 | 1801 - 446 sidor
...How many things are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself .' A rnan can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much...cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 sidor
...there which* a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them;...cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 sidor
...there are which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them....cannot put off: a man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms ; whereas, a. friend may speak... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 sidor
...are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them...these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which aie blushing in a man's own. So assain a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 sidor
...are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them...cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 sidor
...cannot do himself; and then it will appear, that it was a sparing speech of the antients to say : " that a friend is far more than himself." Men have...many proper relations, which he cannot put off. A roan cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his wife, but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 sidor
...man have a true friend, he may rest almost secure, that the care of those things will continue-after him : so that a man hath as it were two lives in his...cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his w ife, but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 sidor
...unacquainted with your body ; and therefore may put you in way for a present cure, but overthroweth your health in some other kind, and so cure the disease...cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his wife, but as a husband ; to his enemy, but upon terms ; whereas a friend may speak... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 sidor
...heart ; the bestowing of a child, the finishing of a work, or the like. If a man have a true friend, ke may rest almost secure, that the care of those things...of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend,s mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 sidor
...there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them;...cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to hie enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as... | |
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How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like. But all... 
