 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1829 - 740 ページ
...resulted from it, he would probably have dilated on the subject with somewhat less enthusiasm,) " a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Whoever has studied Franklin in his political and philosophical works, will, it... | |
 | 1831 - 424 ページ
...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...earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. We should be wary,... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 ページ
...monument in every truly sanctified soul, and by the channel of this good book, pouring what Milton calls the " precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life," into the vital circulation of the militant church. There we pray and are persuaded... | |
 | 1832 - 536 ページ
...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...life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on a purpose to a life beyond life. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the... | |
 | 1832 - 528 ページ
...fabulous dragons' teeth, and being sown; up and down may chance to spring up armed men. * * * * A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." We cannot trust ourselves longer with the prose works of Milton. Perhaps at a... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 670 ページ
...creature — God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth, but a good book is the precious life-blood...revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse ; therefore we should be wary how... | |
 | 1834 - 532 ページ
...kill* a man 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...master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. "Tis true no age can restore a life whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss ;... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 ページ
...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. It is true, no age...revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a re. jected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. We should be wary, therefore,... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1834 - 84 ページ
...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...book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Areopagitica, Milton's works, vol. i.... | |
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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... 
