 | James Whiteside - 1868 - Broj stranica: 498
...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 - Broj stranica: 446
...syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed Land demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but leese of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - Broj stranica: 786
...the loss of a syllable or letter; during1 which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, hare been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to...the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. Bui the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - Broj stranica: 438
...-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed...? 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 ;... | |
 | 1874 - Broj stranica: 906
...twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter, during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed...lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's genius and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - Broj stranica: 228
...37. but doe contain, Sec. Cp. Bacon's Advancement of Learning, I. riii. 6, p. 72, ed. Aldis Wright: 'It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but leese of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - Broj stranica: 338
...twenty-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed...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,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - Broj stranica: 346
...twenty-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed...the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, * :aisar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1874 - Broj stranica: 340
...more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, nasties, cities, have been decayed and demolished? It is not...the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Ctosar; no, nor of the Kings or great personages of much later years; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - Broj stranica: 556
...twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed...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;... | |
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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 time,... 
