 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1722 - 636 pages
...II. Tombs, to which we are approaching ; where tho' the Brafs and Marble remain, yet the Infcriptions are effaced by Time, and the Imagery moulders away....our Minds are laid in fading Colours ; and if not fometimes refrefh'd, vanifh and difappear. How much the Conftitution of our Bodies, and the Make of... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1782 - 728 pages
...marble remain, yet the infcriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The piftures drawn in our minds, are laid in fading colours; and if not fometimes relrefhed, vanifh and difappear. How much the conftitution of our bodies, and the make of... | |
 | Richard Joseph Sulivan (Sie) - France - 1794 - 542 pages
...says, the ideas a8 well as the children of our youth die before us j and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where, though...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. In some, says he, the mind retains the characters drawn on it, like marble ; in others, like free-stone... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 560 pages
...tombs, to which we are approaching ; where though the brafs and marble remain, yet the infcriptioris are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds arc hid in fading colours, and, if not fometimes rcfrefhed, vanifh and difappear. How much the conftitution... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 338 pages
...tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brafs and marble remain, yet the infcriptions are effaced by time, and- the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in ot/r minds an laid in fadIng colours, and, if not fonrietimes refrefhed, vanifh and difappear. How... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...marble remain, yet the infcriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The piElures dra-wn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, if not fometimes refrdhed, vanilli and difappear. How much the conditution of our bodies and the make of our... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 562 pages
...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...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are litid m fading colours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, "vanish and disappear. How much the constitution... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 414 pages
...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 pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colors ; and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. How much the constitution of our bodies... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1811 - 590 pages
...youth, often die before us: And our " minds represent to us those tombs to which we are ap" preaching; where, though the brass and marble remain, " yet the...away. The pictures drawn in our minds are " laid in Jading colours, and if not sometimes refreshed, "vanish and disappear." He afterwards adds, that "we... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...dc, flying over fields of corn j and the mjrid is as void of them, as it iliey had never been thnr«. of a wise and studious man, in a length of years !...inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulxters away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and if not sometimes refreshed,... | |
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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... 
