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" A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person. "
A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ... - Page xxxviii
edited by - 1903 - 415 pages
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...proper Relations, which he cannot put oft A man cannot H 3 fpeaK fpeak to his Son, but as a Father4, to his Wife, but as a Husband •, to his Enemy but upon terms: Whereas a Friend may fpeak as the Cafe requires, and not as it forte th with the Perfon : But to enumerate thefe things...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St ...

Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw - 1733 - 658 pages
...Friend. So again, a Man Hands in many Relations, which he cannot diveft himfelf of. He cannot fpeak to his Son, but as a Father ; to his Wife, but as a Hufband j to his Enemy., toot with Referve : Whereas a Friend may fpeak to them all, as the Cafe requires,...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...and tort with any company. Bacon. j. To suit ; to fit. A man cannot speak to a son but as a father ; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it tortetb with the person. Baton. They are happy whose natures soil with their vocations. llato*. Among...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put off: a man cannot speak...friend may speak as the case requires, and not as itsortethwith the person. IBID. BUT little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth,...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 5

John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...blushing in a man's own. So assain a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put oft. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife hut as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas, a friend may speak as the case requires,...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations, which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his w ife, but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires,...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations, which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak...with the person. But to enumerate these things were endfess ; I have given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part ; if he have not a friend,...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak...but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to hie enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak...person : but to enumerate these things were endless ; 1 have given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part ; if he have not a friend he may...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's 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 busband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as...
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