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The Advancement of Learning - Page 68
by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 376 pages
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Timon of Athens. Coriolanus. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra

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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The Leodiensian; or Leeds grammar school magazine

Leeds grammar sch - 1828 - 364 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,...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 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...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...
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The Beauties of Bacon: Consisting of Selections from His Works ; the ...

Francis Bacon, Alfred Howard - 1834 - 242 pages
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 16

1850 - 772 pages
...to have the true pictures of Cyrus, Alexander, Ccesar; no, nor of the kings or great personages of later years; for 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...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 646 pages
...Advancement of Learning, ed. 1633, p. 88: — ' It is not possible to have thetme pictures or atatuaea ck, ingenious, forward, capable ;* He's ail the mother's, from the top to toe. Buck yearn.1 Again: ' without which the history of the world eeems to be as the к tatúa of Polyphemu«,...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...castles, 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...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Ceesar; 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...
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 15

1838 - 534 pages
...great purtonagm of much later years, for the originals cannot lust, and the copies cannot but luse of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge, remain in books, exempted from the wrung of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither...
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An Essay on the Influence of Poetry on the Mind

J. Hemming Webb - 1839 - 102 pages
...cities, have been destroyed and demolished. It is not possible to know the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar — no; nor of the kings...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...
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