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" I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. "
The Pageant of English Prose: Being Five Hundred Passages by Three Hundred ... - Page 447
edited by - 1912 - 743 pages
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...unlimited freedom of discussion. " ' I deny not," says the eloquent pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have...malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do eontain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they are: nay, they...
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The Literary journal, Volume 2

1806 - 708 pages
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...unlimited freeuscussion. " 'I deny not," says the cnt pleader, " but that it is of great icernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant...well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, arid do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain...
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Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly ..., Volume 9

Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...hindering and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. 1 deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them te be as active as that soul was whese progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...hindering and crqp_£ing the discovery that mi^ht bq y£L furthex. made, both inreligious and civil wisdom. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve...
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The Life of John Milton

Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...unlimited freedom of discussion. " d I deny not," says the eloquent pleader, " but that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have...malefactors: for books are not absolutely dead things, but do cond P. wi 289. tain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they...
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The Life of John Milton

Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...that it is of great concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books domean themselves as well as men, and thereafter to confine,...malefactors: for books are not absolutely dead things, but do ecu** P. wi 289. tain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was, whose progeny they...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 pages
...execute sharp justice upon them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, but they have a potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they contain, as in a vial, the purest extract and efficacy of that intellect which bred them. They are...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - 1819 - 484 pages
...is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as Men ; and thereafter to confine,...malefactors: For Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of Life in them to be as active as that Soule was whose progeny they are ; nay,...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - 1819 - 464 pages
...hl^i^ngjTnr^ijiilijjjpg in lyhfl* T" kn^T alreajj.i but by hindering. and gropping^ the discovery that civill "Wisdome. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment...Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as Men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice...
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