...as malefactors : for Books,' he affirms, 'are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a viol the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that...

...of his admirers. ' For books,' he says, ' 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...

...neither time nor inclination for any others. "A good book," says Milton, in characteristic language, " is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." And when all may enjoy the privilege of communion with such spirits ; an intellectual...

...worthy of being engraven on the memory of our readers. " Books are no* absolutely dead things, bnt do streets, she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the o whose progey they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that...

...powers in advocating the side of liberty. " Books," said he, " 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...

...powers in advocating the side of liberty. "Books," said he, "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...

...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; 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 do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that...

...lives a bur As good almost kill a man, as kill a book : who kills a 2 den to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a 4 seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up...

...to see in some quiet inlet. " For," exclaims Milton, "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." Does it not wring your heart, dear fellow Bibliophilos, to hear of Chaucer in Websterian spelling ?...

...prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; 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 do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that...