 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 866 strani
...old Verulam. I would have the charge of my funeral not to exceed three hundred pounds at the most. For my name and memory I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages. But, as to that durable part of my memory, which consisteth in my works and writings,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 strani
...the snow had succeeded excellently well." His will contains the strikingly prophetic passage — " For my name and memory I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages. His writings may be divided into — 1. Scientific; 2. Moral and Historical; 3. Epistolary... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 382 strani
...particularly on the science of theology. "For my name and memory," said Bacon in his will, " I leave them to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next ages." The reason of a part of this remarkable bequest is to be found in the melancholy fall of this... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 strani
...least we understand those striking words which have been often quoted, but which we must quote ( nee more • For my name and memory, I leave it to men's...His confidence was just. From the day of his death his fame has been constantly and steadily progressive; and we have no doubt that his name will be named... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 strani
...had been passed ; and, at the same time, a proud con6dence that his writings had secured for him a high and permanent place among the benefactors of...which have been often quoted, but which we must quote «nee more' " For my name and memory, I leave it tomen'i 270 871 charitable speeches, and to foreign... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1856 - 574 strani
..."We remember also that appeal which Bacon, with such touching solemnity, has recorded in his Will, ' For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age ;' and we know that the appeal has not been urged in vain. Last of all, we trust that the prayer which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 strani
..."There was my mother buried, and it is the parish church of my mansion-house at Gorharnbury. . . . For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages." This supreme act of filial piety towards his gifted mother is affecting. Let no " uncharitable... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 838 strani
...thought profoundly, he had acted unworthily. Knowing at once his errors and his greatness, he said, " For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable...nations, and to the next age." His confidence was well placed. Leniently as we cannot but think him to have been treated by his contemporaries, posterity... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 strani
...my mansion-house at Gorhambury, and it is the only Christian church within the walls of old Verulam. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next ages." He then gives directions respecting his published works, and r Even in his last will... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 846 strani
...unworthily. Knowing at once his errors and his greatness, he said, " For my name and memory, I le»ve it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age." His confidence was well placed. Leniently as we cannot but think him to have been treated by his contemporaries, posterity... | |
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For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age. 
