 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...  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political ... - Page 42by Francis Bacon - 1822 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright - 1884 - 768 pages
...Reason, sb. (Acts vi. 2). Used where we should now employ the adjective ' reasonable.' Thus in Bacon ; Nay, retire men cannot, when they would ; neither will they, when it were reason. Ess. XI. p. 39. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more vertuous, but lesse innocent,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 436 pages
...p. 69, 1. 16. Privateness, sb. Privacy : p. 10, 1. 29 ; p. 15, 1. 16, &c. Comp. Essay jti. p. 39 : ' Nay, retire men cannot, when they would ; neither...will they, when it were reason : but are impatient of privatenesse, even in age, and sicknesse, which require the shadow." Probably, adv. With probability,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1886 - 304 pages
...of privateness, even 15 m age OTI(J sickness) which require the shadow ; like old townsmen, tnat wju be still sitting at their street door, though thereby...they offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had m .,.,] to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy. For if they judge by their io own... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 826 pages
...slippery ; and the regresse is either a downeiall, or at least an Ecclipse ; which is a malancholy thing. Nay, retire, men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of priuatenesse, euen in age and sicknesse, which require the shadow. Certainely, great persons had need... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 pages
...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... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 270 pages
...either a downfall or else an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire men cannot when then they would, neither will they, when it were reason,...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow.". Bacon could accept the term of his career as a lawyer, never its term as a statesman, which had now... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 236 pages
...either a downfall or else an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire men cannot when then they would, neither will they, when it were reason,...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow." Bacon could accept the term of his career as a lawyer, never its term as a statesman, which had now... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 246 pages
...either a downfall or elso an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, retire men cannot when then they would, neither will they, when it were reason,...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow." Bacon could accept the term of his career as a lawyer, never its term as a statesman, which had now... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 460 pages
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur veils vivere. Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they 10 offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...slippery ; and the regresse is either a downefall, or at least an Ecclipse ; which is a malancholy thing. Nay, retire, men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason ; but are impatient of priuatenesse, euen in age and sicknesse, which require the shadow. Certainely, great persons had need... | |
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