 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
 | Charles Spence (of Liverpool.) - 1863 - 60 pages
...votaries with new hopes and aspirations. Books are her assistants; " the images of men's wit and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly called images, because they generate still, and cast their... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 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 great...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 pages
...cities, have been decayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statuaes of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cresar, no, nor of the kings or great personages of much later...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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...It is not possible to have the true pictures or " statuaes '" (statues) of Cyrus, Alexander, Ceesar, no, nor of the kings, or great personages of much...cannot last, and the copies cannot but " leese " of (lose something of) the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,... | |
 | James Whiteside - Great Britain - 1868 - 498 pages
...said, " It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Cassar, no, nor the kings or great personages of much later years...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... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 pages
...great personages of much later years ; for the originals can not last, and the copies can not but lose of the life and truth. But the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books exempted from tho wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither... | |
 | James Whiteside - Great Britain - 1868 - 518 pages
...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 are they fitly to be called images, because they gene322 OLIVER GOLDSMITH,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1869 - 446 pages
...cities, have been decayed Land demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictures or statues of Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, no nor of the kings or great...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...cities, hare 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...originals cannot last : and the copies cannot but lose of the life and truth. Bui the images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from... | |
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