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" If men get name for some one virtue ; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, All-virtuous Herbert ! on whose every part Truth might spend all her voice, Fame all her art ? Whether thy learning they would take, or wit, Or valour, or thy judgment... "
The life of Edward lord Herbert of Cherbury, written by himself [ed. by H ... - Page xxxv
by Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1809
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 8

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...by : So are you nature's index, and restore, In yourself, all treasure lost of the age before. CVI. To SIR EDWARD HERBERT.' If men get name for some one virtue ; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, * Sir Edward Herbert.} Lord Herbert of Cherbury. He -was a person of great...
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The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury

Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - 1823 - 312 pages
...question the fundamentals of a religion which none had the hardiness to dispute besides himself." — II. 145. Ben Jonson, who was probably patronised by Lord...get name, for some one virtue; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, AU-virtuous Herbert ! On whose every part, Truth might spend all her voice,...
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The Life of Edward Lord Herbert, of Cherbury

Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - 1826 - 398 pages
...personage, even after making all due allowance for the language of friendship, or even of gratitude : TO SIR EDWARD HERBERT. If men get name, for some one virtue ; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, All- virtuous Herbert ! On whose every part, Truth might spend all her...
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Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 8

1827 - 362 pages
...tone of the following lines by Ben Jonson, which could not have been addressed to a common character. If men get name, for some one virtue ; then, What man art thon, that art so many men, All-virtuous Herbert ? on whose every part, Truth might spend all her voice,...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...must have fallen of itself; so that it is no more but one ruin preventing another. — South. MCLXXXV. If men get name, for some one virtue; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, All virtuous Herbert — On whose every part, Truth might spend all her...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 1

Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...must have fallen of itself; so that it is no more but one ruin preventing another. — South. MCLXXXV. If men get name, for some one virtue; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, All virtuous Herbert — On whose every part, Truth might spend all her...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 8

1830 - 336 pages
...tone of the following lines by Ben Jonson, which could not have been addressed to a common character. If men get name, for some one virtue ; then, What man art Hum, that art so many men, All-virtuous Herbert? on whose every part, Truth might spend all her voice,...
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Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors

1856 - 374 pages
...have fallen of itself ; so that it is no more but one ruin preventing anothei . — South. MCIJCXXV. If men get name, for some one virtue ; then, What man art thou, that art so many men, All virtuous Herbert — On whose every part, Truth might spend all her...
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All Around the Wrekin

Walter White - 1860 - 488 pages
...contemporary with Shakespeare and Ben Jonson ; to whom Ben addressed an epigram, commencing — ' ' If men get name for some one virtue ; then What man art thou that art so many men, All-virtuous Herhert ! on whose every part, Truth might spend all her voice,...
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The Theological review [ed. by C. Beard]., Volume 1

Charles Beard - 1864 - 638 pages
...Herbert," that the other should be thus apostrophized by the first of living poets, " rare Ben Jonson :" If men get name for some one virtue, then What man art thou, that art so many men, All-virtuous Herbert ! A strange parallel to the divergence of the Herberts...
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