 But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana : he is almost lost...  A Treasury of English Prose - Sida 68redigerad av - 1920 - 237 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 sidor
...have been the good thief than Pilate f But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of " Adrian,s horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 sidor
...have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can bat pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratns lives, that burnt the temple of Diana ; he is almost... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 546 sidor
...have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction'...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Heroatratus lives, that burnt the temple of Diana ; he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
 | 1828 - 964 sidor
...apostrophizeth the eloquent Sir Thomas Brounc, in his Hydriotophia, "• blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids ? Erostratos lives, who burned the temple of Diana — he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 sidor
...been the good thief, than Pilate 1 " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids 1 Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, be is almost lost that built it ; time hath spared... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 sidor
...been the good thief, than Pilate ? " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids T Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, be is almost lost that built it ; time hath spared... | |
 | 1896 - 818 sidor
...the warning of Sir Thomas Browne, that " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Whichever philosopher may be right, the eighteenth century, and to some extent the preceding one, was... | |
 | 1826 - 548 sidor
...been the good thief, than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scatteretb her poppy,, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...temple of Diana ; he is almost lost that built it. Time that spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities... | |
 | 1826 - 548 sidor
...have been the good thief, than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? Heroslratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ; he is almost lost that built it. Time that spared... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 sidor
...of Hrro| Cuperan notum csse qnuj sun, HUH oitfa itt sciatur quafis tin Card, in } ' jta 'myiria. , , distinction . to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of pyramids ? Erostratus lines that burnt the Temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath... | |
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