 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...  Progressive Readings in Prose - Seite 69herausgegeben von - 1923 - 376 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 Seiten
...slippery ; and the régresse is either a downefall, or at least an Ecclipse ; which is a malancholy thing. Nay, retire, men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of priuatenesse, euen in age and sicknesse, which require the shadow. Certainely, great persons had need... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 Seiten
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere." Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...require the shadow : like old townsmen, that will !>•; still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 Seiten
...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,'...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 Seiten
...slippery ; and the regresse is either a downefall, or at least an Ecolipse; which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire, men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of priuatenesse, euen in age and sicknesse, which require the shadow. Certainely, great persons had need... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 Seiten
...regress is either a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,...like 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... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 586 Seiten
...Reason, sb. (Acts vi. 2). Used where we should now employ the adjective ' reasonable.' Thus in Bacon ; Nay, retire men cannot, when they would ; neither will they, when it were reason. Ess. x1. p. 39. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more rertuous, but lesse innocent,... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 Seiten
...Reason, sb. (Acts vi. 2). Used where we should now employ the adjective ' reasonable.' Thus in Bacon ; Nay, retire men cannot, when they would ; neither will they, when it were reason. Ess. XI. p. 39. is, rarely, any rising, but by a commixture, of good and evill arts. But it is reason,... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 Seiten
...Reason, sb. (Acts vi. 2). Used where we should now employ the adjective ' reasonable.' Thus in .Bacon ; Nay, retire men cannot, when they would; neither will they. when it wer« reason. Es». XI. p. 39. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more rertuous,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 Seiten
...an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: " Cum non sis quifueris, [5] non es.se cur velis vivere ?" Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, [6] though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly [4.] The standing : Where ? Regress : Synonyme... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 Seiten
...men relate to have been commonly said by Archytas of Tarentum,2 and vivere." Nay, retire men can not when they would, neither will they when it were reason,...happy, for if they judge by their own feeling they can not find it, but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men... | |
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