 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.  The Friendship of Books, and Other Lectures - Pagina 366door Frederick Denison Maurice - 1874 - 392 pagina’sVolledige 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; are ; nay they do preferve as in. a, violl the pureft... | |
 | 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 to conviction and... | |
 | 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 to conviction and... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pagina’s
...absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them te be as active as that soul was whese 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 lively, and as... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pagina’s
...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 lively, .and as... | |
 | 1818 - 762 pagina’s
...gays, " of greatest concernment to have a vigilant eye how boolccs deroeane themselves as well as men. For bookes are not absolutely dead things, but doe...potencie of life in them, to be as active as that soule was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a violl, the purest efficacie and extraction... | |
 | 1857 - 878 pagina’s
...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." Books have always been deemed a power... | |
 | 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...potencie of Life in them to be as active as that Soule was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1824 - 592 pagina’s
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