 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
 | William Dobson - 1845 - 204 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 Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and in effectthe 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... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 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... | |
 | Henrietta Joan Fry - 1848 - 304 pages
...rest) is into Poesy Narrative, Representative, and Allusive." BACON'S ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. WE see 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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 398 pages
...other human desires. \Ve 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... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...of memory, fame, and celebration, and, in effect, the strength of all 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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 396 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 Lave not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred... | |
 | 1850 - 824 pages
...Montonrp. [DECEMBER, celebration, and in effect the strength of all the human desires. We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than monuments of power or of the hands. Forhave not the verges of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 368 pages
...other human desires. We see, then, how fur 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 mure, without the loss of a syllable or letter, during which time infinite... | |
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