“Great men whilst living must expect disgraces,
Dead they're ador'd—when none desire their places.”
"The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated", lines 19-20, in Poems (1752), p. 87
Soame Jenyns est écrivain anglais, né le 1er janvier 1704, à Londres et mort le 18 décembre 1787. Il fut membre de la Chambre des communes de 1742 à 1780, et devint ensuite l'un des lords de la chambre du commerce. Wikipedia
“Great men whilst living must expect disgraces,
Dead they're ador'd—when none desire their places.”
"The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated", lines 19-20, in Poems (1752), p. 87
A View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion (1776), p. 47
"Reflections on Several Subjects", in Miscellaneous Pieces, Vol. II (1761), p. 250
Disquisitions on Several Subjects (1782), Disquisition II: "On Cruelty to Inferior Animals", p. 11
Source: The Works of Soam Jenyns (1793), p. 190