 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 sider
...4to. 1633 : " It is not possible to have the true pictures or staiuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Ctesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again : " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 sider
...Learning, 4to. 1633: " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Cxsar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again : " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 sider
...letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...knowledge remain in books exempted from the wrong of times, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called ' images,' because... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 sider
...letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...knowledge remain in books exempted from the wrong of times, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called ' images,' because... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 sider
...; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 sider
...Bacon's Advancement of Learning, 4tO. 1633 : ".It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again: " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
 | 1843 - 706 sider
...; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cscsar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot last,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 500 sider
...to. 1633 : " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Csesar, no nor of the kings or great personages of much later years," &c. p. 88. Again: " — without which the history of the world seemeth to be as the Statua of Polyphemus... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 sider
...; during which time, infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 sider
...letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and destroyed ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but leese of the life and truth : but the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books exempted... | |
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Homer continued twenty-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus,... 
