 Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects; for they are light to run away: and almost all fugitives are of that condition. A single life doth well with churchmen: for charity will hardly water the ground,...  Bacon's Essays - Page 86by Francis Bacon - 1880 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...Mafters, bell Servants, but not always beft Subjects •, for they are light to run awa.y, and almoir all fugitives are of that condition. A Single Life...for Charity will hardly water the Ground, where it muft firii fill a Pool. It is indifferent for Judges and Magiftrates; for if they be facile and corrupt,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 556 pages
...not always beft and SINGLE LIFE. beft Subjects ; for they are light to run away: And in Truth almoft all Fugitives are of that Condition. A SINGLE LIFE...for Charity will hardly water the Ground, where it murt firft fill a Pool. For Judges and Magiftrates it is a Thing indifferent ; for if they are eafy... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 528 pages
...not always beft and SINGLE J,IFE. beft Subje&s ; for they are light to run away : And in Truth almoft all Fugitives are of that Condition. A SINGLE LIFE doth well with Church-men; for Charity will hardty water the Ground, where it mufl firft fill a Pool. For Judges and Magiftrates il is a Thing... | |
 | James Beattie - 1809 - 262 pages
...Unmarried men," says he, " are best friends, " best masters, best servants: but not always best " subjects; for they are light to run away; and " almost all fugitives are of that condition. For " soldiers," continues he, a little after, " I find " that the generals in their hortatives commonly... | |
 | John Lingard - Anglo-Saxons - 1810 - 570 pages
...married and endowed the public. "... Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best ser" vants. ... A single life doth well with churchmen : for " charity...water the ground, where it must first fill a " pool." Bacon's essays, p. 17, London 1696. A Roman philosopher was of the same opinion. Vita conjugalis altos... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...shackles. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects ; for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition. A Single Life doth well for church-men : for charity w-ill hardly water the ground, where it must first fill a pool. It is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...shackles. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects ; for they are light to run away, and almost all fugitives are of that condition. A Single Life d6th well for church-men : for charity will hardly water the ground, where it must first fill a pool.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...shackles. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects ; for they are light to run away ; and almost all fugitives...corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wifK For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...shackles. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best sen-ants; but not always best subjects ; for they are light to run away ; and almost all fugitives...where it must first fill a pool. It is indifferent for jndges and magistrates ; for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...be bonds and shackles. Unmarried men are best friends, best servants; but not always best subjects; for they are light to run away ; and almost all fugitives...are of that condition. A single life doth well with churchmeh\ for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool. It is indifferent... | |
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