 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
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...slippery ; and the regresse is either a downefall, or at least an Ecolipse; which is a melancholy 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... | |
 | Gems - 1866 - 168 pages
...regress is either a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,...like old townsmen that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 586 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. x1. p. 39. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more rertuous, but lesse innocent,... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 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. is, rarely, any rising, but by a commixture, of good and evill arts. But it is reason,... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 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 wer« reason. Es». XI. p. 39. Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more rertuous,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: " Cum non sis quifueris, [5] non es.se cur velis vivere ?" Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, [6] though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly [4.] The standing : Where ? Regress : Synonyme... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...least an Eclipse, which is a Melancholy Thing. Cum non sis, qui fueris, non esse, cur velis m-vere. 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: Like old Townesmen, that will be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pages
...seal: p. 69, 1. 16. Privateness, sb. Privacy: p. lo, 1. 29; p, 15, 1. 16, &c. Comp. Essay xi. 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 Probably, adv. With probability, in a probable manner: p. 156, I. 29.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 526 pages
...just as in Bacon frequently we find 'reason' for 'reasonable.' See, for instance, Essay xi, p. 39: 'Nay, retire Men cannot, when they would ; neither will they, when it were Reason.' It occurs in Chaucer, Sijuyeres Tnlf (1. 10562, ed. T. Wright) : ' Tho speeken they of Canacees ryng,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1871 - 678 pages
...flippery ; and the regreffe is either a downfall, or at leafl an Ealiffe ; which is a malancholy thing. Nay, retire, men cannot when they would, neither will they when it were VZ. JTariationa in postfjumouss latin Qjition of 1638. I TITLE. DeMagistratibiis&t* Digiiitatilnts,... | |
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