 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 sidor
...scattereth fcer poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit or perpetmty: who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids. Herostratus lives that ournt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it : time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1879 - 398 sidor
...mutable, for, as old Thomas Browne says, " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." How few of the many aspirants who throng the paths of literature attain the longedfor prize ! Whilst... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 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? Herostmtus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1880 - 404 sidor
...been the Syracuse of Dionysius. Truly, " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Standing on the beach of the Great Harbor or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
 | 1881 - 578 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...the founder of the Pyramids? Herostratus lives that burned the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 sidor
...lives that burnt the temple of Diana ; ne is nlu lost lost that built it : timo hath spared the ep.taph of Adrian's horse ; confounded that of himself. In...felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad liavj equal durations ; and Thai-sites is like* to live us hmp «8 Agamemnon, without the favour of... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 sidor
...wholesome odour. Act v. Sc. 3. With clink of hammers 3 closing rivets up. Act v. Sc. 3. 1 Hcrostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. — Sir Thomas Browne, /'.•:; Burial, Ch. v. [Richard III. continued. Perish that thought! No, never... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1882 - 220 sidor
...aim non opto ut sciatur quails si in." But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we com- | pute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations, and... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 492 sidor
...been the good thief3 than Pilate?3 But the iniquity4 of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana,3 he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's3 horse, confounded... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 sidor
...scarce forty years. Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks. . . . Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids? Herostratus...is almost lost that built it: time hath spared the cpiuiph of Adrian's horse; confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage... | |
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