 Magna civitas, magna solitudo; because in a great town friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship for the most part which is in less neighbourhoods. But we may go further and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude...  For Friendship's Sake - Page 501900 - 91 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nassau William Senior - 1863 - 546 pages
...is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods ; but we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable...friends, without which the world is but a wilderness ; and, even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1863 - 546 pages
...the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods ; but we may go further, and affirm most truly, tbat it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness ; and, even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods. But we may go further, and affirm most truly that it is a mere and miserable...friends ; without which the world is but a wilderness ; and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods. But we may go further, and affirm most truly that it is a mere and miserable...friends, without which the world is but a wilderness : and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...scattered, so that there is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods ; but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and Christian era. Pagan and infidel writers (Strauss among others) have been fond of tracing a parallel... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...scattered, so that there is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods ; but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that...friends, without which the world is but a wilderness ; and, even in this scene also of solitude, whosoever, in the frame of his nature and affections, is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...scattered, so that there is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods ; but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere6 and miserable solitude to .want, true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness ;... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...scattered, so that there is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods ; but we may go farther, and affirm most truly, that...friends, without which the world is but a wilderness ; and, even in this scene also of solitude, whosoever, in the frame of his nature and affections, is... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pages
...faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. . . . But we may go farther, and affirm most truly that...friends, without which the world is but a wilderness." Who, on reading this, will not call to mind those beautiful lines of Byron, " To sit on rocks, to muse... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...is not that fellowship, for the most part, which is in less neighbourhoods. But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable...friends, without which the world is but a wilderness : and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit... | |
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