But the images of men's wits and knowledges 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 minds of others, provoking... The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 72by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1848 - 744 pages
...be talking to me;" and every body must feel the truth of the assertion. " The images of men's minds 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... | |
| 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
...cities have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or....the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...cities have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar; no, nor of the kings or...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no, nor of the kings, or...the originals cannot last; and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...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 kings, or...the originals cannot last; and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from... | |
| 1843 - 706 pages
...demolished ? 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...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...Advancement of Learning, 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... | |
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