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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... "
Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 - Page 33
by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865
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Favourite Wisdom

Deborah Cassidi - Religion - 2003 - 196 pages
...Kilnnnul Burke (1729-97), from Reflection} on the Revolution in France Simon Jenkins, writer and'columnist As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who...itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to...
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And I Quote, Revised Edition: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings ...

Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 552 pages
...against calamity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson • I cannot live without books. — Thomas Jefferson • ... who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's...itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. — John Milton • Books are good enough in their way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...
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The Major Works

John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth;0 and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost Lill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who...
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AP English Language and Composition: The Advanced Placement Exam with Reas ...

Linda Bannister, Ellen Davis Conner, Robert Liftig - Study Aids - 2003 - 276 pages
...vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth and being sown up and down, may chance to spring 2o up armed men. And yet on the other hand unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as lull a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good...
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George Eliot's Dialogue with John Milton

Anna K. Nardo - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 292 pages
...live again, a "potency ... as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men" (Areop, 720). They were living knowledge. To Mr. Casaubon, the latter-day Milton whom Dorothea thought...
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Popular Print Media, 1820-1900, Volume 3

Andrew King, John Plunkett - Popular literature - 2004 - 608 pages
...bred them. I know that they are as lively and vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth, and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men." The "potency of life" in abad book is identical with the potency of life in a snake. To come in contact...
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The Intellectual Commons: Toward an Ecology of Intellectual Property

Henry C. Mitchell - Computers - 2005 - 244 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up...Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's own image; but he who kills destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it...
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Sprache, Bewusstsein, Stil: theoretische und historische Perspektiven

Thomas Krefeld, Wulf Oesterreicher, Hans-Martin Gauger - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 336 pages
...Körpers gegenüber dem Geist zum Ausdruck bringt: „who kills a Man kills a reasonable créature, God's Image; but he who destroys a good Book, kills reason itself, kills the Image of God, äs it were in the eye." Milton fand die Geschichte von Isis und Osiris in der Edition von Plutarchs...
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Burning Books

Haig A. Bosmajian - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 241 pages
...there were gods or whether not'" (1951 7). At the outset of Areopagitica, Milton personified the book: "[U]nless wariness be used, as good almost kill a...itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye" (1951 6). Both homicide and bibliocide are reprehensible. Sixteen years after Areopagitica was published,...
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Versions of Censorship

John McCormick, Mairi MacInnes - Political Science - 2006 - 400 pages
...bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous Dragons teeth;3 and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other hand unlesse warinesse be us'd, as good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book; who kills a Man kills a reasonable...
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