 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...  An Essay on the Influence of Poetry on the Mind - Page 81by J. Hemming Webb - 1839 - 86 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
 | 1843 - 706 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect, the strength of all 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect, the strength of all 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 bauds. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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 twentyfive hundred... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effect the strength of all 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... | |
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