 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...face, or heaven and earth, the avenger of the cause of widows, the patron of the poor, and the advocate comeliness, say or do himself! A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty," &c. As to the duties of friendship, some of them are Secrecy, which is the chastity of friendship ;... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 274 pages
...as it were, granted to him and his deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot with ' any face or comeliness...person hath 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... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 276 pages
...as it were, granted to him and his deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness...supplicate or beg ; and a number of the like : but nil these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again a man's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...as it were granted to him and his deputy : for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there, which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...person hath 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,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...full of many kernels; I mean, aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions. How many things are there which a man cannot with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself 1 A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty," &c. As to the duties of friendship, some of... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...full of many kernels; I mean, aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions. How many things are there which a man cannot with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself t A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty," &c. As to the duties of friendship, some of... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...as it were, granted to him and his deputy, for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...person hath 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... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...full of many kernels; I mean, aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions. How many things are there which a man cannot with any face, or comeliness,...man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty," &c. As to the duties of friendahip, some of them are Secresy, which is the chastity of friendship ;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...there which a man cannot, with any ¡лее or comeliness, say or do himself) A man can scarce allego 47 arc graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So, again, a man's person hath... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...friend. How many things arc there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, fay or do himself I day Will whip you hence, And bind you, when you long to play, For your offence ; I'll s sometime) brook to supplicate or beg ; and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful... | |
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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... 
