 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1835 - 706 pages
...the greatness that was only proper in himself, and 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.' Though the king had expressed what doubtless he felt, the difficulty of understanding the work, he... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...the greatness that was only proper in himself, and 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.' Though the king had expressed what doubtless he felt, the dillirulty of understanding the work, he... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...the greatness that was only proper in himself, and 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.' Though the king had expressed what doubtless he felt, the difficulty of understanding the work, he... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...the greatness, that 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 would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The quality here commended was scarcely... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 326 pages
...the greatness, that 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 would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The quality here commended was scarcely... | |
 | Sir Henry Taylor - Political Science - 1836 - 296 pages
...beautifully said in he close of a panegyric upon him by one of his most eminent contemporaries*, — " In his adversity I ever prayed " that God would give him strength; for great" ness he could not want" * Jonson. CHAPTER XXXIV. CONCLUSION. I CLOSE these dissertations with... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...the greatness, that 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 would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The quality here commended was scarcely... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1837 - 648 pages
...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 admiration, that...give him strength; for greatness he could not want." a body of Natural History, a Philosophical Romance. He made extensive and valuable additions to his... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...for the greatness that 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...give him strength ; for greatness he could not want." The first fruit of his learned, but not independent leisure, was the History of the Reign of Henry... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pages
...for the greatness that was only proper to himself; in that he teemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that...would give him strength ; for greatness he could not wan:." The services which he rendered to letters during the last uve years of his life, amidst ten... | |
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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 admiration... 
