| William Hepworth Dixon - 1861 - 446 pages
...said Ben after Bacon's death, "was never ~ increased towards him by his place or honours, but I nar.' have and do reverence him for the greatness that was...proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever by his work one of the greatest of men, and most worthy of admiration that hath been in many ages. In his... | |
| 1862 - 914 pages
...good scholars and true poets. '' My conceit of his person," said Ben Jonson, after Bacon's death, " was never increased towards him by his place or honours...proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest of men, and most worthy of admiration that hath been in many ages. In his... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...should make an end. My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place or honors, but I have and do reverence him for the greatness...proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the -greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity... | |
| Robert Chambers - Chronology, Historical - 1862 - 880 pages
...dead, the opinion of all good scholars, and all honest men : " My conceit of his person," says Ben, d at proper only to himself, in that he seemed to me ever by hU work one of the greatest of men, and most... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...should make an end. My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place or honors, but I have and do reverence him for the greatness...was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me evei, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...sorrows, and diseases, Bacon was Bacon still. " My conceit of his person," says Ben Jonson very finely, " was never increased towards him by his place or honours...proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pages
...sorrows, and diseases, Bacon was Bacon still. " My conceit of his person," says Ben Jonson very finely, " was never increased towards him by his place or honours...proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 554 pages
...conceit of his person," says Ben Jonson very finely, " was never increased towards him by his place of honours ; but I have and do reverence him for the...to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity... | |
| Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...And again he says, " My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place or honors ; but I have and do reverence him for the greatness...worthy of admiration that had been in many ages." Howell, another contemporary, says of him, likewise, that " he was the eloquentest that was born in... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...Vanbrugh could add to it. " My conceit of his person," — it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon, — " was never increased towards him by his place or honours....only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven would... | |
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