 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 - Էջ 119Basil Montagu - 1849Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 էջ
...4to. 1633 : " It is not possible to have the true pictures or staiuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Ctesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again : " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 էջ
...Learning, 4to. 1633: " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Cxsar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again : " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 էջ
...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 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 Wrangham - 1816 - 616 էջ
...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 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 էջ
...; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished I 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... | |
 | 1843 - 706 էջ
...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, Cscsar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 էջ
...Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 4tO. 1633 : ".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," &c. p. 88. Again: " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
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