 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.  Essays - Page 268by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1860 - 614 pages
...4al!smanic name of John C. Calhoun. It is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as...sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books «re not absolntelv dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active n» that... | |
 | 1860 - 716 pages
...IT Is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have n vigilant eye how books demenu themselves as well as men, and thereafter to confine,...and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for hooks are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pages
...and age : — " 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 in prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things,... | |
 | 1860 - 712 pages
...Niesky. ABT. Xn.— QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. 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, im• prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things,... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 pages
...have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confine in prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for...things, but do contain a progeny of life in them, to be aa active as that soul was whose progeny they are. Nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest... | |
 | Victoria regia - 1861 - 378 pages
...it is of greatest concern in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demcane themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine,...and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors: For Bookes are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of Life in them to be as active as... | |
 | Adelaide Anne Procter - 1861 - 374 pages
...it is of greatest concern in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eve bow Bookes deuieane themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confine,...and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors: For Bookes are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie of Life in them to be as active as... | |
 | John Milton - 1861 - 604 pages
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 | William Spalding - 1862 - 438 pages
...plO>luhed in 1644. 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...malefactors : for books are not absolutely dead things, but dc contain a progeny of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pages
...Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye Itfe books demean themselves, as well as men ; and therefore to confme, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors...books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them, to be as active as that soul whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve... | |
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