 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 strani
...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...sometimes brook to supplicate or beg ; and a number of the OF EXPENSE. 165 like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth which are blushing in a... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 strani
...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:...number of the like: but all these things are graceful * " It is an abominable thing for a man to commend himself."— John Beat, " Divine Art of Meditations"... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 strani
...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...friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. 1800 Bacon: Essays. Of Frirmlship. In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 strani
...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...mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, 1 i"/eo nt fatum immnturum fix obsit: afq'ic habtat qui* (tit tnynnrnnr more triliulnm wtt Jirmariorum)... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 strani
...there which a man cannot, wim~3Syiace^r "S3T!S€liness, say or do himself ! A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them;...all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, wTiicn are blushing in a man's own? " So affllll, a iilUll'ii p'erson_ h.Tth__rna.ny proper 1 relations... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 456 strani
...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...sometimes brook to supplicate or beg, and a number of 3° the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's i to cast and see] Lat. cireumspici-... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 460 strani
...ferimus propriorum : contrasted with communia maledicia, ie abuse at large, in the next clause. Conf. 'A man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put off.' Essay 27, p. 193, and Horace, ' Difficile est proprie communia dicere.' De Arte Poet. 128. h from the... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 strani
...himself ! 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...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... | |
 | Theron Soliman Eugene Dixon - 1895 - 472 strani
...say or do himself ? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them. . . . But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own." To give appropriate expression, in unblushing words, to his lofty appreciation of his own work, in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1897 - 448 strani
...scarce alledg^" his owne Merits with modesty, much lesse extoll them : A man cannot sometimes brooke to Supplicate or Beg ; And a number of the like. But all \ these Things are Gracefull in a Frend's Mouth, which are Blushing12 in a Man's Owne. So againe, a Man's Person 250 hath... | |
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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 all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. 
