 My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours, but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of...  Poems - Page 305by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give...greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1877 - 898 pages
...one of the greatest mtn and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his ad rersity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The services which Bacon rendered to letters during the last five years of his life, amidst ten thousand... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...ever by his work one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give...greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole, in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...by his work one of the greatest of men, and most worthy of admiration that hath been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give...greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 538 pages
...ever by his work one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." Bacon's intellectual activity was never more conspicuous than in the last four years of his life. He... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...even by his work one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give...greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 668 pages
...ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The services which Bacon rendered to letters during the last five years of his life, amidst ten thousand... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - English essays - 1881 - 386 pages
...ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The services which Bacon rendered to letters during the last five years of his life, amidst ten thousand... | |
 | James Spedding - 1881 - 480 pages
...ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.'" B. Go on. A. " The services which he rendered to letters—" B. No, no. Go on with Ben Jonson. A. I... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 pages
...ever by his work one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength, for greatness he could not want." During the last five years of his life, he commenced a "Digest of the Laws of England," a "History... | |
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