| William Ewart Gladstone - 1841 - 396 pages
...There is no learning that this man hath not searched into, nothing too hard for his understanding. This man indeed deserves the name of an author : his...seeds of eternity, that, if the rest be like this (the first), they shall last till the last fire shall consume all learning." The perfect copies of... | |
| William Palmer - 1841 - 256 pages
...There is no learning that this man hath not searched into ; nothing too hard for his understanding. This man indeed deserves the name of an author : his books will get reverence by age, for there are in them such seeds of eternity, that if the rest be like this, they shall last till the last fire... | |
| Charles N. Baldwin - 1842 - 454 pages
...in 8 books,** was born in 1553, and died in 1600. Of Hook er and this work, pope Clement VIII. said, "This man indeed deserves the name of an author. His books will get reverence by age ; for there are in them such seeds of eternity, that they shall continue till the last fire shall devour all learning.'*... | |
| 1842 - 796 pages
...is no learning that this man hath not searche.l into ; uothiug is too bard I'or 1rs understanding. This man indeed deserves the name of an author : his books will get reverence by age ; for thei e is in them such seeds of eternity, that, if the rest be like this, they shall last till the... | |
| Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 pages
...upon that incomparable work, " The Ecclesiastical Polity," in eight books, a work greatly admired. His books will get reverence by age, for there is in them such seed of eternity that they will continue till the last ore shall •devour all learning. The most convenient... | |
| 1845 - 442 pages
...There is no learning that this man hath not searched into, nothing too hard for his understanding; this man indeed deserves the name of an author; his...till the last fire shall consume all learning."'* Of Hooker's works, or, at least- of his Ecclesiastical Polity, it has been remarked more than once,... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...learning that this man hath not searched into, nothing too bard for 288 289 Ms understanding : tbis man indeed deserves the name of an author. His books...last till the last fire shall consume all learning." lu addition to its high reputation as a model of argumeiitatije composition, there is another point... | |
| 1848 - 792 pages
..."There is no learning that this man hath not searched into, nothing too hard for his understanding: this man indeed deserves the name of an author; his books will get reverence by age, for there are in them such seeds of eternity, that, if the rest be like this, they shall last, till the last... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 348 pages
...reflected through a Latin translation, that drew from Clement VIII. the celebrated exclamation — " This man, indeed, deserves the name of an author. His books will get reverence by age, for there are in them such seeds of eternity, that, if the rest be like this, they shall endure till the last... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 344 pages
...This man, indeed, deserves the name of an author. His books will get reverence by age, for there are in them such seeds of eternity, that, if the rest be like this, they shall endure till the last fire shall consume all learning."2 It has been shown that the theatrical amusements,... | |
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