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... Essays - Página 269por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 324 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1826 - 548 páginas
...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...unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 598 páginas
...this subject, which may be considered as a genuine instance of the sublime : ' Who kills a man, kilU a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how... | |
| 1828 - 604 páginas
...as a genuine instance of the sublime : ' Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's imnge ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye We should be •wary, therefore, what persecution we raise .against the living labours of public men,... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...dragons' teeth; nnd being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the oiher hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill...reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys n good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of (iod, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 670 páginas
...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 — God's...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... | |
| 1834 - 606 páginas
...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragons' teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless weariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book : who kills a man, kills a reasonable... | |
| Samuel Ward - 1834 - 84 páginas
...productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; anil being sown up and down may chance to spring up around men. And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature; God's image; but he who destroys... | |
| 1835 - 606 páginas
...conclude by calling the attention of the opponents of the native press to a passage from Milton : " Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, God's...good book kills reason itself; kills the image of God in the very eye. Many a man lives a burden upon the earth ; but a good book is the precious life of... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 1044 páginas
...lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and beingsown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be iiTil. as good almost kill a man as kill a good book : who kills a man kills a reasonable creature,... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 páginas
...useless against bad books, since it does not prevent their circulation, the author proceeds : — " As good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who...but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself ...... A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose... | |
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