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by Francis Bacon - 1858
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...person: but to enumerate these things were endless;/ 1 have given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part; if he have not a friend, he may...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...many proper relations which he 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...person : but to enumerate these things were endless ; 1 have given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part ; if he have not a friend he may...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...many proper relations which he 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...have not a friend, he may quit the stage. XXVIII. OF EXPENCE. ,- . Riches are for spending, and spending for honour and good actions ; therefore extraordinary...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...many proper relations which he 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...have not a friend, he may quit the stage. XXVIII. OF EXPENCE. Riches are for spending, and spending for honour and good actions; therefore extraordinary...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a busband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may...have not a friend, he may quit the stage. XXVIII. OF EXPENCE. Riches are for spending, and spending for honour and good actions ; therefore extraordinary...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 9

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...ambitious natures, except it be upon necessity, it is fit we speak in what cases they are so. Bacon. Where a man cannot fitly play his own part, if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage. yd. ' A close behaviour is ihefitiett to receive virtue for its constant guest, because there, and...
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Classical Examinations: Or, A Selection of University Scholarship ..., Volume 1

University of Cambridge - Classical education - 1830 - 636 pages
...many proper relations which he cannot put oil'. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms...part ; if he have not a friend he may quit the stage. II. Into English Prose. Theocr. Idyll, xxv. 221—26. Ou fiàv vpiv trabas í which the Greek writers...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...many proper relations which he cannot put oflf. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but upon terms...; if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage. OF EXPENSE. RICHES are for spending, and spending for honour and good actions ; therefore extraordinary...
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Didactics: Social, Literary, and Political, Volume 1

Robert Walsh - Conduct of life - 1836 - 274 pages
...many proper relations which he cannot put oft'. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but upon terms...case requires and not as it sorteth with the person." The female world is subject to warm attachments of friendship, with each other, sometimes very dangerous...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...proper relations, which he 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...friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it BOrteth with the person. But to enumerate these things were endless ; I have given the rule, where...
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