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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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Together: A Novel

Lydia M. Millard - 1865 - 276 pages
...thought is frozen or starved. I read this last night in Milton's ' Areopagitica,' — '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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Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare, and Suggestive ...

Gems - 1866 - 168 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 image...
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Afternoon readings in the museum

Afternoon lectures - 1866 - 242 pages
...future fame impossible !" his soul against the licenser. " As good," he cries out, — "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, the image of...
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Life and Times of John Milton

William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 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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The Afternoon Lectures on Literature and Art: Delivered in the Theatre of ...

1866 - 298 pages
...future fame impossible !" his soul against the licenser. " As good," he cries out, — "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, the image of...
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Select Academic Speaker: Containing a Large Number of New and Appropriate ...

Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 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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The Golden Sunset; Or, the Homeless Blind Girl

Annie Kane - 1867 - 252 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 image...
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English Composition and Rhetoric: A Manual

Alexander Bain - 1867 - 352 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 be who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image...
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Scott's Monthly Magazine, Volume 4

1867 - 488 pages
...of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life" — "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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Annual Report...

Brighton (Boston, Mass.) - 1867 - 112 pages
...Indeed, Milton, in his Areopagitica, spoke not too strongly those memorable words : " 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." . * * * *...
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