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" O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched... "
Poems - Page 225
by Samuel Rogers - 1845
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A manual of English literature

Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hicjacet \ " Mr. Mitford was the first Englishman who attempted, in emulation of Gibbon, to write at...
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A history of English literature, in a series of biographical sketches

William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world, and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it over with these two narrow words — Hie JACRT. THE LITTLE LORD KEEPER. 1 55 CHAPTER JXI. FRANCIS BACON,...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 31

Universalism - 1862 - 586 pages
...flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, — Sic Jacet. — Raleigh. The moment Christianity struck the earth it was evident that a new and...
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Many thoughts of many minds. Compiled by H. Southgate

Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...cast out of the world, and despised : thou liast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow word, Hicjatxt. Raleigh. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's...
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Things to be Remembered in Daily Life ...

John Timbs - 1863 - 280 pages
...dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world have flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, me JACET." * See " Flowers on Graves," iu Mysteries of Life, Death, and Futurity. APPENDIX. Generations...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...dared, thou ha&i done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world, and despised; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it over with these two narrow words—Hie JACET. Jicsidcs his great work, Sir Walter wrote a large number...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 27

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1863 - 882 pages
...flattered, thou only host cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the farfetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of...covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet I" At this point we are strnck by several analogies existing between the world we live in and...
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Selections from Various Sources

Lydia Howard Sigourney - Commonplace-books - 1863 - 254 pages
...hath dared thou hast done; whom all the world hath flattered, hast thou alone cast out of the world, and despised. Thou hast drawn together all the farstretched...greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of men, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Sicjacet." AUTUMN. " THE skies of autumn...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, hicjacetl 58. Richard Soaker, 1553-1598. (Manual, p. 92.) From the Ecclesiastical Polity. THE NECESSITY...
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The Rise and Progress of Religious Life in England, Volume 36

Samuel Rowles Pattison - England - 1864 - 408 pages
...hath dared thou hast done ; and whom all the world has flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched...and ambition of man, and covered it all over with the two narrow words ' Hie jacet.' " More truly religious, however, is the advice given by him to his...
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