 | Charles Mills - 1879 - 398 pagina’s
...highroad to fame. Tickler. And yet nothing is, perhaps, more mutable, for, as old Thomas Browne says, " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." How few of the many aspirants who throng the paths of literature attain the longedfor prize ! Whilst... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1879 - 428 pagina’s
...antiquity. Yet, notwithstanding this, "the iniquity of oblivion," in the words of Sir Thomas Browne, " blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." The students of antiquity attached less value than we do to literature of secondary importance. It... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1880 - 404 pagina’s
...for miles underground — alone prove how mighty must have been the Syracuse of Dionysius. Truly, " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Standing on the beach of the Great Harbor or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
 | Mary Abby Thaxter Peloubet - 1881 - 338 pagina’s
...hid." — 7rench, 25. For a certain woman. To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. — Sir Thomas Brown. Heard of him. She had heard of the mighty works which the Saviour of Israel had... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1882 - 220 pagina’s
...entelechia and soul of our subsistences ? To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a...had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? * The character of death. t "Cuperem notuui case quod aim non opto ut sciatur quails si in." But... | |
 | Mary Cowden Clarke - 1858 - 484 pagina’s
...might had rescued her from what Sir Thomas Browne calls, " the iniquity of oblivion," which, he says, "scattereth her poppy and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Petrarch's poetry had imbued Laura's name with an undying charm that sufficed to render her very dust... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1883 - 354 pagina’s
...mighty must have been the Syracuse of Dionysius. Truly, "the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattered her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Standing on the beach of the Great Harbor or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 714 pagina’s
...To surpass; to be better than; to excel. To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. Sir T. Browne. SVN. To surpass, excel, outgo, transcend, outdo, outvie. Exceed (ek-sedO, vi 1. To go... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 pagina’s
...of our subsistencies? To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Cauaauitish» woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias*...have been the good thief» than Pilate?» But the iniquity4 of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1884 - 154 pagina’s
...of our subsistencies ? To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history. The Caananitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias...not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate?' The way to gain a good reputation, accord*9 ing to Socrates, is to ' endeavour to be what you desire... | |
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To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate? 
