 I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book....  A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed - Page 181edited by - 1916 - 889 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | William Spalding - English literature - 1872 - 482 pages
...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...which bred them. I know they are as lively, as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragons' t^eth ; and being sown up and down may chance to spring up...who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature. God's image ; but he who kills a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1873 - 470 pages
...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...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | 1873 - 144 pages
...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...sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. As good almost to kill a man, as kill a good book ; who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature—... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 474 pages
...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...Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but lie who destroys a good book, kilh reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...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...good, almost, kill a man as kill a good book. Who Mils a man, Mils a reasonable creature, GocPs image ; hut Tie who destroys a good hoolc, Mils reason... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living thing which bred them. I know they are as lively and as vigorously...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
 | Edward Boehmer - Bibles - 1874 - 240 pages
...a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of...sown up and down, may chance 'to spring up armed men. A good book is the precious life - blood of a master • spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - Church group work - 1874 - 396 pages
...that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and, being sown up and down, may chance to...who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in... | |
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