 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.  Russell's Magazine - Stranica 326uredio/la - 1860Potpun prikaz - O ovoj knjizi
 | William Spalding - 1854 - Broj stranica: 446
...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 those... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - Broj stranica: 588
...have often 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...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... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - Broj stranica: 588
...have often 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...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 - Broj stranica: 472
...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...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 - Broj stranica: 452
...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 - Broj stranica: 374
...for 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...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... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1856 - Broj stranica: 432
...says he, ' 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 - Broj stranica: 352
...True, but 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... | |
 | Walter Colton, Henry Theodore Cheever - 1856 - Broj stranica: 390
...Books are not absolutely dead things, bat do contain a progeny of 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.... | |
 | 1857 - Broj stranica: 804
...forms, " 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...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... | |
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