 | 1880 - 594 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...requires, and not as it sorteth with the person." — Bacon's Essays, XXVII, Paraphrase. — The life of a man is only of limited duration, and it may... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 pages
...other. I. BACON (Essays). "... if a man u-atch too long, it is odds he will fall asleep." (Of Delays.) " I have given the rule where a man cannot fitly play...; if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage." (Of Friendship.) "Solon said well to Croasus, — Sir, if any other come that hath better iron than... | |
 | English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...proper relations, which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his ear p X/ a rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part ; if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...proper relations which he 255 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...But to enumerate these things were endless : I have i60 given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part : if he have not a friend, he may quit... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 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...speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth 7 with the person. But to enumerate these things were endless : I have given the rule, where a man... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 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...part, if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage. XXVIU.— OF EXPENSE. RICHES are for spending, and spending for honour and good actions ; therefore... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 pages
...relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as u husband; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend...part; 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... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife, but as a husband ; to his enemy, but upon terms : 225 whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and...part, if he have not a friend he may quit the stage. 222. m blushlnt: that is, are fit to make one blush. 223, 224. proper ... pat off: that is, peculiar... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - American literature - 1882 - 480 pages
...cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but upon teinis : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and...not as it sorteth with the person. But to enumerate 190 these things were endless. I have given the rule : where a man cannot fitly play his own part,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 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.— OP EXPENSE. RICHES are for spending, and spending for honor and good notions; therefore extraordinary... | |
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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 the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person. 
