 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...  The British Prose Writers - Pàgina 961821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 360 pàgines
...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...friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. When once our labor has begun, the comfort that enables us to endure it is the prospect of its end:... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pàgines
...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...friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. EXEnCISK TO I!E WRITTEN. Insert both the semicolon and the colon wherever required in these sentences... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pàgines
...merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes stoop to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful...in a man's own. So, again, a man's person hath many proper1 relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 812 pàgines
...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...mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, ' ivleo ulfatum immniurum nix ottil; atque habeat quit (nt loquamur mart tribttlia* out Jirmariorum)... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pàgines
...things, are graceful in a Friend's Mouth, which are blufhing in a Man's own. So again, a Man's perfon hath many proper Relations which he cannot put off. A Man cannot (peak to his Son but as a Father ; to his Wife but as a Hufband ; to his Enemy but upon Terms ; whereas... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pàgines
...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...A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to hie wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pàgines
...in a friend. Again, there are relations incident to every person of which he cannot divest himself. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to...wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms of ceremony ; whereas a friend may speak to them as the case requires. But to enumerate these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pàgines
...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 man's own. So, again, a man's person hath many proper1 relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pàgines
...sometimes stoop to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful iu a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So, again, a man's person hath many properi relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pàgines
...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...friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. [40] So again, a man's person hath many proper rela[41] tions which he cannot put off. A man cannot... | |
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