 | Sir Robert Cotton - 1690 - 150 pages
...\i*' with as many groans deplore theeombuftion of *' the Library of Alexandria : for my own part, / *' think^ there be too many in the world, and could > *' with patience behold the Vrn and Jijhes of thf *' Vatican, could Ii with a few othe rs, recover the L • *< periled leaves... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...with deep fighs lament the loft lines of Cicero ; others with as many groans deplore the * combuftion of the library of Alexandria ; for my own part, I...world, and could with patience behold the urn and ames of the Vatican, could I with a few others recover the perifhed leaves of Solomon. I would not... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 180 pages
...cannot perish but in the general flames, when all things shall confess their ashes. XXIV. I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero...many groans deplore the combustion of the library of Alexandria8 ; for my own part, I think there be too 7 Zoroaster was long before Moses, and of great... | |
 | 1831 - 370 pages
...and cannot perish but in the general flames, when all things shall confess their ashes. I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero ; others with as many 4 groans deplore the combustion of the library of Alexandria. For my own part, I think there be too... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1845 - 412 pages
...fomewith deep fighs lament the loft lines of Cicero ; others with as many groans deplore the combuftion of the library of Alexandria ; * for my own part,...world, and could with patience behold the urn and afhes of the Vatican, could I, with a few others, recover the perifhed leaves of Solomon. I would not... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1845 - 420 pages
...with as many groans deplore the is no end," Eccl. xii. combuftion of the library of Alexandria ; * 12. for my own part, I think there be too many in the world, and could with patience behold the urn and afhes of the Vatican, could I, with a few others, recover the perifhed leaves of Solomon. I I Kings... | |
 | 1911 - 588 pages
...of Sir Thomas Browne (16051682) in his ' Religio Medici' (Part I. sec. xxiv.) : — " I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero, others with as many grouu deplore the combustion of the Library of Alexandria ; for my own part, I think there 1>« too... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 576 pages
...but in the general flames, when all things shall confess their ashes. SECT. xxrv. — I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero...the combustion of the library of Alexandria : for my owa part, I think there be too many in the world ; and could with patience behold the urn and ashes... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...and cannot perish but in the general flames, when all things shall confess their ashes. I have heard some, with deep sighs, lament the lost lines of Cicero...could with patience behold the urn and ashes of the Vatican,1 could I, with a few others, recover the perished leaves of Solomon.2 I would not omit a copy... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...and cannot perish but in the general flames, when all things shall confess their ashes. I have heard some, with deep sighs, lament the lost lines of Cicero...could with patience behold the urn and ashes of the Vatican,1 could I, with a few others, recover the perished leaves of Solomon.2 I would not omit a copy... | |
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I have heard some with deep sighs lament the lost lines of Cicero; others with as many groans deplore the combustion of the library of Alexandria. For my own part, I think there be too many in the world... 
