 ... 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 252by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1830 - 890 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...sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men." * Some such feeling, as dictated this sentence of our immortal Bard, seems to have influenced the learned... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 464 pages
...as that Sou'.e was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction of that living intellect that bred...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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1824 - 570 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. I know they are as lively arid vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth, and, being sown up and down, may chance... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction ofthat living intellect that bred them. I know they are as...sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men." " But, lest I should be condemned of introducing license, while I oppose licensing,* I refuse not the... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1826 - 548 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...may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as a good book. Who kills a man kills... | |
 | English literature - 1814 - 684 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...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 good book : who kills a man... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 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...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 good book. Who kills a man,... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...in them to be aa active as that soul was, whose progeny they arc; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigourously productive, Bs those fabulous dragons' teeth; nnd being sown up and down, may chance to... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 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...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigourously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 pages
...Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books bemean themselves, as well as men," &c. " 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." * This is an exact... | |
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