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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... "
Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ... - Page 41
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...as it were, granted to him and hia deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things nd, works two contrary cffcctx, for it redoublcth...that impnrtvth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth ill these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So, again, a...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...as it were, granted to him and his deputy ; for he may exercise them ly his friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a nvmbei of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 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,...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...as it were, granted to him and his deputy; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things . ( . y. arc graceful in a friend'« mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So, again, a man's ]>ereon hath...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...are, as it were, granted to him and deputy; for he may exercise them by his friend. How many things ght so much the more to have taught the manner of...ordering the exercises of the mind, as there is of sometijngs brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much leas extol them ; a man can not sometunes brook to supplicate or beg ; and a number of the like,...a man's person hath many proper relations which he can not put off. A man can not speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband ; to...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man can not, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself 1 A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man can not sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like, but all these things are graceful...
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 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 but...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself1? A man can scarce allege his ' own merits with modesty,...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 but...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 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 but...
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