 ... to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry. " A " young man not yet, an elder man not at all.  Bacon's Essays - Page 64by Francis Bacon - 1868 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will: but yet he was reputed one of the wise...not yet, an elder man not at all." It is often seen, thaj bad husbands have very good wives; wh ether u t>'e that it raiseth the price of their husband's... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses : so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet, he was reputed one of the...made answer to the question, when a man should marry 1 " A young man not yet, an elder " man not at all." LORD BACON. OF all the actions of a man's life,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of the wise...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husbands' kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise...whether it be, that it raiseth the price of their husbands' kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise...whether it be, that it raiseth the price of their husbands' kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...mistresses ; companions for middle age ; and old mens nurses. So as a man may have a -quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise...whether it be, that it raiseth the price of their husbands kindness when it comes ; or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of the wise...marry: — " A young man not yet, an elder man not at ail." It is often seen, that bad husbands have very good wives : whether it be that it raiseth the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of the wise...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husbands' kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 344 pages
...means, have married the public. * * * Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants. * * * He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer...? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.' Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. Chaste women are... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...mistresses, companions for middle age, und old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a mau should marry : " A young man not yet. an elder man not at all." It is often seen that had husbands... | |
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