 ... 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 eye.  The Atlantic Monthly - Página 2741885Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Wilberforce Morrell - 1867 - 416 páginas
...of biography. We are learning to feel with Milton, that a good record of a good man's history is " the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Besides the men great enough to be spoken of in separate and lengthy volumes,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 334 páginas
...other pleasures in very deed be but trifles and troubles unto me.' ' A good book,' says Milton, ' is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond life.' Of how many humble and unhappy souls does it become the joy, the solace, the... | |
 | Max Ring - 1868 - 342 páginas
...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 masterspirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." " But license," objected St. John, " is as old as literary production. So long... | |
 | Samuel David Gross - 1868 - 128 páginas
...individuality, teaching by example. "The record of the life of a good man is," to use the language of Milton, "the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Of all the studies that can engage attention, biography is at once the most fascinating... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book ia the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose (with a view) to a life beyond life. 'Tis true, no age can restore a life, •whereof, perhaps, there... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 páginas
...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...treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no ^reat loss; and revolution! nf ages do... | |
 | Sabin J. and sons - 1869 - 466 páginas
...SELECTED FROM THE EXTENSIVE STOCK OF J. SABIN & SONS, 84 Nassau Street, New York. " A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. — "Milton. Abbot, JSC History of Napoleon Bonaparte. Illustrated. 2 vols, 8vo,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book kills reason Itsel1. A reopagiiica. A good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. ibut. Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like... | |
 | 1869 - 438 páginas
...LITERATURE, SELECTED FROM THE EXTENSIVE STOCK OF J. SABIN & SONS, 84 Nassau Street, New York. "A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. — "Milu*. Abbot, JSC History of Napoleon Bonaparte. Illustrated. 2 vols, 8vo,... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1869 - 136 páginas
...liberty of the press,' as one of the securities against corrupt or tyrannical government. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing... | |
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