| Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 592 էջ
...comme une attente d'insensés1. » 1. But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, ant deals with the memory of men without distinction to...perpetuity : who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? llerostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it; time hath spared... | |
| 1856 - 502 էջ
...noble acts, which are the balsam of our memories, the ' entelechia ' and soul of our subsistences ? " " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." " In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations;... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 էջ
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. * * But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Heroslratus lives, that burnt the temple of Diana ! he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 էջ
...the mummies, are cold consolations unto the students of perpetuity, even by everlasting languages. But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...perpetuity : who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratus1 lives that burned the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it : 2 time hath... | |
| sir Thomas Browne - 1869 - 240 էջ
...exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate 1 * The character of death. f "Cuperem notum esse quod aim non opto ut sciatur quails sim." But the... | |
| 1869 - 384 էջ
...exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias, with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? 2 Cor. vi. 9. — Sir Thomas Browne. Whose young daughter had an unclean spirit. Youth enters upon... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 էջ
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. * » » But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids T Heroslratus lives, that burnt the temple of Diana! he is almost lost that huilt it. Time hath spared... | |
| Rev. Samuel Hayman - 1872 - 310 էջ
...exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate?" He considers the " iniquity " — or, as we should now say, the inequality — " of oblivion." He pities... | |
| John Addington Symonds - 1874 - 364 էջ
...for miles underground — alone prove how mighty must have been the Syracuse of Dionysius. Truly " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Standing on the beach of the Great Harbour or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
| Casket - 1874 - 840 էջ
...than Pilate? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scatter eth her poppy, and deals with the memory "i men without distinction to merit of perpetuity Who can but pity the founder of the pyramid-' Herostratus lives that burned the temple «'• Diana, he is almost lost that built it ;... | |
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