 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 - Seite 119von Basil Montagu - 1849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...; 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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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