 | Precept - Great Britain - 1825 - 302 pages
...the idcas, as well as the children of our youth, often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though...not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." How sublime this allusion to our final destiny, and the fleeting nature of those little concerns with which... | |
 | Walter Nichols - 1826 - 192 pages
...ideas as well as children of our youth, often die before us ; and our minds represent unto us their tombs, to which we are approaching ; where, though...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." Ye* this very imperfection, as it might be esteemed, is an evidence of the all-provident and ever watchful... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 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...drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, it' not refreshed, vanish and disappear. How much the constitution of our bodies and the make of our... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...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,...The pictures drawn in our minds are " laid in fading colour es, and, if not sometimes refreshed, " vanish and disappear.' He afterwards adds, that, < we... | |
 | John Martin Frederick Wright - 1827 - 320 pages
...THUS the ideas as well as the children of our youth often die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though...effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away.'' Book II. c. 10. Distinguish between the retentive power of Memory, and the other powers of that faculty.... | |
 | John Martin F. Wright - 1827 - 632 pages
...THCS the ideas as well as the children a our youth often die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though the brass and marK remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." Book II. c.... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Industrial arts - 1829 - 654 pages
...memory. Mr. Locke, speaking of the continual decay of our ideas, beautifully observe«, "The ideas, us well as children of our youth, often die before us:...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 - 450 pages
...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 sometunes refreshed, vanish and disappear." He afterwards adds, that " we sometimes... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 454 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" He afterwards adds, that " we sometimes... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 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...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... | |
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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... 
