 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 image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pàgina 2691857Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 526 pàgines
...men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a book. 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... | |
 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 pàgines
...creature, God's image; but -he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, killa 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 lifeblood of a muster-spirit, MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS. 5. The miscellaneous writings... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 324 pàgines
...belong to all time. In my course of desultory reading I had sense enough to know that " a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."* But I wanted, as every young man wants, something especially suited to my own... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 362 pàgines
...belong to all time. In my course of desultory reading I had sense enough to know that " a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."* But I wanted, as every young man wants, something especially suited to my own... | |
 | 1896 - 858 pàgines
...' but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are. 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 for a life beyond... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pàgines
...creature—God^ image, but he who destroys a good book, destroys 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 is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pàgines
...creature—God's image, but he who destroys a good book, destroys 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 is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond... | |
 | 1855 - 440 pàgines
...Giles's. — Athenäum. шй IMMORTALITY OF AUTHORS. — John Milton somewhere says, " A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." And James Montgomery carries out the same idea in his reflections on the writings... | |
 | 1854 - 500 pàgines
...contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." How grand a privilege must it be, then, to have — " The sayings of the wise... | |
 | 1855 - 616 pàgines
...to be the most important part of our literature. That above all other books a biography contains " the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Many a time have we felt refreshed and invigorated by the lives of men who, though... | |
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