 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pàgines
...reafonable creature, GOD'S image ; but hee who deftroyes a good Booke, kills reafon itfelf, kills the image of GOD, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth ; but a good Boqke is the pretious liftblood of a mafter fpirit, imbalm'd and treafur'd up on purpofe to a life... | |
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 408 pàgines
...reafonable creature,. GOD'S image ; but hee who deftroyes a good Booke, kills reafbn itfelf, kills the image of GOD, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth -, but a good Booke is the pretious lifeblood of a mafter fririt, imbalm'd and treafur'd up on purpofe to a life... | |
 | 1795 - 432 pàgines
...reasonable creature, God's image > but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a masterspirit, embalmed and treasured... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pàgines
...reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills Reason itMlf, lolls the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the ear th ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed tad treasured op on... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pàgines
...reasonable creature, God's image : but he wiiy destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills tne image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden in the eait/i; but a good book is tht prtcious Itfrbhod of a master spirit, iml^ti.itrl and treasured... | |
 | Francis Maseres - 1809 - 636 pàgines
...reafonable creature, God's image; but he who deftroys a good book, kills reafon itfelf, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a matter fpirit, imbalmed and treafured-up on purpofe to a life bevond... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pàgines
...reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a. life beyond... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pàgines
...reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth: but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pàgines
...reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embahued and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pàgines
...a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond... | |
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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 of God, as it were, in the... 
