...the discovery that might be yet further made both in religious and civil wisdom. I deny not but thai it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth...imprison and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active...

...true feelings about censorship are expressed in the beginning of the second paragraph, "it is of the greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth...themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine. . .and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors" (lines 1 2- 1 5). He is not (A) "...against it in...

...maintained that it was right for the church and commonwealth "to have a vigilant eye" how they "demeane themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors."87 Practically speaking, this made authors accountable for what their works contained...

...that it is of the greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth to have an eye how books bemean themselves as well as men, and thereafter to confine,...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors ; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active...

...argumentative role, and, at the same time, is subject to a subtle semantic shift: I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye on how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest...

...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 church and commonwealth,...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active...

...times, if the word "books" is replaced by the word "experiments." Here is Milton: I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth,...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being...

...in Heaven. FROM Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth,...imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active...

...correlation of words and actions was recognized in John Milton's Areopagitica of 1644: I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demeane themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison and do sharpest justice...

...discovery that might bee yet further made both in religious and civill Wisdome. I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Bookes demesne themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice...