 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 Seiten
...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 master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and revolutions of ages do... | |
 | 1840 - 448 Seiten
...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 life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and revolutions of ages do... | |
 | 1845 - 732 Seiten
...questions. To these questions, however, we shall now address ourselves to the best of our ability. hat is dreaming, And the lamp-light hieh priest of humanity hath bequeathed to us; a portion of the indestructible patrimony which the... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...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 life. 'T is true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss ;... | |
 | James William Massie - 1846 - 572 Seiten
...kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye :" if a good book " be the precious life-blood of a master- spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life," we should surely be wary what persecution we raise against the living images of... | |
 | 1849 - 854 Seiten
...inclination for any others. "A good book," says Milton, in characteristic language, " is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." And when all may enjoy the privilege of communion with such spirits ; an intellectual... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 Seiten
...almost kill a man, as kill a book : who kills a 2 den to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a 4 seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books; since we see a... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 622 Seiten
...man us kill a jrood book. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. MILTON'S Sftuh for tlu Liberty of unlicensed Printing. THUS far then I have been... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...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 life. — Milton. BOOKS, BAD. — Some books, like the city of London, fare the better... | |
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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 life. 
