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. The North British Review - Seite 1751857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Spalding - 1854 - 446 Seiten
...d< contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nny, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of thnt living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 Seiten
...whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as...productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being 1 sown up and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 Seiten
...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 a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect which bred them." " A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit,... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 Seiten
...the 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 in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as... | |
| Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 Seiten
...the least brains.— WB CMow. 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 in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as... | |
| 1855 - 452 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1856 - 374 Seiten
...are 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 a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as... | |
| Chambers's journal - 1856 - 432 Seiten
...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 phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are... | |
| 1856 - 352 Seiten
...what arc books? Hear Milton : " Books contain a progeny of life in them, to bo 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 liviug intellect that bred them. A good work is a... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 624 Seiten
...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...vial the purest efficacy and extraction ofthat living mtellect that bred them." Books have always been deemed a power ; the press is termed a fourth estate... | |
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