 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 - 1885 - 296 pagina’s
...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....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, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1885 - 304 pagina’s
...Yanbrugh could add to it. ' My conceit of his person ' fit 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... | |
 | Charlotte Carmichael Stopes - 1889 - 296 pagina’s
...knotty pieces that came to the Table." Ben Jonson on Bacon — Timber : — " 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 work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 584 pagina’s
...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....was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of tho greatest men, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven... | |
 | Patrick Francis Moran - 1890 - 318 pagina’s
...scientific men to whom England has given birth. Ben Jonson writes 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 work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages."... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1891 - 282 pagina’s
...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....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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pagina’s
...with debt, branded with dishonour, sinking under the weight of years, sorrows and diseases—Bacon was Bacon stilL " My conceit of his person," says...but I have, and do, reverence him for the greatness I one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many that was only proper... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1892 - 604 pagina’s
...could add to it. " My conceit of his person," — it is Ben Jonson 3 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... | |
 | William Ernest Henley, Charles Whibley - 1894 - 452 pagina’s
...book Qui longum noto scriplore proroget aevum. 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 work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pagina’s
...ignominy from the presence of his Sovereign, shut out from the deliberations of his fellow nobles, n religious circles his name was mentioned with fondness...thing, it seemed, was to be forgiven lo youth, rank, ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages.... | |
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