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... Sketches in Italy and Greece - Page 177by John Addington Symonds - 1874 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...without a name than Ilerodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can bat pity the founder of the pyramids ? Herostratns lives, that burnt the temple of Diana ;... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...without a name than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...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 ;... | |
| England - 1828 - 964 pages
...The iniquity of oblivion," apostrophizeth the eloquent Sir Thomas Brounc, in his Hydriotophia, "• 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 ? Erostratos lives, who burned the temple of Diana —... | |
| North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...the dead may be pardoned if they prefer rather to act upon the warning of Sir Thomas Browne, that " the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity." Whichever philosopher may be right, the eighteenth century, and to some extent the preceding one, was... | |
| William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...name, than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate 1 " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids 1 Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, be... | |
| William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...name, than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate >. " But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids 7 Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, be... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...without a name, than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...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... | |
| Theology - 1826 - 548 pages
...a name, than Herodias with one. And who bad not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy,...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? Heroslratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana ; he... | |
| Unitarianism - 1826 - 548 pages
...not rather have been the good thief, than Pilate ? But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scatteretb 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... | |
| Scotland - 1828 - 1538 pages
..." The iniquity of oblivion," apostrophizeth the eloquent Sir Thomas Broune, hi his Hydriotophia, " blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory...of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. Who canbutpity the founder of the Pyramids ? Erostratos lives, who burned the temple of Diana — he... | |
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