 We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time,...  Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding - Strana 119podľa Basil Montagu - 1849Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - Počet stránok 766
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not...originals cannot last : and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - Počet stránok 862
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ;... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - Počet stránok 100
...the work of love. But I would remind you of what Lord Bacon has so thoughtfully and so truly said, " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - Počet stránok 728
...infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed, and demolished ? It is not possible tc have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander,...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1863 - Počet stránok 264
...and demolished? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Ceesar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - Počet stránok 788
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not...the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cffisar, no, nor of (he kings or great personages of much later years. For the originals cannot last:... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - Počet stránok 592
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished? It is not...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - Počet stránok 464
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - Počet stránok 784
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not...the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cresar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years. For the originals cannot last... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - Počet stránok 530
...the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite (numberless) palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ! It is not possible to have the true pictures or " statuaes '" (statues) of Cyrus, Alexander, Ceesar, no, nor of the kings, or great personages of much... | |
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