 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
 | Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 398 sidor
...fame. Fame, too, is capricious as fortune. " The iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppies. Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ;...epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself." Age after age names drop out of the recorded calendar of time, and are never again reinserted. We cannot... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1862 - 468 sidor
...old Egyptian kings out of Herodotus. 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 ? Erostratus lives that burnt the Temple of Diana ; he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
 | Ernest Adams - 1862 - 310 sidor
...Hooker. (6) Pronoun : Where the enamoured sunny light Brightens her that was so bright. — Wordsworth. Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ; he is almost lost that built it.— Sir T. Browne. (c) Infinitive in -ing : Now leave complaining, and begin your tea. — Pope. (d) Infinitive... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 592 sidor
...comme une attente d'insensés 1 . » 1. But the iniquity of obliïion blindly scattereth her poppy, ant deals with the memory of men without distinction to...spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse ; confounded thit of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 592 sidor
...comme une attente d'insensés1. » 1. But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, ant deals with the memory of men without distinction to...perpetuity : who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? llerostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it; time hath spared... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 sidor
...extant, is a fallacy in duration. * * * 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 ? Herosiratus lives, that burnt the temple of Diana! he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
 | 1856 - 502 sidor
...' and soul of our subsistences ? " " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." " In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations;... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 sidor
...perpetuity, even by everlasting languages. 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 ? Herostratus1 lives that burned the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it : 2 time hath... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 sidor
...extant, is a fallacy in duration. * * 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 hath spared... | |
 | 1869 - 384 sidor
...P. Sketion. V. 25. — A certain woman. The antiquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. . . But to be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more... | |
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