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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... "
Worthies of the world, a series of historical and critical sketches, ed. by ... - Page 16
edited by - 1880
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Letters from France, in 1802, Volume 2

Henry Redhead Yorke - France - 1804 - 416 pages
...and exclaim with that masterly genius, genius*, " O eloquent, just, and mighty death! whom none have dared ; thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath...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
...it. O eloquent, just, and mighty death ! whom none could advise, thou Last persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath...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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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...himself. O eloquent, just, and mighty death ! Whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded : whaf none hath dared, thou hast done : and, whom all the world hath...flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world, and dbspised. Thou hast drawn together all the far-fetched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...it. 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...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 British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...it. 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...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 New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1842 - 590 pages
...O eloquent, just, and mightie Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hatli dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath...world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the farrestretched greatness, all the pride, crueltie, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with...
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Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and ..., Volume 2

Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...whom none could advise, Ihou hast persuaded ! u 2 what none hath dared, thou hast done ! and, whom aU the world hath flattered, thou, only, hast cast out...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

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1824 - 552 pages
...could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none have dared, thou hast done; and whom, all the world has flattered thou only hast cast out of the world and 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...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...it. O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none have dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath...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
...rottenness ; and they acknowledge it. Whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded : what none have dared, thou hast done : and whom all the world hath...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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