 | 1843 - 150 psl.
...the fulness of time, thou passest from sheets — into boards ! " A good book," saith Milton, " is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." Therefore is a good book likely to grow old. But this, the last of our set of... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 psl.
...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 master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. It is true no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 psl.
...image of God, ш it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a. burden to the earth ; but a good book is in issue. Col. Contemn not your condition for the proof Of bare opinion only : to w a life beyond life. Tis true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and... | |
 | 1848 - 780 psl.
...monument in every truly sanctified soul, and by the channel of this good book, pouring what Milton calls the " precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond lite," into the vital circulation of the militant church. There we pray and are persuaded... | |
 | 1848 - 742 psl.
...thrall.' Su'ch ends they may indeed subserve ; but we choose, with Milton, to regard a good book as ' the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.' A good book is always a valuable possession ; but when it has become venerable... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 566 psl.
...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 life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss... | |
 | 1848 - 792 psl.
...monument in every truly sanctified soul, and by the channel of this good book, pouring what Milton calls the " precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life," into the vital circulation of the militant church. There we pray and are persuaded... | |
 | 1856 - 666 psl.
...Books ; and here let me give you an excellent sentence of John Milton's : he says, " Good books are the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." I then wrote you on the Bible, the Volume of Nature, the School, Hymns, Companions,... | |
 | 1849 - 818 psl.
...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 life. It is true, no age can restore a life ; whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss... | |
 | 1850 - 662 psl.
...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 life. It is true, no age can restore a life, whereof, perhaps, there is no great loss... | |
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Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. 
