 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
 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 554 pages
...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! " Mr. Mitford was the first Englislimaii who attempted, in emulation of Gibbon, to write at length... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...and despised : thou hast dra%vne together all the farre Etretchéd greamesse, all the pride, crueltie and ambition of men, and covered it all over with these two narrow words. Hie jitet !— Sir WALTER RALEIGH, Historie of the Worl'l. — Oh, God ! it is a fearful thing To see the... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1877 - 668 pages
...Thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty and ambition of man : and covered it all over with these two narrow words : Hie jacet. THE END OF THE jFirst Oolume OF AN ENGLISH GARNER. UNW1H BSOTHERS, THE GRP.SHAM HKCSS, CH1LWORTH AND... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 pages
...and despised : thou hast drawne together all the farre stretched greatnesse, all the pride, crueltie and ambition of men, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet I— Sir WALTER RALEIGH, Historie of the World. — Oh, God ! it is a fearful thing To see the human... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1878 - 896 pages
...hast drawne together all the farre stretched greatnesse, all the pride, crueltie and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet .' Historic of the World, Book v. Pt. I, ad fin. Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.1 script copies... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1878 - 604 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! " In conclusion, we can hardly doubt that this Speech was made substantially as it has been reported.... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1879 - 336 pages
...done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness,...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, hicjacet." Even so. Yet while the cadence of this august rhetoric is yet in our ears, another voice... | |
 | Oxford city, high sch. for girls - 1879 - 448 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 ! ' It is almost impossible to read Bacon without feeling the poetical and musical rhythm of his style.... | |
 | Charles Dunham Deshler - 1879 - 334 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.' " " I congratulate you," said the Professor, when I had concluded, " on your acquaintance with this... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1880 - 404 pages
...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 over with these two narrow words, hie jacet." Even so. Yet while the cadence of this august rhetoric is yet in our ears, another voice is heard as... | |
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