 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...other human desires. 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 infinite... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...other human desires. 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 infinite... | |
 | 1843 - 706 pages
...other human desires. 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 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 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 Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...other humane desires ; 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 and more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles,... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...other human desires. 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 true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Csesar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...other human desires. 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 true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Ceesar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...other human desires. 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...palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and destroyed ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...other human desires. 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...without the loss of a syllable or letter ; during which time,*infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible... | |
 | Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 pages
...human desires. We see, then, how far the monuments of wit and learning, are more desirable 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... | |
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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 twentyfive hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time,... 
