 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 330 pages
...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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 pages
...up and down, may chance to bring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who...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 pages
...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. Who...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... | |
 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 pages
...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 ; who...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... | |
 | 1841 - 640 pages
...was a good house; and the success of the piece was complete. OUR MONTHLY CRYPT. " As good almost to kill a man, as kill a good book : who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but be who destroys a good book, kills Reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...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 : who...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 pages
...works. Milton had remarked what Horace alluded to, in his \ if urn rendentem, tints et adores ! " He 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... | |
 | 1837 - 548 pages
...immortal mind when under the highest consciousness of freedom at the attempt made to fetter its powers. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book : who...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 - 1845 - 572 pages
...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: who...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 Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...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 ; who...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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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... 
