 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...is even something hallowing in the imperishability of a printed volume. "A good book," says Milton, "is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit. embalmed and treasured up on purpose, to a life beyond life. We should be wary how we spill the seasoned life of man preserved and stored up... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...even something hallowing in the imperishability of a printed volume. "A good book," says Milton, " is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose, to a life beyond life. We should be wary how we spill the seasoned life of man preserved and stored up... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...but he who kills 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...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life : 'Tis true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ;... | |
 | John Robinson - Congregational churches - 1851 - 576 pages
...CONGBEQATIONAL MINISTEB, PITTSFIELD, AND PRESIDENT OF BOUDOIN COLLEGE, IN MAINE. " MANY a man," says Milton, " lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." As Mr. Eobinson did not live a burden... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a 4 seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 472 pages
...book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood...not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for want of which whole nations fare worse. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...but he who 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...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life : 'tis true no life can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ;... | |
 | David Thomas - 458 pages
...he who 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...master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Fourthly. There is yet another method of raising Christianity to a supreme influence... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...but he who 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...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." He appeals to antiquity : he shows that none of the worthy and ancient Republics... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 526 pages
...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 to the earth, but a good...master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." The publication of a book is like the scattering of seed upon the earth. The act... | |
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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... 
