 | Charles F. Steel - 1888 - 312 pages
...often called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands." "It is often seen that bad husbands have very good...it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never fails, if the bad husbands were of their own choosing against their friends'... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1888 - 336 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. So as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of...made answer to the question. when a man should marry : o " A young man not yet, an elder man not at all." It is often seen that bad husbands have very good... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1889 - 298 pages
...quarrel to marry, when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the s> question when a man should marry — A young man not...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husbands' kindness when it 60 comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. So as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of...it comes ; or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never fails, if the bad husbands were of their own choosing, against their friends'... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 460 pages
...men's mistresses', companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel8 to marry when ' he will. But yet he was reputed one of...wives; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husbands' kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 510 pages
...a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise men, that 50 made answer to the question, when a man should marry...it comes ; or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never fails, if the bad husbands were of their own choosing, against, their friends'... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of...: " A young man not yet, an elder man not at all." 2 It is often seen that bad husbands 1 He preferred his old wife to immortality. 2 Attributed to Thales.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 456 pages
...companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel8 to marry when i° he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise men...should marry ? A young man not yet, an elder man not at alI. It is often seen that bad husbands have very good wives ; whether it be that it raiseth the price... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a quarrel 2 to marry when he will; but yet he was reputed one of...a man should marry, "A young man not yet, an elder 1 " He preferred his aged wife Penelope to immortality." This was when Ulysses was entreated by the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 342 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a quarrel 2 to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one of...it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never fails, if the bad husbands were of their own choosing, against 1 " He preferred... | |
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It is often seen, that bad husbands have very good wives; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their... 
