| Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 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 is strikingly beautiful. The thought to be illustrated — " the... | |
| Charles John Smith - English language - 1871 - 630 pages
...die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." — Locke. " The sin of .ludah is said to be writ upon the table of their hearts, as if their memory... | |
| Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1871 - 610 pages
...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 the brass and marble may remain, yet the inscriptions are often effaced by time, and the imagery Worn away. The imagination... | |
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - Philosophy - 1890 - 324 pages
...ideas as well as the children of our youth often die before us, and our minds thus represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching, where, though...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away." 1 Especially in that remote rural scene, the tomb of Locke may touch the imagination of the wayfarer.... | |
| Robert Yelverton Tyrrell - English poetry - 1890 - 534 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. l.OCKE. at non — quis haec tam finxerit inscius ? — possunt ad urnam plangere talia • tam bruta... | |
| William James - 1890 - 716 pages
...children, of our youth, often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are fast approaching; where, though the brass and marble remain,...effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The picture* drawn in onr minds are laid in fading colors; and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and... | |
| William James - Psychology - 1890 - 712 pages
...children, of our youth, often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are fast approaching; where, though the brass and marble remain,...effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The picture« drawn in our minds are laid in fading colors; and, if not sometime! refreshed, vanish and... | |
| William James - Psychology - 1890 - 718 pages
...tombs to which we are fast approaching: where, though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscription? are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away....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,... | |
| Victoria Claflin Woodhull, Lady Tennessee Claflin Cook - Ethics - 1890 - 640 pages
...and our minds represent those tombs to which we are all approaching, where, though the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. How happy, then, should he or she be who can claim exemption from this common law of decay, and bike... | |
| 1891 - 718 pages
...the ideas as well as the children of oui' youth often die before us, and our minds 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... | |
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