...p. 69, 1. 16. Privateness, sb. Privacy : p. 10, 1. 29 ; p. 15, 1. 16, &c. Comp. Essay xi. p. 39 : ' Nay, retire men cannot, when they would ; neither...will they, when it were reason : but are impatient of privatenesse, even in age, and sicknesse, which require the shadow.' Probably, adv. With probability,...

...whether Bacon is chanting a quanta palimur or expressing his real feelings in Essay xi. 11. 5-20, ' Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy.' For Bacon's quanta patimur, as chanted in his correspondence, see Introduction, p. xxi. The allusion may...

...men relate to have been commonly said by Archytas of Tarentum," 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 mon think of them, and that other men...

...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: ' Cum non sis qui fueris, non csse cur veiis vivere.' 6 Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; 6 but are impatient 7 of privateness 8 even in age and sickness, which require the shadow; like old...

...Go and set forth these things, while our army marches up and down on these level green fields. (4) " Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's...think themselves happy. For if they judge by their own feelings, they cannot find it ; but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and...

...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 will...were reason, but are impatient of privateness, even 15 in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; like old townsmen, that will be still sitting 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 will they when it were reason ;6 but are impatient7 of privateness3 even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; like old...

...seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. LORD BACON : Essay XI., Of Great Place. can tell Parthenissa, for her comfort, thnt the beauties,...An apparent desire of admiration, a reflection upon lhat will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. LORD BACON...

...submission. Go and set forth these things, while our army marches up and down on these level green fields. " Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's...think themselves happy. For if they judge by their own feelings, they cannot find it ; but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and...

...gravest of national maladies, were eating their way fast and deep into the hearts of the people.1 " Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy."* So said a famous student who, to his cost, was likewise a minister of state ; and the truth of the...