 | Unitarianism - 1826 - 548 pages
...justice on them as malefactors. For books are not absolutely dead things, but dp contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose...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,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...justice on them as malefactors. 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 phial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active...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... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...but do contain a progeny of 'life 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...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... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Anglican Communion - 1830 - 332 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." * * The Long Parliament... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Education - 1831 - 424 pages
...them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. As good almost kill a man, as kill a good book : who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's... | |
 | 1832 - 528 pages
...more exquisite than the following : " Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potcucie of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they doe preserve as in a violl the purest cfficacie and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...absolutely dead things, bnt do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul «..a whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extractan of that living intellect that bred them. — MILTOX. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution... | |
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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. 
