 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...press, 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...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 566 pages
...and cropping the discovery that might be yet further made, both in religious and civil wisdom. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the...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... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1848 - 796 pages
...imaginary. Even Milton, the foremost champion in that age for the liberty of unlicensed printing, admits ' that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and...thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice to them as malefactors : for Books,' he affirms, 'are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a... | |
 | Charles Buxton - 1848 - 652 pages
...THB MAM AKI) IH« SATYK. [Specimen.] COMMERCIAL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY Orfftiujljum UHlson, U0pl LONDON BOOKS are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them, to be as active as thnt soul was whose progeny they are — MILTOK. AUTHORS desirous of having their Literary Productions... | |
 | 1849 - 442 pages
...Elements of Moral Science. " I deny not but that it is of the greatest concernment to the church and the commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well at men."— Milton. THERE was once a time, before the invention of that wondrous art which multiplies... | |
 | Rugby sch - 1850 - 176 pages
...sublunary. Shakspeare was enjoying the scene heartily: Milton was more grave, and thought " that it was of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books do demean themselves." Southey, however, had a little winced under the lash, to the vast delight of... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1850 - 304 pages
...Only the nations ihall be great and free ! WORDSWORTH. ESSAY X. I deny not but that it is of greateft concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themfelves as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprifon, and do marpeft juftice on them as... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...wisely guarded himself from approving an unseemly and dangerous license. " I deny not," he says, " but that it is of greatest concernment in the church...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1851 - 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...how books demean themselves, as well as men ; and therefore to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are not... | |
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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... 
