 Nay, retire men cannot when they would; neither will they when it were reason; but are impatient of privateness, even in age and sickness, which require the shadow: like old townsmen that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they...  Philosophical works - Page 268by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 246 pages
...either a downfall or elso an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire men cannot when then they would, neither will they, when it were reason,...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow." Bacon could accept the term of his career as a lawyer, never its term as a statesman, which had now... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 236 pages
...either a downfall or else an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire men cannot when then they would, neither will they, when it were reason,...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow." Bacon could accept the term of his career as a lawyer, never its term as a statesman, which had now... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 270 pages
...either a downfall or else an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire men cannot when then they would, neither will they, when it were reason,...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow.". Bacon could accept the term of his career as a lawyer, never its term as a statesman, which had now... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...veils vivere: [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, he loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions, to think themselves happy; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 pages
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. " Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere." 1 Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 460 pages
...downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur veils vivere. Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither...old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they 10 offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 456 pages
...by__Jndig«ities men eome— to- .dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing...non esse cur velis vivere. Nay, retire men cannot \ \ ^ vv when they would, neither will they when it were reason ;_J but are impatient of privateness... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: " Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere." 2 Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1893 - 546 pages
...is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris non esse cur velis vivere." Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 342 pages
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : "Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere."1 Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other... | |
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