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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 - Reference - 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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Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the ...

Rebecca Knuth - Business & Economics - 2003 - 308 pages
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Fra Magazine: A Journal of Affirmation, January to June 1909

Elbert Hubbard - Literary Collections - 2003 - 332 pages
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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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The Classical Association: The First Century, 1903-2003, Volumes 61-64

Christopher Stray - Classical education - 2003 - 294 pages
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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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Twelve Centuries Of English Poetry And Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice E. Andrews - Poetry - 2004 - 772 pages
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Political Theorists in Context

Stuart Isaacs, Chris Sparks - Political Science - 2004 - 271 pages
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