 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 דפים
...Liberty of Unlicensed Printing ;" published in 1644. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye...demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confme, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors : for books are not absolutely dead... | |
 | 1896 - 858 דפים
...ink. And yet, a soul is here. ' For books are not absolutely dead things ' — so said Milton — ' but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. Many a man lives, a burden to the earth, but a good book is the precious... | |
 | 1855 - 660 דפים
...AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilint eye how books demean themselves as well as men, and...potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. — MILTON. (1.) " Tfie Rich Kinsman, by SH TYNG, DD," (New- York : R.... | |
 | 1855 - 946 דפים
...8, ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. THE ECLECTIC KEVIEW. DECEMBER, 1855. ' IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye...and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest iustice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, out do contain a potency... | |
 | 1855 - 662 דפים
...of a brighter day. ART. VHI— SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as weil as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ;... | |
 | 1856 - 870 דפים
...AJgD GOTTO, 24 AND 25, OXFORD STREET. ECLECTIC REVIEW. JUNE, 1856. " It i« of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye...contain a potency of life in them to be as active OB that «oul was whose progeny they are." — ffilton. LONDON: WARD AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. W. <•>.!... | |
 | 1856 - 374 דפים
...disguise nor ornament ; be plain. Otway. MLI. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye...books are 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... | |
 | 1856 - 790 דפים
...careful what books they read. No man can deny this. JOHN MILTON said, and he knew all about it — "Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. A Good Book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured... | |
 | 1856 - 668 דפים
...adjacent mouths. ART. Vra.— SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye...well as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, aud do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1856 - 432 דפים
...judicious eulogy, let us append Milton's more modern and more eloquent laudation : ' Books,' says he, ' 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... | |
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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. 
