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" But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Pagina 141
door George Burnett - 1813
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Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend

Sir Thomas Browne - 1882 - 220 pagina’s
...without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost...Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we com- | pute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations, and...
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pagina’s
...and old families last not three oaks. . . . Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it: time hath spared the cpiuiph of Adrian's horse; confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage...
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A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading ...

Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 460 pagina’s
...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana,3 he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's3 horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 1

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 538 pagina’s
...and old families last not three oaks. . . . Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana: he is almost lost that built If. time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse; confounded that of himself. In vain we compute...
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The Roxburghe Ballads, Volume 2,Deel 1

1883 - 760 pagina’s
...Newgate to Holborn, and so on to Tyburn. 3 Sir Thomas Browne writes, " Herost ratus lives [in memory] that burnt the Temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it." — Hydriotaphia, cap. v. p. 76, May, 1658. The Man that for Religion dyes Has nothing more before...
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Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pagina’s
...Burial, Ch. v. Quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests. Ibid. Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it.5 Ibid. What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women....
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A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading ...

Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 pagina’s
...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana,6 he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared...of Adrian's* horse, confounded that of himself. In vnin we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations,...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pagina’s
...families last not three oaks. . . . Who can but pity the founder of the Pyramids? Heroetratus liven forth, to case my pain. Along the shore of silver-streaming...and savage locality as often as he sued to leave i oor felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations; and Thersltes Is...
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History of English Literature: By H.A. Taine, Translated by H. Van ..., Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - 1885 - 1108 pagina’s
...can but pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he i» almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph...of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vaiii we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, .since bad have equal duration...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - 1891 - 480 pagina’s
...Herostratus lives that burnt thé temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it; time hath spared thé epitaph of Adrian's horse; confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by thé advantage of our good names, since bad hâve equal durations; and Thersites is liketolive as long...
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