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" 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, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Sivu 76
tekijä(t) Nathan Drake - 1805 - 508 sivua
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Manual of English Rhetoric

Andrew Dousa Hepburn - 1875 - 298 sivua
...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 molders away." Locke. "As iron girders and pillars expand and contract with the mere variations of...

The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language. In ...

John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 sivua
...our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery is mouldered away." If he had compared the aged mind to a canvas from which the painting had faded,...

A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, Nide 2

George Harris - 1876 - 588 sivua
...before us : and our minda represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and Disappear." Locke. Essay on the Understanding, b. ii. cxs 5. operation. Ideas are constantly being revolved, and...

An analysis of Locke's Essay on the human understanding, in the form of ...

Robert Cleary - 1878 - 240 sivua
...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 away.* He notices three causes as likely to contribute to the difference of powers of Retention amongst men?...

Worthies of Science

John Stoughton - 1880 - 360 sivua
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Worthies of Science

John Stoughton - 1879 - 358 sivua
...are approaching, where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced ly time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." " It may seem probable that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory, since...

The book of texts of ancient and modern history, &c, Nide 121

Francis Armstrong Power - 1879 - 668 sivua
...before ue; and our " minds represent to us thoso tombs to which we are " approaching: where, though the of patrician or consular rank ; on our minds aro luid in fading colours; " and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and dis" appear."...

Exercises in celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the ...

Robert P Clapp - 1881 - 202 sivua
...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 away. '- It needs no word of mine," said the Mayor, " on such an occasion as this, to remind the children...

Exercises in Celebrating the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the ...

Cambridge, Mass - 1881 - 194 sivua
...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 away. " It needs no word of mine," said tbe Mayor, " on such an occasion as this, to remind the children...

Annual Report of the Schools of New Brunswick ... by the Chief ...

New Brunswick. Board of Education - 1889 - 1004 sivua
...represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marble remains, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." Thurlow Weed is said to have had a remarkably poor memory in his youth. He was conscious of his defect,...




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