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" Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations,... "
The Atlantic Monthly - Page 47
1894
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Religio medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a friend, with an intr. and ...

sir Thomas Browne - 1869 - 240 pages
...Pilate 1 * The character of death. f "Cuperem notum esse quod aim non opto ut sciatur quails sim." But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our...
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Choice notes on the Gospel of s. Mark, drawn from old and new sources

1869 - 384 pages
...xxi. 9 ; Isa- lviii. 4 ; S. Matt. vi. 16. — P. Sketion. V. 25. — A certain woman. The antiquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. . . But to be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. * • * * But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...temple of Diana! he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our...
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History of English Literature, Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 554 pages
...more glowing and original expressions, the poetic sap which flows through all the minds of the age. ' But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our...
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History of English Literature, Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...sap which flows through all the minds of the age. ' But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattercth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without...temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our...
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History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun, Volume 1

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...sap which flows through all the minds of the age. ' But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattercth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without...temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...perpetuation. But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration. * » » But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her...perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids T Heroslratus lives, that burnt the temple of Diana! he is almost lost that huilt it. Time hath spared...
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Sketches in Italy and Greece

John Addington Symonds - 1874 - 364 pages
...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 Harbour or the Bay of Thapsus, we may repeat almost word by word...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed. with notes ...

Casket - 1874 - 840 pages
...than Pilate? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scatter eth her poppy, and deals with the memory "i men without distinction to merit of perpetuity Who can but pity the founder of the pyramid-' Herostratus lives that burned the temple «'• Diana, he is almost lost that built it ;...
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The Romance of Biography. Chapters on the Strange and Wonderful in Human Life

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1876 - 404 pages
...seldom now do we hear their names mentioned ? Well and truly does rare old Sir Thomas Browne say, " Oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with...temple of Diana — he is almost lost that built it ; time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse — confounded that of himself. Who knows whether...
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