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" 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 the... "
The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author - Page 290
by John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806
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The Works of John Robinson: Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers, Volume 1

John Robinson - 1851 - 576 pages
...CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER, PITTSFIELD, AND PRESIDENT OF BOUDOIN COLLEGE, IN MAINE. "MANY a man," says Milton, "lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." As Mr. Bobinson did...
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The Works of John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers, Volume 1

John Robinson - 1851 - 576 pages
...1 ГНИЕi.И, AMI Hi> -.llil.r. Г Оr BOUU01N COLLZOE, IN MAI.NK. г "MANY a man," says Milton, "lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the preeious life-blood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."...
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John Milton: the Patriot and Poet

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...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 the eye. Many...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." He appeals to antiquity...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volume 2

David Thomas - 458 pages
...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 the eye. Many...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." Fourthly. There is...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 3

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 312 pages
...a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who kills a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many...the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life : "Tis true no age can...
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...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 the eye. Many...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 : 'tis true no life...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1852 - 472 pages
...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 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 treasured...
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The Literature of Controversy: Polemical Strategy from Milton to Junius

Thomas N. Corns - 1987 - 192 pages
...kills a reasonable creature, Gods Image; but hee who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth; but a good Booke is the pretious life-blood of a master spirit, imbalm'd and treasur'd up on purpose to a life...
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The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Age

Thomas L. Pangle - 1993 - 244 pages
...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 the eye. Many...earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. . . . Give me the liberty...
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The Culture of Violence: Essays on Tragedy and History

Francis Barker - 1993 - 276 pages
...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 the eye. Many...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. Tis true, no age can...
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