But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the... The North American Review - Page 571843Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...demolished ? 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...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from the wrong of times, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...demolished ? 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...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from the wrong of times, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...and demolished ? 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...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...and demolished I 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...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...and destroyed ? 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...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...demolished ? 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...but lose of the life and truth. But the images of mens wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 pages
...1633, p. 88: — ' 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.' Again : ' without which the history of the world seems to be as the statua of Polyphemus, with his... | |
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