 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1908 - 412 pages
...comeliness, say or do himself ? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them jla man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg ;...in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper2 relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 340 pages
...scarce alledge" 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 Blushing" in a Man's Owne. So againe, a Man's Person 250 hath... | |
 | Friendship - 1909 - 236 pages
...confidence and mutual aid Great deeds are done, and great discoveries made. 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. XV OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST For believe me, in this world which is ever slipping from under our feet, it... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English prose literature - 1909 - 578 pages
...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;...all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, wnich are blushing in a man's own. So again, a man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1910 - 684 pages
...seem men of despatch : but it is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. (6) A man's person hath many proper relations which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak ... to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...are there which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege ng your Numerator OK by lessening your Denominator. Kay, soinc'times brook to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like. But all these things are graceful... | |
 | Friendship - 1911 - 120 pages
...things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. — Thoreau. 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. — Bacon. COME, friend, my fire is burning bright, A fire's no longer out of place, How clear it glows... | |
 | Robert Purvis - Bridges - 1913 - 272 pages
...comeliness 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." Now the writer of such a deputed autobiography cannot afford to wait. Life is uncertain, and were he... | |
 | Solomon Henry Clark - Elocution - 1915 - 328 pages
...and his march it is ended; The sound of the bagpipes shall wake him no more. 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. A much more frequent use of the colon is in denoting enumeration: Many countries have a national flower:... | |
 | Solomon Henry Clark - Elocution - 1915 - 328 pages
...and his march it is ended ; The sound of the bagpipes shall wake him no more. 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. A much more frequent use of the colon is in denoting enumeration : Many countries have a national flower:... | |
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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. 
