 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 - Sivu 268tekijä(t) Francis Bacon - 1854Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 sivua
...by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing....that will be still sitting at their street door,' 1 though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 sivua
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris, non essc cur veils 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 sivua
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 sivua
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivcre." 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... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 sivua
...either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, men cannot retire when Hiey would, neither will they when it were reason,» but...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for, it they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 234 sivua
...indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing:...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 sivua
...melancholy thing : dim non sis qui fiieris, non esse cur veils vivere. Nay, retire men OF GREAT PLACE. 79 cannot when they would, neither will they when it...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 - 826 sivua
...velis vivere: [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, Jxe loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...and sickness, which require the shadow ; like old towns- / « men, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1888 - 336 sivua
...downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : Cum non sis qui fneris, non esse cur veils vivere. Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither...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... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 sivua
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: " Cum non sis gui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere." f Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...privateness even in age and sickness, which require the shadow;t like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they offer... | |
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