 | David Paul Nord - 2004 - 222 páginas
...Publication, 1858), 12. The ATS liked to quote from John Milton's famous tribute to books: "A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." See, for example, American Messenger, August 1850, 30. 40. American Messenger,... | |
 | Earl Ernest Guile - 2005 - 316 páginas
...part of words is the thought therein contained." Zhuangzi (369BC-286 BC) Chinese philosopher. "A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." John Milton (1608-1674) English author. "A good book is the purest essence of... | |
 | John Durham Peters - 2010 - 316 páginas
...itself, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." This extraordinary passage was written by a man who would be totally blind eight... | |
 | Frans H. Van Eemeren, Peter Houtlosser - 2005 - 368 páginas
...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. The first paragraph of the passage, introduced by the quasi-performative clause... | |
 | Henry C. Mitchell - 2005 - 221 páginas
...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there was no great loss;... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - 2005 - 555 páginas
...breathed I From dead men to their kind''' (6-8; italics added). Milton's description of a "good book" as "the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life," is here subverted by Wordsworth, who has his opponent, deaf to his own self-defeating... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2006 - 486 páginas
...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and... | |
 | George Rapanos - 2007 - 335 páginas
...within every soul. This 13 hidden treasure is more precious than silver, more precious than gold. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured upon purpose to a life beyond life. But above all things, Truth beareth away the victory. I consider... | |
 | Andrew Weeraratne - 2007 - 276 páginas
...goals, and that most who have accomplished great deeds have mastered these simple principles. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. — John Milton Also keep in mind that having no mentor is better than having the... | |
 | ...destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye ..... t A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. - John Milton (9.12.1608 - 8.11.1674), (Areopagiticia) The so-called best-sellers... | |
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Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 
