 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...proof, which occurs, ig enough. Take the following from Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 4to. 1633 : " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Cxssae, no nor of the kings or great personages of much,later years," &c. p. 88. Again : " — without... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...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...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or. great personages of much later years... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...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...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...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...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ;... | |
 | 1843 - 706 pages
...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...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cscsar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...of power or of the bauds. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the kings, or great personages of much later years.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...of power or of the bauds. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during...castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished I It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 500 pages
...proof which occurs is enough. Take the following from Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 4 to. 1633 : " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Csesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again: " — without... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...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 and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...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...? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues 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... 
