 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...was dead, the opinion of all good scholars and all honest men. 'My conceit of his person,' says Ben, 'was never increased towards him by his place or honours...have and do reverence him for the greatness that was proper only to himself, in that he seemed to me ever by his work one of the greatest of men, and most... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Poetry - 1879 - 672 pages
...Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon, — "was never increased towards him by his place or honours. Hut I have and do reverence him for the greatness that...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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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, David Patrick - Authors, English - 1901 - 862 pages
...book Qui longum noto serif tori prarogtt ovum. My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place or honours : but I have and do reverence...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... | |
 | Harold Bayley - 1902 - 334 pages
...him." Burly Ben Jonson — always so ready with his scathing contempt—is gentle towards Bacon : " My conceit of his person was never increased towards...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... | |
 | George C. Bompas - 1902 - 136 pages
...that heard him was lest he should make an end." " My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place or honours ; but I have and do reverence...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... | |
 | 1903 - 306 pages
...in terms which, though known to many, are seldom commented upon by Bacon's antipathetic critics. " My conceit of his person was never increased towards...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 Lamb - 1913 - 484 pages
...Vanburgh 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 536 pages
...Vanburgh 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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My conceit of his person was never increased towards 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... 
