 But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking...  The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 72by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...cities, have Jbeen decayed and demolished? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar; no, nor of the .kings or great personages of much later years ; 'Tis sweet to stand in safety on the shore, When tempests rage and angry billows roar ; Not that... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Csesar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of their life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted... | |
 | William Dobson - 1845 - 204 pages
...cities have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 916 pages
...few that Bacon's words can most truly be applied : — ' That the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still and cast... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 pages
...great personages of much later years. For the originals cannot last : and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...cities, have been decayed, and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...cities, have heen decayed, and demolished ? It is not possihle to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar; no, nor of the kings or...much later years ; for the originals cannot last, aud the copies cannot hut lose of the life aud truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...not possible to have the true ictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the ings or great personages of much later years ; for the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Ceesar ; no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
 | Henrietta Joan Fry - 1848 - 304 pages
...cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar ; no, nor of the kings or...the originals cannot last, and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from... | |
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