 It had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth together in few words than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god...  Friendship - Page 571890 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...SO'LITVPE. ni [solitude, Fr. solitude, Latin.] X. Lonely life ; state of being alone. It had been hard to have put more truth and untruth together, in few...words, than in that speech, Whosoever is delighted with solitudt, is cither a wild beast or a god. Bacon. What call'st thou solitude .' Is not the earth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...employment; for, certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat absurd than over-formal. OF IT had been hard for him that spake it, to have put...words, than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted m solitude, is either a wild beast or a god ;" for it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred... | |
 | 1821 - 416 pages
...; for certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat absurd than over-formal. XXVIII. OF FRIENDSHIP. IT had been hard for him that spake...words, than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in solitnde, is either a wild beast or a god :" for it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...lift it up again, and gently drew his beard «ide, and said: „This hath not ofleaded the king." 3) OF FRIENDSHIP.**) •It had been hard for him that spake **•) it to have put more troth and untruth together, in few words, than in that speech : Whosoever is delighted in solitude,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...employment ; for certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat absurd than overformal. XXVII. OF FRIENDSHIP. It had been hard for him that spake...words than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in soli" tude, is either a wild beast or a god :" for it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...employment; for certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat absurd than overformal. XXVII. OF FRIENDSHIP. It had been hard for him that spake...words than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in soli" tude, is either a wild beast or a god:" for it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat absurd than overformal. XXVII. OF FRIENDSHIP. U It had been hard for him that spake it to have put...words than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in soli" tude, is either a wild beast or a god :" for it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...employment ; for, certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat surd than overformal. OF FRIENDSHIP. IT had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth togethei in few words than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild berst... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...employment ; for certainly, you were better take for business a man somewhat absurd than over-formal. XXVII. OF FRIENDSHIP. IT had been hard for him that spake...have put more truth and untruth together in few words th»n in that speech, "Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god :" for it... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. [Friendship.] It bad been hard for him that spake it, to have put more...untruth together in few words, than in that speech, ' NVhosoever is delighted in solitude, Is either a wild beast or a god ;' for it is most true, that... | |
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