 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...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...potency of life in them , to be as active as that soûl whose progeny they are ; nay, they do préserve, as in a vial, Ihe purest efficacy and extraction... | |
 | 1849 - 818 pages
...Liberty of Unlicensed Printing,' which will be familiar to most of his admirers. ' For books,' he says, ' 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...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...fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost... | |
 | English literature - 1850 - 662 pages
...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...lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in liiem, to be as active лз that soul was : z H3 = % ,# W8٢i 1Ϝ X,- v" g; H y 5( <c: \r ] ... % Ӽ *x v ^ i xH; K e n X 5 \ _ d QR d:I dragon's teeth ; and being sown tip and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...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...lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being 8own up and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other... | |
 | Frederick Knight Hunt - English newspapers - 1850 - 326 pages
...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...lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...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...intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively and vigorously productive as those fabulous dragons' teeth, and being sown up and down may chance to spring... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as the soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...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...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other... | |
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... 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.... 
