 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1838 - 518 páginas
...is accustomed to the reflection that "books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are"—that "a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 páginas
...for.* LIBELS. I DENY not, but that it is of the greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve... | |
 | 1840 - 448 páginas
...hae begun the gude work, e'en sae perfect it, an' ye shall nae want your reward in heaven.' BOOKS. BOOKS are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 páginas
...of human state as these P ] (I) [ w Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny 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. I know they are as... | |
 | 1858 - 690 páginas
...96-97. AET. XII.— QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves...malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, bnt do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. —... | |
 | 1860 - 722 páginas
...QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eve how books demean themselves as well as men, and thereafter...sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books arc not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul... | |
 | lady Henrietta Georgiana M. Chatterton - 1841 - 330 páginas
...evil may be done by one single book. Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny 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. 1 know they are as... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1842 - 706 páginas
...sharp justice upon them as " malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead " things ; but they have a potency of life in them, to " be as active as that soul was whose progeny they " are : nay, they contain, as in a vial, the purest ex" tract and efficacy of that intellect which bred them. " They... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 páginas
...that treatise : " I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine in prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books arc not absolutely dead things,... | |
 | 1841 - 500 páginas
...as a motto on the title-page : — " Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie of life in them, to be as active as that soul was...they are : nay, they do preserve as in a viol the piirest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that hrcd them. Many a man lives a burden... | |
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For 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. 
