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" O eloquent, just, and mighty 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... "
The Opal - Page 352
1852
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Letters from France, in 1802, Volume 2

Henry Redhead Yorke - 1804 - 416 pages
...whom none have 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...ambition of man ; and covered it all over with these too narrow words — Hie JACET!" I have more than once had occasion to animadvert on the facilities...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...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...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, " Hicjacet,"* SIR WALTER RALEGH. IT is the greatest glory of a christian to die daily, in conquering,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...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...man, and covered it all over with these two narrow wordf, Hicjacet," * Of these, perhaps, his ' Instructions to his Son and to Posterity' deserve a distinct...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...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...man, and covered it all over with these two narrow word?, Hicjacet." by Milton* in 8vo., 1668. Of all of them, as well as of his MS. Remains, scattered...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1842 - 590 pages
...and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the farrestretched greatness, all the pride, crueltie, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words — Hie jacet." Sir Walter, perhaps, had not forgotten the complaint of the Roman emperor, " How mournful is the thought...
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Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and ..., Volume 2

Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...none hath dared, thou hast done ! and, whom aU the world hath flattered, thou, only, hast cast out of the world and despised. Thou hast drawn together...ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two naiTOw words, Hie JACET !"* SIR JOHN HARINGTON. This agreeable beau of Elizabeth's court does not make...
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The Port Folio

1824 - 552 pages
...despised. Thou hast drawn together all the tar-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty and amhition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, hicjacet. Raleigh. Not long since a celebrated society discussed Ihe well-known and frivolous question,...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...what none have 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...and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hicjacet. Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself, The First Part of the General...
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The life of John Buncle, esq; [by T. Amory].

Thomas Amory - 1825 - 1092 pages
...what none have 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...greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition, of man ; all the powerful charms of beauty; and covered it all over will) these two narrow words, ' Hie jacet.'...
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The Life of John Buncle, Esq: By Thomas Amory...

Thomas Amory - 1825 - 350 pages
...what none have 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...greatness^ all the pride, cruelty, and ambition, of man ; all the powerful charms of beauty ; and covered it all over with these two narrow words, • Hie...
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