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" Magna civitas, magna solitudo; because in a great town friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship for the most part which is in less neighbourhoods. But we may go further and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude... "
Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ... - Page 159
by Francis Bacon - 1720 - 448 pages
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Neighhourhoods. But we may go further, and affirm moft truly, that it is a meer and miferabk folitnde to want Friends , without which the World is but a Wildernefs...of Solitude, whofoever in the Frame of his Nature and Affections is unfit for Friendship, he taketh it of the Beaft, and not from Humanity. A Principal...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St ...

Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw - 1733 - 658 pages
...ETHICKS, Or MORAIIT Y. 1 Great Citia are wide Defarti. and truly aflert, that it is a more miferable Solitude, to want true Friends : without which the World is but a Wildernefs. And in this fenfe alfo of Solitude, whoever in his Nature and Affections is averfe to Friendship, participates...
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Solitude. Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the ..., Volume 2

Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1799 - 390 pages
...lefs neighbourhoods. But we may go farther, and affirm moft truly, that it is a mere and miferable Solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wildernefs ; and even in this fenfe alfo of Solitude, whofoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit for friendfliip,...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...less neighbourhoods. But we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which, the world is but a wilderness ; and e.veu in this sense also, of solitude, whosoever, in the frame of his nature and affections,...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...less neighbourhoods: but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness; and, even in this scene also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...lessneighbourhoods : but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness; and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...less neighbourhoods. But we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude, to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness. And even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...less neighbourhoods: but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness; and even in this scene also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...less neighbourhoods : but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness; and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...less neighbourhoods : but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness ; ; and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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