I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, 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.... English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 206by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Durham Peters - Philosophy - 2010 - 318 pages
...equation of censorship with murder in one of the more cited passages of the essay also wins him points: "who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, God's...book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." This extraordinary passage was written... | |
| John Milton - Philosophy - 2006 - 102 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...spirit, imbalmed 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 loss; and... | |
| John Milton - Freedom of the press - 2006 - 78 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...spirit, imbalmed 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 loss; and... | |
| Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can restore a life, whereof... | |
| Haig A. Bosmajian - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 241 pages
...there were gods or whether not'" (1951 7). At the outset of Areopagitica, Milton personified the book: "[U]nless wariness be used, as good almost kill a...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye" (1951 6). Both homicide and bibliocide are reprehensible. Sixteen years after Areopagitica was published,... | |
| Massimiliano Morini, Romana Zacchi - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 218 pages
...living intellect that bred them [...] who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills...book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmend and treasured on purpose to a life beyond lifeĀ» (trad. mia). morte di Oliver Cromwell e... | |
| Micheline Ishay - Law - 2007 - 590 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can restore a life, whereof... | |
| Eric v.d. Luft - Political Science - 2007
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Destroying, censoring, and restricting the written word and discouraging literacy have been standard... | |
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