 | Richard William Church - 1895 - 714 Seiten
...and in absence are many errors which I willingly acknowledge : and among them, this great one which led the rest ; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to ploy a part. I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit... | |
 | John Caird - 1898 - 416 Seiten
...word for it, the answer would undoubtedly be that he was. " Many errors," says he (Life, iii. 253), "I do willingly acknowledge, and amongst the rest...rest: that knowing myself by inward calling to be better fitted to hold a book than to play a part, I have led my life in civil causes for which I was... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 478 Seiten
...since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done ; . . . knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part, I spies, 68 Made old offences of affections new; Most true it is that I have look'd on truth Askance... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1902 - 462 Seiten
...since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done ; . . . knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to pky a part, I 68 Made old offences of affections new; Most true it is that I have look'd on truth Askance... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 466 Seiten
...errors " in the dedication to his Advancement of Learning (1605) he should have especially deplored " this great one that led the rest : that, knowing myself...by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 468 Seiten
...errors " in the dedication to his Advancement of Lcurning (1605) he should have especially deplored " this great one that led the rest : that, knowing myself...by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than play a part, I have led my life in civil causes, for which I was not very fit by nature, and more unfit... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - 1904 - 388 Seiten
...which he Hig held to be his mission in life. ' He knew himself,' idealism. he repeatedly declared, ' to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part on the active stage of affairs.' For affairs he said he was not ' fit by Nature and more unfit by the... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - 1904 - 388 Seiten
...which he Hia held to be his mission in life. ' He knew himself,' idealism. he re p e atedly declared, ' to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part on the active stage of affairs.' For affairs he said he was not ' fit by Nature and more unfit by the... | |
 | Edward George Harman - 1925 - 348 Seiten
...understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done ; and in absence are many errors which I do willingly acknowledge ; and amongst the rest this great one led the rest ; that knowing myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book than to play a part,... | |
 | Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Philologisch-Historische Klasse - 1888 - 762 Seiten
...undersstanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that l have done; and in absence are many errors, \vhich I do willingly acknowledge; and amongst the rest,...myself by inward calling to be fitter to hold a book, tban to play a pari, I have led my life in civil causes; for which I wo s not very fit by nature, and... | |
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Multum incola full anima mea, than myself. For I do confess, since I was of any understanding, my mind hath in effect been absent from that I have done; and in absence are many errors2 which I do willingly acknowledge ; and amongst the rest this great... 
