 My conceit of his person," says Ben Jonson very finely, " 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...  Reviews, Essays, and Poems - Pagina 409door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1058 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pagina’s
...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....was 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pagina’s
...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....was 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pagina’s
...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....was 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... | |
 | 1837 - 608 pagina’s
...loaded with debt, branded with dishonour, sinking under the weight of years, sorrow and disease, — Bacon was Bacon still. ' My conceit of his person,'...only 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.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pagina’s
...religion. And who does not sympathize with Ben Jonson's description of him ? " My conceit of his person was never increased towards him by his place or honours...was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever by his works one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages.... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pagina’s
...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....was 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pagina’s
...Vauburgh 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....was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatat men, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pagina’s
...shew herself in Court therafter hot masked. conceit of his person (he says) was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence...was only 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.... | |
 | 1842 - 648 pagina’s
...passage partly noticed in the Review, says, — " My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place or honours, but I have and do reverence...was only proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever by his works one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pagina’s
...shew herself in Court therafter bot masked. conceit of his person (he says) was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence...was only 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.... | |
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