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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... "
The New Pocket Cyclopędia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ... - Page 553
by John Millard - 1813 - 645 pages
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 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 JVofe.) In ordinary cases, I confess, I strongly suspect...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 9

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...palms, tho" under weights they did not stand. Still thrived ; no Winter could his laurels fade. Dry den. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. Loche. Where either through the temper of the body, or some other default, the memory is very weak,...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...minds of the aged are like the tombs to which th.ey are approaching ; where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery has mouldered away." This beautiful passage is introduced to shew, that it is a trait of a good comparison,...
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Sermons on various subjects

John Stedman - 1830 - 364 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." II. But I am to enquire, secondly, into the true cause of human frailty and decay. To impute effects...
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A Practical Grammar of the English Language: In which the Principles ...

Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1830 - 124 pages
...minds of the aged are like the tombs to which they are approaching ; where though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery has mouldered away. HONOR. Would you not think it an honor to be employed by God in creating a world...
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Epitome of English literature; or, A concentration of the matter ..., Volume 3

English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed, there at last remains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often...remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time. How much the constitution of our bodies is concerned in this 1 shall not here. inquire ; though it...
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Locke's Essay on the human understanding, condensed under the ...

John Locke - 1831 - 458 pages
...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed, there at last remains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often...remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time. How much the constitution of our bodies is concerned in this I shall not here inquire ; though it probably...
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The Introductory Discourse and Lectures: Delivered in Boston, Before the ...

American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1831 - 416 pages
...minds of the aged are like the tombs to which they are approaching ; where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery has mouldered away.' This comparison, he is told, is naturally suggested ; and in connexion with the...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 1

1833 - 310 pages
...THE ideas, as well as children, of our youth, often <Jie 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 laid on in fading colours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish arid disappear. LOCKE. Incredulity is...
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The Tourist: A Literary and Anti-slavery Journal, Volume 1

Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...COLERIDOE. 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 laid on in fading colours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.— LOCKE. Dreams may be...
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