...Vanbrugh could add to it. " My conceit of his person," — it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon, — " was never increased towards him by his place or honours....was only proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that heaven...

...Yanbrugh could add to it. ' My conceit of his person ' fit is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon) * was never increased towards him by his place or honours;...was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven...

...knotty pieces that came to the Table." Ben Jonson on Bacon — Timber : — " My conceit of his person was never increased towards him by his place or honours,...was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages....

...Vanbrugh could add to it. " My conceit of his person," — it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon, — " was never increased towards him by his place or honours....was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of tho greatest men, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven...

...scientific men to whom England has given birth. Ben Jonson writes of him: "My conceit of his person was never increased towards him by his place or honours...was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages."...

...Vanbrugh could add to it. ' My conceit of his person ' — it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon — 'was never increased towards him by his place or honours....was only proper to himself ; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven...

...with debt, branded with dishonour, sinking under the weight of years, sorrows and diseases—Bacon was Bacon stilL " My conceit of his person," says...but I have, and do, reverence him for the greatness I one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration that had been in many that was only proper...

...could add to it. " My conceit of his person," — it is Ben Jonson 3 speaking of Lord Bacon, — " was never increased towards him by his place or honours....was only proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that heaven...

...book Qui longum noto scriplore proroget aevum. My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence...was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me, ever by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages....

...ignominy from the presence of his Sovereign, shut out from the deliberations of his fellow nobles, n religious circles his name was mentioned with fondness...thing, it seemed, was to be forgiven lo youth, rank, ever, by his work, one of the greatest men and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages....