 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
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 страници
...least brains.— WB Clulow. 456. 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. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 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...purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect which bred them." " A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured... | |
 | 1855 - 452 страници
...Milton—"not absolutely dead things, but they contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as the soul whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve,...as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of the living intellect that bred them:" but still, to no modern orator, perhaps, was the personal appearance... | |
 | 1856 - 374 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...extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being... | |
 | Walter Colton, Henry Theodore Cheever - 1856 - 390 страници
...life in them, to te as active as that soul was whose progeny they are : nay, they do preserve, as tn & vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them." MILTON. PREFACE. IN launching this volume upon the wave of public opinion, the publishers deem it proper... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1856 - 432 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 .43 those fabulous dragon's teeth : and being... | |
 | 1857 - 820 страници
...absolutely dead things, but do contain n progeny of life in them, to be as active аз that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as...extraction of that living intellect that bred them." Books have always been deemed a power; the press is termed a fourth estate; and yet art, pictorial... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1857 - 494 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 in...extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 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...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... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1857 - 532 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. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being... | |
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