 ... after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present, to think of the characters and anecdotes that gave interest to the past; and each age is a volume thrown...  Seeing Europe with Famous Authors - Pàgina 14per Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1821 - 438 pàgines
...volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out uf our recollection ; and will, in turn, be supplanted...successor of to-morrow. " Our fathers," says Sir Thomas Brown, " find their craves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be burled in our survivors."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 pàgines
...gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...successor of to-morrow. " Our fathers," says Sir Thomas Brown, " find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pàgines
...gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...successor of tomorrow. " Our fathers," says Sir Thomas Brown, " find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors."... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 380 pàgines
...and underneath these words in gilt capitals, seemingly but recently carved there : — " OUR FATHERS FIND THEIR GRAVES IN OUR SHORT MEMORIES, AND SADLY TELL US HOW WE SHALL BE BURIED IN OUR SURVIVORS. L.ET ME BE FOUND IN THE REGISTER OF GOD, NOT IN THE RECORD OF MAN."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pàgines
...gave interest to the past; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...successor of to-morrow. « Our fathers,» says Sir Thomas Brown, « find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pàgines
...gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. MASTER HENRY HUDSON. IN the ever memorable year of our Lord, 1609, on a Saturday morning, the five... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pàgines
...gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...successor of to-morrow. " Our fathers," says Sir Thomas Brown, " find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors."... | |
 | 1834 - 532 pàgines
...gave interest to the past, and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...successor of to-morrow. ' Our fathers,' says Sir Thomas Brown, ' find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.'... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pàgines
...gave interest to the past'; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten'. The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection';...successor of to-morrow'. " Our fathers'," says Sir Thomas Brown', " find their graves in our short memories', and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors'."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pàgines
...gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown aside to be speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our...turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. MASTER HENRY HUDSON. IN the ever memorable year of our Lord, 1609, on A Saturday morning, the five... | |
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