 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.  Once a Week - Страница 78под редакцията на - 1859Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 страници
...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...extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth , and being... | |
 | Francis Hare - 1840 - 40 страници
...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 that bred them. — Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit,... | |
 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 страници
...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 that bred them. — Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit,... | |
 | 1840 - 448 страници
...them, to be as active as 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. I know they are as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth, and being... | |
 | lady Henrietta Georgiana M. Chatterton - 1841 - 330 страници
...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...extraction of that living intellect that bred them. 1 know they are as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being... | |
 | 1841 - 508 страници
...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 that bred them. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 страници
...but do contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they arc. Nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy...extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being... | |
 | 1843 - 1056 страници
...judge of such a man by the remains of his discourses will not do at all. " The books do not preserve the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." The same may he said, though not perhaps with equal force, of other great orators, whose just fame... | |
 | 1843 - 520 страници
...judge of such a man by the remains of his discourses will not do at all. " The books do not preserve the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." The same may he said, though not perhaps with equal force, of other great orators, whose just fame... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 страници
...and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do 1 sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books i "% Chambers Robert" Robert Chambers( I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dra: -us' teeth ; and being... | |
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