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
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...through all the minds of the age. ' But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattercth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...advantage of our good names, since bad have equal duration ; and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon. Who knows whether the best of men be... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 556 pages
...through all the minds of the age. ' But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattercth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...our felicities by the advantage of our good names, sinee bad have equal duration ; and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon. Who knows whether... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 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...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids T Heroslratus lives, that burnt the temple of Diana! he is almost lost that huilt it. Time hath spared... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1873 - 478 pages
...merit of peipetuity : who can but pity thé founder of thé pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt thé temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it; time hath spared thé epitaph of Adrian's horse; confounded that of himself. In vain we cûmpute our felicities by thé... | |
| Casket - 1874 - 840 pages
...than Pilate? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scatter eth her poppy, and deals with the memory "i men without distinction to merit of perpetuity Who can but pity the founder of the pyramid-' Herostratus lives that burned the temple «'• Diana, he is almost lost that built it ;... | |
| John Addington Symonds - Greece - 1874 - 364 pages
...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 Harbour or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1876 - 432 pages
...? Well and truly does rare old Sir Thomas Browne say, " Oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to...of Adrian's horse — confounded that of himself. Who knows whether the best of men be known ? or, whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1876 - 430 pages
...flows through all the minds of the age. "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 ? Ilerostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared... | |
| William Davidson (B.A.) - 1877 - 240 pages
...him reverence. 4. Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks. 5. Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana : he is almost lost that built it. G. To write and speak correctly f'ves a grace and gains a favourable attention to what one has to say.... | |
| William Hazlitt - English literature - 1878 - 560 pages
...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...our good names, since bad have equal durations: and Theraites is like to live as long as Agamemnon. Who knows whether the best of men be known ? or whether... | |
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