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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... "
Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham - Page 318
by Englishmen - 1836
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The American Quarterly Observer, Volume 1

1833 - 422 pages
...commonwealth " — and we are before the public as pledged sentinels, to watch on behalf of both — " to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men," and has said something of the duty of sometimes " doing sharpest justice on them as malefactors." Notwithstanding,...
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Essays

Samuel Ward - 1834 - 84 pages
...with eloquence and strongly impressed with his genius. "I deny not" he exclaims, "but it is of the greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth...not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency o! life in them tii be as active as that soul whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in...
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The Prose Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. I deny not, progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was «hose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve...
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Woman: as she is, and as she should be

Woman - 1835 - 758 pages
...deadly maim inflicted on all sound learning. Milton well said, — " It is of greatest concern to the commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as individuals." A love of chaste composition, it is greatly to be feared, cannot readily return: our...
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Select Prose Works, Volume 1

John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...and of converting what was intended to be a curb, into a screen and protection from punishment. ment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant...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 New-York Review, Volume 3

1838 - 514 pages
...Milton, in his eloquent speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing, recognizes it to be a matter " of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth,...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors." And this is precisely the course we do not pursue ; if a book has any cleverness, it is sure to get...
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Selections from the Works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, South ...

Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.* LIBELS. I DENY not, but that it is of the greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth,...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 Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 20; Volume 42

1860 - 722 pages
...never forgot his Moravian training at the Padagogium of Niesky. ART. XII.— QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. IT is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eve how books demean themselves as well as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 18; Volume 40

1858 - 690 pages
...will, and is not a property of the will, is a contradiction. ART. XL— QUARTERLY BOOK-TABLE. IT ia of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eve how books demean themselves as well as men, and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with a memoir by J. Montgomery, Volume 1

John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...shall be offered in proof of the marvellous excellence here ascribed to that treatise : " I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church...themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine in prison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books arc not absolutely dead things,...
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