 | 1857 - 878 pages
...thus contain. To apply once more the words of Milton to our subject, there will be found "a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they will preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 464 pages
...vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as 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 ;... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1822 - 526 pages
...confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors : for books are not abso^ lutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...that soul was, whose progeny they are : nay, they do preserve, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1823 - 578 pages
...a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as 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 a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are."* But, Sir, it is... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 pages
...society, may be committed by an unlicensed press, there is no doubt. To use again the words of Milton, " Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...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.... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...them, as malefactors : for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie of life i» 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 that bred them.... | |
 | 1825 - 582 pages
...demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest 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,... | |
 | 1826 - 548 pages
...vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books...that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a phial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.... | |
 | 1814 - 684 pages
...justice en (hew as malefactors ; for books an; 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... | |
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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. 
