 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...our tongue, which may be compar•d or prefcr'd, either to infolent Greece or haughty Rome. In fhort, within his view, and about his times, were all the...honour a language or help ftudy. Now things daily falH Wits grow downward and Eloquence goes backward : So that he may be nam•d and (tand as the ftiark... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 464 pages
...our tongue, which may be compared or preferred either to insolent Greece, or haughty Rome. In short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born, that could honour n- Sir Thomas Moore. Sir Thomas Wiat. Henry, earl of Surrey. Sir Thomas Chaloner. Sir Thomas Smith.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...our tongue, which may be compared or preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. In short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born, that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall ; wits grow downward, and eloquence goes backward : so that he may be... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...our tongue, which may be compared or preferred, either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome. In short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born, that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall ; wits grow downward, and eloquence goes backward : 50 that he may be... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...p-eferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome ; in short, witlu'n his view and about Ins time were all the wits born that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall : wits grow down wards, eloquence grows backwards, so that he may be named... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome ; in short, within his view and about his time were all the wits born that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall : wits grow downwards, eloquence grows backwards, so that he may be named... | |
 | 1839 - 556 pages
...our tongue which may be compared or preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome ; in short, within his view, and about his times, were all the wits born that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall, wits grow downward, and eloquence grows backward, so that he may be named... | |
 | 1841 - 632 pages
...preferred either to insolent Greece or haughty Rome ; in short, within his view, and about his time, were all the wits born that could honour a language or help a study. Now things daily fall ; wits grow downwards, eloquence grows backward, so that he may be named... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1863 - 550 pages
...the present time. Ben Jonson, writing between the years 1630 and 1637, of the Lord St. Alban, says, 'Within his view, and about his times, ' were all...the wits born, that could honour a language, or help ' study. Now things daily fall, wits grow downward, and ' eloquence grows backward : so that he may... | |
 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870 - 604 pages
...or haughty Rome" and he adds this pregnant sentence : " In short, within his view and about his time were all the wits born that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall : wits grow downwards, eloquence grows backwards." Ben had good reason... | |
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In short, within his view and about his times were all the wits born, that could honour a language or help study. Now things daily fall, wits grow downward, and eloquence grows backward; so that he may be named, and stand, as the mark and acme of our... 
