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" Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. 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... "
REMARKS ON JOHNSON'S LIFE OF MILTON. - Page 203
by Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 381 pages
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The Pioneer Preacher, Or, Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags, and Other Lectures

William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...chance to spring up armed men. " 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...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...chance to spring up armed men. 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...
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A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1028 pages
...fabulons dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. As good almost to , :8L [ cV reasonable creature — Hod's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself—kills...
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and ..., Volume 1

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 pages
...fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. As good almost to 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...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 3

David Masson - 1873 - 770 pages
...whose " progeny they are." All the more reason to beware of violence against books. " As good almost kill a man as kill a good " book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's " image ; but he whp destroys a good book kills reason itself, " kills the...
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Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags

William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pages
...chance to spring up armed men. " 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...
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Russell's Magazine, Volume 6

Paul Hamilton Payne - 1860 - 614 pages
...efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a good, reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kilta reason itself, kills...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost Ml 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...
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Selections from the prose writings of John Milton, ed. with memoir, notes ...

John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...may chance to spring up armed men. 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...
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The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities ...

1862 - 448 pages
...Ъе to estimate its worth by its weight. Milton has left us a suggestive admonition : "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...
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