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" 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... "
Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ... - Page 159
by Francis Bacon - 1720 - 448 pages
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...in less neighbourhoods. But we may go farther and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable the fame of Cicero, wilderness. And even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...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 ; and, even in this scene also of solitude, whosoever, in the frame of his nature and affections,...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...less neighborhoods : but we may go further, and affirm most truly, that 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...
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The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral. With the Wisdom of the Ancients ...

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...lefs Neighbourhoods. But we may go further, and affirm moft truly, that it is a mere and miferable Solitude to want true Friends, without which the World is but a Wildernefs : and even in this fenfe alfo of Solitude, whofoever in the Frame of his Nature and Affections is unfit for Friendjhip,...
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The North British Review, Volumes 26-27

English literature - 1857 - 654 pages
...less neighbourhoods; but we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true 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...
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...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 ; and, even in this scene also of solitude, whosoever, in the frame of his nature and affections,...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...in lesa neighbourhoods. But we may go further, and affirm most truly that 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...
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The Quarterly Magazine of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, Manchester Unity

Fraternal organizations - 1860 - 544 pages
...and truly in some of the ancient hermits and holy fathers of the Church. 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,...
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The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, Volumes 21-22

Freemasonry - 1862 - 812 pages
...less neighborhoods ; but we may go further, and affirm most truly, that 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...
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Biographical Sketches

Nassau William Senior - Biography - 1863 - 580 pages
...less neighbourhoods ; but we may go further, and affirm most truly, that 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...
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