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" For if he passes the present only for a moment, he may as well pass it for many years. And by this reckoning he may with as good right repeat the... "
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times - Page 353
by Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1714
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A Notion of the Historical Draught Or Tablature of the Judgment of Hercules ...

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - Hercules - 1713 - 56 pages
...than what is immediately prefent, and belonging to that fingle Inftant he defcribes : for if he pafles the prefent only for a moment, he may as well pafs...Figure feveral times over, and in one and the fame Pifture reprefent HERCULES in his Cradle ftruggling with the Serpents, and the fame •MER.CULES of...
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Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: In Three Volumes, Volume 3

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - Ethics - 1732 - 476 pages
...than what is immediately prefent, and belonging to that tingle Inftant he defcribes. For if he pafles the prefent only for a moment, he may as well pafs it for many years. And by thjs reckoning he may with as good right repeat the fame Figure feveral times over, and in one and...
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: With a Collection of ...

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - Characters and characteristics - 1790 - 428 pages
...than what is immediately prefent, and belonging to thatfingle inftant he defcribes, For if he paffes the prefent only for a moment, he may as well pafs...figure feveral times over, and in one and the fame pidqre reprefent Hercules in his cradle, ftruggling with the ferpents; and the fame Hercules of full...
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Lessing, Volume 1

James Sime - Authors, German - 1877 - 364 pages
...that single Instant he describes. For if he passes the present only for a moment, he may as well pass it for many years. And by this reckoning he may with as good right repeat the same figure several times over, and in one and the same Picture represent Hercules in his Cradle, struggling...
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Second Characters; Or, The Language of Forms

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - Art - 1914 - 226 pages
...single instant he describes. For if he passes the present only for a moment, he may as 3—2 well pass it for many years. And by this reckoning he may with as good right repeat the same figure several times over, and in one and the same picture represent Hercules in his cradle, struggling...
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Renaissance Realism: Narrative Images in Literature and Art

Alastair Fowler - Art - 2003 - 314 pages
...thar single instant he desctibes. For if he passes the present only for a momenr, he may as well pass it for many years. And by this reckoning he may with as good tight ... in one and the same picture represent Hercules in his cradle, struggling with the serpents;...
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scond characters of the language of forms

226 pages
...that single instant he describes. For if he passes the present only for a moment, he may as well pass it for many years. And by this reckoning he may with as good right repeat the same figure several times over, and in one and the same picture represent Hercules in his cradle, struggling...
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