 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...— that went down to the skirts of his garment." — Psalm cxxxiii. II.— The Minds of the Aged. " The minds of the aged are like the tombs to which...effaced by time, and the imagery has mouldered away." III. — Philip, last king of the Wampanoags. "He lived a wanderer and a fugitive in his native land,... | |
 | William Sloane Kennedy - Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - 1882 - 376 pages
...and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." At the close of the exercises the children pressed around their dear friend in crowds,... | |
 | Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 pages
...and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. — Locke. IDOL ATRY. — The Debasing Effect of City of idol-temples and of shrines... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. Pictures drawn in our minds arc laid in fading colors, and, unless sometimes refreshed,... | |
 | James McCosh - Philosophy - 1884 - 96 pages
...as the children of our youth often die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs which we are approaching, where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inPICTURE OF SCHOLASTICISM. 15 scriptions ate effaced by time and the imagery moulders away. The pictures... | |
 | William Alexander (abp. of Armagh.) - Sermons, English - 1885 - 376 pages
...youth who die before us — " like the tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery fades away" — like pictures laid on in fading colours.1 Yet there are revivals of memory, to which... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Authors, American - 1886 - 478 pages
...and onr minds represent to ua those tombs to which we are approaching ; where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." Book ii. chap. 10, — Of Retention. To George W. Greene, in Florence. PARIS, June... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 348 pages
...us, and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away."] Page 241. How cold are thy baths, Apollo I [A writer in the London Academy says :... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 326 pages
...us, and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away."] Page 241. How cold are thy baths, Apollo ! [A writer in the London Academy says :... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Authors, American - 1886 - 472 pages
...and onr minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching; where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." Book ii. chap. 10,—Of Retention. To George W. Greene, in Florence. PARIS, June 18,... | |
| |
Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us : and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders... 
