 | 1820 - 398 стор.
...glimpse into the night of forgotten things, — a halflifting of the veil of oblivion, — does he ask, " who knows whether the best of men be known? or whether...that stand remembered in the known account of time ?" Having, with further richness of illustration, and quaint philosophy, shewn the uncertainty of all... | |
 | 1831 - 370 стор.
...our good names, since bad have equal durations ; and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon. Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether...that stand remembered in the known account of time ? Without the favor of the everlasting register, the first man had been as unknown as the last, and... | |
 | 1832 - 384 стор.
...of time, and oblivion shareth with memory a great portion even of our living beings. Who can tell if the best of men be known ? or whether there be not...more remarkable persons forgot than any that stand recorded in the known account of time?" These are startling suggestions, and may lead our thoughts... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 526 стор.
...our good names, since bad have equal durations, and Thersites is like to live as long as AgamemnonA Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether...that stand remembered in the known account of time ? Without the favour of the everlasting register, the first man had been as unknown as the last, and... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 стор.
...moment. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with many a great part even of our living beings. Who knows whether the best of...sufficiency of Christian immortality frustrates all earihly glory ; and the quality of either state, after death, makes a folly of posthumous memory."... | |
 | George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 стор.
...and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon, without the favour of the everlasting register. Who knows whether the best of men be known ? or, whether...stand remembered in the known account of time ? The first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle.... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 стор.
...glimpse into the night of forgotten things—a half lifting of the veil of oblivion—does he ask, "who knows whether the best of men be known * or whether...persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in ihe known account of time Î" Having, with farther richness of illustration, and quaint philosophy,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - 346 стор.
...and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon, without the favour of the everlasting register. Who knows whether the best of men be known ? or, whether...stand remembered in the known account of time ? The first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's long life had been his only chronicle.... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 306 стор.
...passage will furnish an adequate and sufficient specimen: "Who knows whether the best of VOL. n. — 4 men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable...that stand remembered in the known account of time? Without the favour of the everlasting register the first man had been as unknown as the last, and Methuselah's... | |
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Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time... 
