 And, befide, in reality the man is not known ever the more to pofterity, becaufe his name is tranfmitted to them : he doth not live, becaufe his name does. When it is faid, J. Ceefar fubdued Gaul, beat Pompey, changed the Roman commonwealth into a monarchy,...  The Religion of Nature Delineated - Side 118av William Wollaston - 1725 - 219 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Wollaston - 1746 - 436 sider
...delufion, when they imagine themfelves prefent, and injoying that fame at the reading of their ftory after their death, And, befide, in reality, the man is not known ever the more to posterity, becaufe his name is tranfmitted to them; he doth not live, becaufe his name does. When it... | |
 | William Wollaston - 1750 - 464 sider
...builder ; which is Joft, one may juftly wonder how. and injoying that fame at the reading of their flory after their death. And, befide, in reality the man...: he doth not live, becaufe his name does. When it is faid, J. Ceefar fubdued Gaul, beat Pompey, changed the Roman commonwealth into a monarchy, £sff... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1758 - 474 sider
...it you, at the fame time, as a very great authority on your fide. " In reality (fays " that writer) the man is not known ever " the more to pofterity,...He doth not " live becaufe his name does. When it " is faid, Julius Casfar fobdued Gaul, con«c quered Pompey, &c. it is the fame thing tr as to fay,... | |
 | William Wollaston - 1759 - 482 sider
...builder j which is loft, one may juftly wonder how. and inj eying that fame at the reading of their ftoty after their death. And, befide, in reality the man...pofterity, becaufe his name is tranfmitted to them : be doth not live, becaufe his name does. When it is faid, J. Ctefar fubdued Gaul, beat Pompey, changed... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1769 - 476 sider
...k you, at the fame time, as a very great authority on your fide. <c In reality (fays " that writer) the man is not known ever " the more to pofterity,...He doth not *' live becaufe his name does. When it '* is faid, Julius Caefar fubdued Gaul, con" quered Pompey, &c. it is the fame thing <f as to fay,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 230 sider
...to find fo grave a writer, as Mr. Wollafton, diverting himfelf with it. '•*' In reality (fays he) the man is not known ever the more to pofterity, becaufe his name is tranfmitted to them : be doth not live, becaufe his nave does. When it is faid, J. Cwfar fubdued Gaul, beat Pompey, changed... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 264 sider
...himfelf with it. " In " reality (fays he).the man is not known ever the more to " pofterity, becaiife his name is tranfmitted to them: he " doth not live, becaufe his name dfies. When it is faid, " J. Cafar fuhdued Gaul, beat Pompey, changed the " Roman commonwealth," &c.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1777 - 266 sider
...furprized to find fo grave a writer, as Mr. Wollalbn, diverting himfelf with it. ' In reality (fays he) the man is not known ever the more ' to pofterity....' he doth not live, becaufe his name does. When it is ' faid, J. Csfar fubdued Gaul, beat Pompey, changed ' the Roman commonwealth," &c. — Rel.ofNat.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 sider
...Author, in thefe fine lines, has carried the matter too far* as Mr. Wollafton has certainly done : " The man is not known ever the more to pofterity, becaufe...tranfmitted to them. He doth not live becaufe his name does. Since Pompey is as little known as Caefar, all that is faid of their conqueft* amounts to this, Somebody... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 sider
...it you, at the fame time, as a very great authority onyourfide. " Injeality," iays that writer, •' the man is not known ever the more " to pofterity, becaufe his name is tranf'.'. mitted to them : He doth not live becaufe " his name does. When it is faid, Juliq» " Ciefar... | |
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