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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. "
Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ... - Page 9
by John Milton - 1819 - 311 pages
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Selections from the prose writings of John Milton, ed. with memoir, notes ...

John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...title, Sur la Liberti de la Presse, imM de TAngla'a, de Milton.] THE IMMENSE VALUE OF GOOD BOOKS. I DENY not, but that it is of greatest concernment in...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...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - 1862 - 438 pages
...MILTON. from " Areopagittca : a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing ;" plO>luhed in 1644. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in...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...
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The interviews of great men: their influence on civilization, by the author ...

Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 pages
...force of this admirable composition may be surmised from a single extract. " I deny not," he says, " 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 therefore to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pages
...passages from his " Appeal for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing." " I do not deny but it is of the greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have a vigilant eye Itfe books demean themselves, as well as men ; and therefore to confme, imprison, and do sharpest justice...
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The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of ..., Volume 2

George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 pages
...ourselves the pleasure of quoting one passage from this sublime treatise : — " I deny not," says he, " 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...
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The Friend, Conducted by S.T. Coleridge, No, Volume 1

Derwent Coleridge - 1863 - 414 pages
...said that by the soul Only the nations shall be great and free ! WORD8WORTH. ESSAY X. I deny not hut 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...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...Early may fly the Babylonian woe. 143. FROM THE AREOPAOITICA. ARGUMENT TOR THE LIBERTY or THE PRESS. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in...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...
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The orator, a treasury of English eloquence

Orator - 1864 - 186 pages
...judge between me and yon. JOHN MILTON. Born, 1608. DM 1674. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIRILITIES OF THE PRESS. I DENY not, but that it is of greatest concernment in...church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do shaipest justice...
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Foliorum centuriae, selections for translation into Latin and Greek prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...Principles of Action, because they may produce ill effects. 19. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRESS. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in...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...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 117-118

1865 - 642 pages
...' I deny not,' says he, ' but it is of the greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, ta have a vigilant eye how bookes demeane themselves,...sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are uot absolutely dead things, bnt doe contain a potencie of life in them to be as active as that soule...
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