 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Friendship is, all Offices of Life are as it were granted to him and his Deputy : for he may exercife them by his Friend. How many things are there, which a man cannot, with any face or comelinefs, fay or do himfeU ? A man can fcatce alledghisown merits with modefty, much lefe extol them... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw - Philosophy - 1733 - 658 pages
...Fniendfhip i«a all the Offices of Life are perfonmbfe, einher try iumfelf or his Deputy ; that is, his Friend- How many things are there which a. Man cannot, with any Grace, or Decency, &y or do for himfelf? A Man can fcarce alledge his own Merits with Modefty ; much... | |
 | 1801 - 446 pages
...confined to a place ; but where friendship is, all offices of life are, as it were, granted to him. and his deputy ; for he may exercise them by his friend....with any face or comeliness say or do himself .' A rnan can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...friendship is, all offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy; for he may excrcke them by his friend. How many things are there which...these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which aie blushing in a man's own. So assain a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...is confined to a place ; but where Friendship is, all offices of life are as it were" granted to him and his deputy : for he may exercise them by his friend....or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...is confined to a place; but where Friendship is, all offices of life are as it were granted to him and his deputy : for he may exercise them by his friend....or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...is confined? to a place ; but where friendship is, all offices of life are as it were granted to him and his deputy : for he may exercise them by his friend....or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : A man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...there, which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce alledge his own merits with modesty, much less extol them...of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend,s mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 800 pages
...is confined to a place; but where friendship i-, all olb'cei of life are, as it were, granted to mm and his deputy; for he may exercise them by his friend....there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness tay or do himself? A man can scarce allege hi-, own merits v.-ith modesty, much less extol them ; a... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...confined to a place ; but where friendship is, all offices of life are, as it were, granted to him and his deputy; for he may exercise them ,by his friend....man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, aud a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing... | |
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... that the care of those things will continue after him. So that a man hath, as it were, two lives in his desires. A man hath a body, and that body is confined to a place; but where friendship is, all offices of life are as it were granted to him and... 
