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.... The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Էջ 360խմբագրել է - 1816Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 էջ
...intellect that bred them .. .Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a Man, as kill a good Book: who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good Book, kills reason 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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1837 - 316 էջ
...And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth ; but a good... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 330 էջ
...wisdom or genius. Listen to this magnificent sentence out of the volume now lying open before me — "Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature —...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth, but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit... | |
| Tracts - 1840 - 514 էջ
...And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book ; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 էջ
...And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good book, kills reason 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... | |
| 1840 - 448 էջ
...And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives, a burden to the earth; but a good... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 էջ
...And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book : who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth ; but a good... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1822 - 1050 էջ
...reasonable creature, — God's image: but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, — kills the image of God, as it •were in the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed and treasured... | |
| 1837 - 548 էջ
...of freedom at the attempt made to fetter its powers. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book : who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's...he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye". Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good... | |
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