...grown old. Sir Thomas Browne, twentyfive years later in Hydriotaphia, memorably expressed this opinion, 'But in this latter scene of time we cannot expect...Charles the fifth can never hope to live within two Methusela's of Hector', The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, ed. Geoffrey Keynes (1928), I, 166. Misery...

...man's history:8 Even the old ambitions had the advantage of ours, in the attempts of their vainglories, who acting early and before the probable Meridian...Heroes have already out-lasted their Monuments, and Mechanicall preservations. But in this latter Scene of time we cannot expect such Mummies unto our...

...necessity of oblivion. Even old ambitions had the advantage of ours, in the attempts of their vain-glories, who, acting early, and before the probable meridian...whereby the ancient heroes have already outlasted their mon- uments and mechanical preservations. But in this latter scene of time we cannot expect such mummies...