 ... on the monuments of princes. How idle a boast, 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...  American Essays, Ed - Страница 93под редакцията на - 1902Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1821 - 438 страници
...engrossed bylie story of the present, to think of the haracters and anecdetes that gave interest o the past ; and each age is a volume thrown aside to...The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out uf our recollection ; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. " Our fathers,"... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 страници
....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 aside to he speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection ; and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 страници
...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...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 - 1835 - 284 страници
...too much engrossed by the story of the present, to think of the characters and aneedotes that gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown...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 - 1835 - 196 страници
...too mnch 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...recollection ; and will , in turn , be supplanted by his snccessor of to-morrow. « Our fathers ," says Sir Thomas Brown , » find their graves in our short... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 страници
...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 aside to he speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection ; and... | |
 | 378 страници
...Sketch-book," when contemplating the mausoleums of departed greatness in Westminster Abbey : — " The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out...our recollection, and will In turn be supplanted by Ms successor of to-morrow." zz THE FLOWER OF THE TWEED. (BALLAD.) Ah ! when shall I visit the old willow... | |
 | 1839 - 256 страници
...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 aside to he speedily forgotten. The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection ; and... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 страници
...are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave interest to the past ; and each age is a volume thrown...turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. What then is to insure this pile, which now towers above me, from sharing the fate of mightier mausoleums... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 276 страници
...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...turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow. " Qur fathers," says Sir Thomas Brown, " find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us... | |
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