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 New-York Review - Strana 68úprava: - 1838Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - Počet stránok 624
...justice on them as malefactors; 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 preserv e, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect... | |
| Benjamin Flower - 1811 - Počet stránok 578
...as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are not 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... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - Počet stránok 534
...as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...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... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - Počet stránok 684
...them as malefactors: for books are not absolutely dead things, but do ecu** P. wi 289. tain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are: najr, they do preserve, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect... | |
| Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - Počet stránok 954
...justice on them as malefactors ; 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 viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect... | |
| 1857 - Počet stránok 878
...third greatness, the power of art. Works thus wrought, whether poems in words, or pictures in forms, are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny...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... | |
| William Cobbett - 1817 - Počet stránok 800
...justice upon them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, but they have a potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they contain, as in a vial, the purest extract and efficacy of that intellect which bred... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1823 - Počet stránok 578
...well as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are."* But, Sir, it is quite superfluous to proceed further with these authorities. The universal sentiment... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - Počet stránok 570
...To use again the words of Milton, " 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... | |
| 1825 - Počet stránok 582
...judgment upon them, as malefactors : for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie 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 ofthat living intellect... | |
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