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... Essays and Miscellaneous Writings - Stran 26avtor: Walter Nichols - 1826 - 179 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 450 strani
...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 pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colors, and if not sometunes refreshed, vanish and disappear." He afterwards adds, that " we sometimes... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1829 - 654 strani
...observe«, "The ideas, us well as children of our youth, often die before us: and our minds represent those tombs to which we are approaching ; where, though...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are I aid in fading colours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. How mucli the constitution... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 strani
...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...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." * — Essay, &c. Book ii. chap. 10. * (Font JVote.) In ordinary cases, I confess, I strongly suspect... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 strani
...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...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." * — Essay, &.C. Book ii. chap. 10. * (Font JVofe.) In ordinary cases, I confess, I strongly suspect... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 strani
...palms, tho" under weights they did not stand. Still thrived ; no Winter could his laurels fade. Dry den. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. Loche. Where either through the temper of the body, or some other default, the memory is very weak,... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 strani
...minds of the aged are like the tombs to which th.ey are approaching ; where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery has mouldered away." This beautiful passage is introduced to shew, that it is a trait of a good comparison,... | |
| John Stedman - 1830 - 364 strani
...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...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." II. But I am to enquire, secondly, into the true cause of human frailty and decay. To impute effects... | |
| Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1830 - 124 strani
...minds of the aged are like the tombs to which they are approaching ; where though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery has mouldered away. HONOR. Would you not think it an honor to be employed by God in creating a world... | |
| English literature - 1831 - 536 strani
...Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us ; and our minds represent those tombs to which we are approaching, where though the...remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time. How much the constitution of our bodies is concerned in this 1 shall not here. inquire ; though it... | |
| John Locke - 1831 - 458 strani
...Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us ; and our minds represent those tombs to which we are approaching, where though the...remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time. How much the constitution of our bodies is concerned in this I shall not here inquire ; though it probably... | |
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