 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 Christian Teacher - Σελίδα 901841Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Stephen Innes, James Madison Professor of American History Stephen Innes - 1995 - 405 σελίδες
...acknowledging its potentially subversive nature: "For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction... | |
 | Lana Cable - 1995 - 231 σελίδες
...vitality of men that books can be said to resemble: "For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule was whose progeny they are." And the vitality itself is more than just lively; the language that... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 1539 σελίδες
...literature's vitality and importance: 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. . . . unless wariness... | |
 | Harold M. Weber - 1996 - 292 σελίδες
...entirely different and more serious key: "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."35 Milton's notable... | |
 | Joad Raymond - 2005 - 379 σελίδες
...this Kingdom. (Perfect Weekly Account, Dec. 1648') For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule was whose progeny they are. (JM, Areopagitica, Nov. WHO read newsbooks, why, and what did they... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 625 σελίδες
...Milton, ed. Ernest Sirluck (1 959). 16 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. I know they are as... | |
 | Alden Smith - 1997 - 226 σελίδες
...recalling here, from Milton's Areopagitica: "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." On the emphasis of... | |
 | Jeffrey Masten, Masten Jeffrey - 1997 - 223 σελίδες
...patriarchal-absolutist discourses we have been examining: "For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 669 σελίδες
...doth in music lie. 7457 Areopagitica Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency 7 Ү 7 S {U : > O Ձ^yi > s| z F _@ Az C + 5 ʿ WЫ 7458 Areopagitica As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable... | |
 | Michael Heim - 1999 - 309 σελίδες
...Omar Khnyyam. trans. Edward FitzGerald Books 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 thai living intellect that bred Ihem — Who kills a man... | |
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