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life " We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the... | |
 | Arminianism - 1839 - 1092 pages
...from other books, though it is not always easy to define in what respects. Milton says, " Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." And to whom does this... | |
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