 Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared thou hast done; and, whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride,...  Cities of India Past and Present - Page 140by Sir George William Forrest - 1903 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 590 pages
...hast drawn together all the farrestretched greatness, all the pride, crueltie, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words — Hie jacet." Sir Walter, perhaps, had not forgotten the complaint of the Roman emperor, " How mournful is the thought... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1825 - 350 pages
...far-stretched greatness^ all the pride, cruelty, and ambition, of man ; all the powerful charms of beauty ; and covered it all over with these two narrow words, • Hie jacet.' Nor is this all, mighty Death ! It is thou that leadest to the resurrection of the dead ; the dissolution... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...despised, thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet. — Sir W. Raleigh — on the Monuments of Princes. DCCCXL. (Adam to Eve) Sole partner, and sole part... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1829 - 510 pages
...thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of the General History... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1838 - 332 pages
...thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet. — RALEIGH. Page 67, line 17. Now, seraph-winged, among the stars we soar ; Inconceivable are the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 360 pages
...thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet. — RALEIGH. T. 83, 1. 13. Noie, seraph-winged, among the stars we soar; Inconceivable are the limits... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 352 pages
...thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet. — RALEIGH. P. 83, 1. 13. Now, seraph-winged, among the stars we soar; Inconceivable are the limits... | |
 | 1856 - 606 pages
...hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness — all the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, 'Hie jacet: " The Duke's tastes, like every thing else connected with him, seem to have been splendid ; of this... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1845 - 340 pages
...thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet. — RALEIGH. Page 193, line 17. I\oiv, seraph-winycd, among the stars we soar; Among the most precious... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1851 - 444 pages
...thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, ' Hie jacet.'" 4. JAMES HARRINGTON. Upon a long black marble slab, (formerly, according to Bishop Kennet, "within... | |
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