 | Sir Henry Craik - 1896 - 800 pages
...derived from the refined arts ; but it is more durable and less connected with fashion or caprice. Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of...excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator. (From the Same.) SEA SERPENTS AND CAITHNESS MERMAIDS I DISBELIEVE the authenticity of these stories.... | |
 | Jonathan Smith - 1994 - 294 pages
...remain, able to speak their universal truths directly to those of other countries and other times: "Nature cannot decay; the language of her interpreters...universal tongue, speaking to all countries and all ages ..." (8:308). The connection of Newton and Shakespeare as imaginative and philosophic thinkers was,... | |
 | 1844 - 342 pages
...is often dissipated in translation. The composition _ of music may remain, but the hand of eiecution may be wanting. Nature cannot decay ; the language...excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator. POWER OF IMAGINATION. — The members of the council of the Pharmaceutical Society, have an idea that... | |
 | 1890 - 340 pages
...interpreters will be the same in all times. It will be an universal tongue speaking to all countries, and in all ages, the excellence of the work, and the wisdom of the Creator. INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS Acton, 97, 114 Acts of the Apostles, 40, 226 Addison, 279 Aristotle,... | |
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Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of a great artist loses all its spirit in the copy. Words are mutable and fleeting ; and the genius of poetry is often dissipated in translation. The compositions of music may remain, but the hand... 