| Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pagina’s
...kills a reafonable creature, GOD'S image ; but hee who deftroyes a good Booke, kills reafon itfelf, kills the image of GOD, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth ; but a good Boqke is the pretious liftblood of a mafter fpirit, imbalm'd and treafur'd up on purpofe to a life... | |
| 1795 - 432 pagina’s
...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 the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed and treasured... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pagina’s
...kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills Reason itMlf, lolls the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the ear th ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed tad treasured op on... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pagina’s
...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 the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pagina’s
...reasonable creature, God's image : but he wiiy destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills tne image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden in the eait/i; but a good book is tht prtcious Itfrbhod of a master spirit, iml^ti.itrl and treasured... | |
| Francis Maseres - 1809 - 638 pagina’s
...man kills a reafonable creature, God's image; but he who deftroys a good book, kills reafon itfelr, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a matter fpirit, imbalmed and trcafured-up on purpofe to- a life... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 534 pagina’s
...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 the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a. life... | |
| Friedrich Bouterwek - 1809 - 500 pagina’s
...reafonable creature, God's image; but he who dcflroys a good book, kills reafon itfelf, kills the im. ige of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book (Sin fatorifdjíbibuftifdjee «ЮегГфеп be* Σ)id)ter6 (Sow lei) barf in fcer ©efdjid)ie... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pagina’s
...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 the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth: but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pagina’s
...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 the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embahued and treasured up on purpose to a life... | |
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