 | 1909 - 378 pages
...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;...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,... | |
 | Walter Raleigh - 1898 - 184 pages
...there," exclaims the wise Verulam, "which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself! A man's person hath many proper relations which he...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,... | |
 | Michael Pakaluk - 1991 - 292 pages
...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:...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,... | |
 | Laurence Lampert - 1993 - 500 pages
...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;...man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg." But a Parisian friend can: "All these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...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 brook1 to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's... | |
 | Bruce R. Smith - 2000 - 194 pages
...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....sometimes brook to supplicate or beg. And a number of such like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth which are blushing in a man's own."... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 pages
...these Things, are Gracefull in a Frends Mouth, which are Blushing in a Mans Owne. So againe, a Mans Person hath many proper Relations, which he cannot put off. A Man cannot speake to his Sonne, but as a Father; To his Wife, but as a Husband; To his Enemy, but upon Termes:... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 pages
...there which a man cannot, with any face0 or comeliness,0 say or do himself?0 A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook0 to supplicate0 or beg; and a number of the like.0 But all these things are graceful in a friend's... | |
 | Thomas Alan King - 2004 - 388 pages
...according to his different statuses and roles that he required a (male) friend to represent him otherwise: "a man's person hath many proper relations which he...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,... | |
 | Thomas MacFaul - 2007 - 9 pages
...things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them;...in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.40 Bacon constantly looks for the usefulness of friendship, but this must be rooted in affection,... | |
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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 these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. 
