 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...(Wisdom of Solomon, viii. 17.) all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit (mind) and learning are more durable than the monuments of...a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite (numberless) palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ! It is not possible... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 498 páginas
...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 of Cyrus, Alexander, Cassar, no, nor the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 páginas
...desire of memory, fame, and celebration; and in effect the strength of all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed Land demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 páginas
...desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other humane desires : we see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...more durable than the monuments of power or of the bands. For, have not the verses of Homer continued twentyfive hundred years and more, without the loss... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 páginas
...BACON thus summarizes the advantages of knowledge, of which good books are the treasure-house : We aXa X X_[ ` `ba thau the monuments of power or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 páginas
...BACON thus summarizes the advantages of knowledge, of which good books are the treasure-house : We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable thau the monuments of power or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-ftve... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 438 páginas
...desire of memory, fame, and celebration ; and in effect the strength of all other human desires. Wejcc then how far the monuments of wit and learning are...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 infinite... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - 338 páginas
...desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, CiBsar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | 1874 - 906 páginas
...of the human soul. " We see then how far the monuments of genius and learning are more durable than monuments of power or of the hands. For have not the...the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the Kings or great personages of much later years; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - 340 páginas
...desire of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all other human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning...letter; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, nasties, cities, have been decayed and demolished? It is not possible to have the true pictures or... | |
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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... 
