 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.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 591818Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 408 pagina’s
...confine, impri' fon, and do fharpefl juftice on them as malefactors : For Books are not abfolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as adtive as that foule was whofe progeny they are ; nay they do preferve as in. a, violl the pureft efficacie... | |
 | 1819 - 580 pagina’s
...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. — They are as... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pagina’s
...existence. But if books inculcate evil and pernicious principles, either in taste or Aloráis, " since they doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule whose progeny they are," they must, at the tribunal of criticism, be duly informed against, and prosecuted... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pagina’s
...But if books inculcate evil and pernicious principles, either in taste or morals, " since they doc contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule whose progeny they are," they must, at the tribunal of criticism, be duly informed against, and prosecuted... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pagina’s
...are not absolutely dead things, but do eontain 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 viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pagina’s
...absolutely dead things, but do cond P. wi 289. tain 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 viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 954 pagina’s
...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 viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 484 pagina’s
...Men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors: For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a...in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 464 pagina’s
...Men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors: For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of Life in them to be as active as that Sou'.e was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 492 pagina’s
...Men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors: For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of Life in them, to be as active -> t as that Soule was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie... | |
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