 And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a 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...  Selections from the Works of Joseph Addison - Pagina xviiidoor Joseph Addison - 1906 - 360 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1836 - 694 pagina’s
...bursts forth with one of those eloquent axioms which are the legacies of great men to all ages : " Whoso kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's image...kills reason itself; kills the image of God, as it wore, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifi-blood... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pagina’s
...prevent their circulation, the author proceeds : — " As good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's...but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself ...... A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pagina’s
...men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a book. 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 life." The publication of... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1836 - 268 pagina’s
...threescore, was just ready to be married for the first time? BOOKS. " WHO kUls a man," says Milton, " kills a reasonable creature — God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills Reason itself." Think of that, confectioners, who bake pastry under stray leaves of Milton, and envelope "kisses,"... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pagina’s
...intellect that bred them .. .Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a Man, as kill a good Book: who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, God's...lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. MILTON. MY way must be straight on. True with the tongue, False... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 pagina’s
...of freedom at the attempt made to fetter its powers. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book : ository imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1837 - 316 pagina’s
...And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's...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 master spirit, embalmed and... | |
 | 1837 - 638 pagina’s
...those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men ! A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." But Coleridge was a poet as well as a philosopher ; and therefore... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 330 pagina’s
...wisdom or genius. Listen to this magnificent sentence out of the volume now lying open before me — "Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature —...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth, but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit... | |
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