 | 1816 - 572 pages
...irretrievable: when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and ucw philosophers may reason; but if the inscription of...restored by the united efforts of genius and industry." From the indiflercnce that has been manifested towards these writers since the commencement of the... | |
 | William Shaw Mason - 1819 - 372 pages
...the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosopher» may reason ; but if the inscription of a single fact...incited the author of this section, though a resident in England, to employ himself during a visit to this country, in forming the foregoing compilation, which... | |
 | 1851 - 782 pages
...history, indeed," says Gibbon, "are irretrievable; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...inscription of a single fact be once obliterated, it cannot be restored by the united efforts of genius and industry. The consideration of our past losses... | |
 | 1853 - 632 pages
...history," remarks Gibbon, " are indeed irretrievable ; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped." The eloquent words of the historian of the Roman Empire are forcibly applicable to the monuments of... | |
 | Kilkenny Archaeological Society - 1853 - 552 pages
...histoiy," remarks Gibbon, " are indeed irretrievable; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped." The eloquent words of the historian of the Roman Empire are forcibly applicable to the monuments of... | |
 | James Graves - 1857 - 400 pages
...Gibbon has remarked, are, indeed, irretrievable. When the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped. The words of the historian of the Roman Empire are strikingly applicable to the monuments which are... | |
 | James Graves - 1857 - 406 pages
...Gibbon has remarked, are, indeed, irretrievable. When the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped. The words of the historian of the Roman Empire are strikingly applicable to the monuments which are... | |
 | 1857 - 626 pages
...history, indeed," says Gibbon, " are irretrievable ; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...inscription of a single fact be once obliterated, it cannot be restored by the united efforts of genius and industry. The consideration of our past losses... | |
 | Sir John Thomas Gilbert - 1861 - 428 pages
...history, indeed," says Gibbon, "are irretrievable ; when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers...inscription of a single fact be once obliterated, it cannot be restored by the united efforts of genius and industry. The consideration of our past losses... | |
 | Sir John Thomas Gilbert - 1861 - 436 pages
...restored by the united efforts of genius and industry. The consideration of our past losses should invite the present age to cherish and perpetuate the valuable relics which have escaped." This is truly a national question, and demands the attention of our educated classes. The literary... | |
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For the losses of history are indeed irretrievable : when the productions of fancy or science have been swept away, new poets may invent, and new philosophers may reason ; but if the inscription of a single fact be once obliterated, it can never be restored... 
