 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
 | Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...destroys a good book, destroys 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...life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.—John Milton. 457. Many books require no thought from those who read... | |
 | Robert Potts - Scholarships - 1855 - 588 pages
...destroys a good book, destroys 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...life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.—John Milton. 457. Many books require no thought from those who read... | |
 | Great Britain - 1854 - 500 pages
...ib contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." How grand a privilege must it be, then, to have — " The sayings of... | |
 | 1855 - 440 pages
...of St. Giles's. — Athenäum. шй IMMORTALITY OF AUTHORS. — John Milton somewhere says, " A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." And James Montgomery carries out the same idea in his reflections on... | |
 | 1855 - 616 pages
...to be the most important part of our literature. That above all other books a biography contains " the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Many a time have we felt refreshed and invigorated by the lives of... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 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...life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 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. — Milton's Speech on unlicensed Printing.... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1856 - 432 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.'* The inestimable advantage... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...few and well chosen. 330flfeS. — Milton. AS good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book. 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. tSflOfeg. _ Clarendon.... | |
 | Baptists - 1856 - 790 pages
...do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. A Good Book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." In every number of this cheap little magazine we try to give as much... | |
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