 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 Saturday Magazine - Page 1921833Full view - About this book
 | Sir James Mackintosh - English literature - 1851 - 854 pages
...shadows do flying over a field of corn." — " The ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. Pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, unless sometimes refreshed, vanish and... | |
 | James Bryce - Education - 1852 - 630 pages
...last there remains nothing to be seen. Thus, the ideas as well as children of our youth, often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." (z) There is, however, one... | |
 | JOHN MURRAY - 1852 - 786 pages
...children, of our youth often die before us; and our Minds represent to us those tombs RETENTION. 55 to which we are approaching; where though the brass...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours; and if not sometimes refreshed vanish and disappear. How much the constitution of... | |
 | David Thomas - 1884 - 468 pages
...Professor Porson. THE FACULTY OF MEMORY. — " 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 although the brass, and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...last there remains nothing to be seen. Tims the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us: and our minds represent to us those tombs...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.' He afterwards adds, that... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 536 pages
...last there remains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us: and our minds represent to us those tombs...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. How much the constitution... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1854 - 560 pages
...last there remains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth, often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. How much the constitution... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 pages
...last there remains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us: and our minds represent to us those tombs...moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.' He afterwards adds, that... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Political science - 1854 - 898 pages
...shadows do flying over a field of corn." — " The ideas, as well as children of our youth, often die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs...are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. Pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, unless sometimes refreshed, vanish and... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 538 pages
...sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. Thus the ideas as well as children of our youth often die before us, and our minds represent to us those tombs...effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away."' — Essay, &c., book ii. chap. 10.] jects with which we arc surrounded, and about which we have every... | |
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