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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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A Treatise on English Punctuation

John Wilson - 1868 - 376 pages
...fought, and his inarch it is ended; The sound of the bagpipe sliall wake him no more. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...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:...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...Estate. State ; condition ; circumstances. ' His letter there Will linn you his estate.' — Shakespere. face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce...supplicate or beg, and a number of the like : but all these tilings are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So, again, a man's person...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...man cannot, with any 1 Crook. To pervert. See page 239. 2 Estate. State ; condition ; circumstances. face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce...supplicate or beg, and a number of the like : but all these tilings are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So, again, a man's person...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...scarce alledge his owne Merits with modesty, much lesse cxtoll them : A man cannot sometimes brooke to Supplicate or Beg : And a number of the like. But all these Things, are Gracefull in a Frends Mouth, which are Blushing in a Mans Owne. So againe, a Mans Person hath many...
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A Treatise on English Punctuation ...: With an Appendix, Containing Rules on ...

John Wilson - 1871 - 356 pages
...fought, and his march it is ended; The sound of the bagpipe shall wake him no more. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...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:...
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A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors ...

John Wilson - 1871 - 364 pages
...fought, and his march it is ended; The sound of the bagpipe shall wake him no more. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...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:...
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A Treatise on English Punctuation ...: With an Appendix, Containing Rules on ...

John Wilson - 1871 - 362 pages
...fought, and his march it is ended ; The sound of the bagpipe shall wake him no more. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness,...to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like: but alt these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. When once our...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

1872 - 556 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 Essays of Lord Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 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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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...State; condition ; cirennutances. face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege hie own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man...man's own. So, again, a man's person hath* many proper 1 relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but...
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