...suggest hints, rather than supply ideas ; they must be, as Milton says, " Not absolutely dead things, but contain a potency of life in them to be as active...that soul was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they must preserve as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred...

...suggest hints, rather than supply ideas ; they must be, as Milton says, " Not absolutely dead things, but contain a potency of life in them to be as active...that soul was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they must preserve as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred...

...demean themselves, as well as men. For books are not absolutely dead things, but contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. I know they are as lively and vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown...

...For (to use the language of Milton), " books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men ! A good book is the...

...My lady sweet, arise ; Arise, arise. BOOKS are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was...extraction of that living intellect that bred them .. .Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a Man, as kill a good Book: who kills a Man kills...

...and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books arc' not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency...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...

...OREENWICH-STS. Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie of life in them to be as actire as that soul was, whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a viol, the purest efficacy and extraction <Л that living intellect that bred them. As good almost kill...

...is accustomed to the reflection that "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" — that "a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose...

...is accustomed to the reflection that "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"—that "a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on...

...progeny of life iu them, to be as active as that INFIISMTE Spirit is, whose progeny they are ? that they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that Intellect DIVINE that bred them?" It were indeed much to say; but who shall gainsay it? The Bible!...