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 - Page 68edited by - 1920 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...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...of our good names, since bad have equal durations ; ind Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon, without the favor of the everlasting register.... | |
| Mary Cowden Clarke - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 494 pages
...what Sir Thomas Browne calls, " the iniquity of oblivion," which, he says, " scattereth her poppy and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Petrarch's poetry had imbued Laura's name with an undying charm that sufficed to render her very dust... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...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...of our good names, since bad have equal durations; ind Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon, without the favor of the everlasting register.... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...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 1 Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - 1860 - 398 pages
...apostrophiseth the eloquent Sir Thomas Browne, 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... | |
| Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...have 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, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
| English language - 1861 - 634 pages
...oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction of perpetuity. Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ;...epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself; — and Thereites is like to live as long as Agamemnon, without the favor of the everlasting register."... | |
| Congregationalism - 1861 - 636 pages
...oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction of perpetuity. Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ;...epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself; — and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon, without the favor of the everlasting register."... | |
| Wilson Flagg - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1861 - 446 pages
...adds the affluent and racy old writer above quoted, "the founder of the pyramids.'' " In vain, too, we compute our felicities, by the advantage of our good names, since the bad have equal duration, and Thersites is as like to live as Agamemnon." " Twentyseven names make... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1862 - 552 pages
...withoutJjslJnctioaLJSL-ment of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Erostratus lives that burnt the Temple of Diana ; he is almost...Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain \vc compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations ; and... | |
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