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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 288
by John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 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, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.—Milton's Speech on...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...creature, God's image; but he who destroys n good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of (iod, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but • good book i- the precious life-blood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to...
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The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 7

1832 - 536 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 a purpose to a life beyond life. We should be wary,...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 3

1834 - 532 pages
...kills a reasonable creaturo— 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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Essays

Samuel Ward - 1834 - 84 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, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Areopagitica, Milton's...
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An Essay on the Origin, Character, and Tendency of Creeds and Confessions of ...

John Mason Duncan - 1834 - 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." Many such theological...
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The Prose Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 1044 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 lifeblood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age...
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Select Prose Works, Volume 1

John Milton - 1836 - 448 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 lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 5

Englishmen - 1836 - 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, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can...
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1; Volume 7

1836 - 694 pages
...God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, 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 of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." We could...
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