 | Sir William Osler - Physicians - 1896 - 28 pages
...MB (OF DOVER'S POWDER), PHYSICIAN AND BUCCANEER. As Sir Thomas Browne remarks in the HydriotapMa : "The iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Thus it happens that Thomas Dover, the Doctor, has drifted into our modern life on a powder label (to... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - Scotland - 1909 - 274 pages
...country than the Conquest. "But the iniquity of oblivion," as Sir Thomas Browne quaintly observes, ''blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity," aiid so history seems to have but little to record concerning the village and its church and the doings... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Gardening - 1896 - 252 pages
...Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias with one. And who had not rather been the good thief than Pilate? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth [8] (V • her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Greece - 1898 - 408 pages
...for miles underground — alone prove how mighty must have been the Syracuse of Dionysius. Truly ' the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.' Standing on the beach of the Great Harbour or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - Athens (Greece) - 1898 - 406 pages
...for miles underground — alone prove how mighty must have been the Syracuse of Dionysius. Truly ' the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.' Standing on the beach of the Great Harbour or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 544 pages
...languages. — Urne-Burial. THE INEXORABILITY OF OBLIVION. The iniquity of oblivion blindly scattered! her poppy and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit a perpetuity. Who can but pity the builders of the pyramids ? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple... | |
 | George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - Medicine - 1899 - 988 pages
...act." Thomas Dover, Physician and Buccaneer — As Sir Thomas Brown remarks in "The Hydriotaphia: " ''The iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy and deals with the memory of man without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Thus it happens that Thomas Dover the doctor has drifted... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1899 - 728 pages
...infamous history. The i^/'"'"' Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? • v \ But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and Y» tp ' deals with the memory... | |
 | Charles Frederick Johnson - American literature - 1900 - 572 pages
...not this much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and hath yet to begin the alphabet of men. "But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...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... | |
 | Annie Barnett - English prose literature - 1900 - 1060 pages
...fire, and humanely contended for glory. THE POPPY OF OBLIVION But the iniquity 3 of oblivion blindely scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids ? Heroitratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ; he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
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But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity... 
