 Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel 7 to marry when he will: but yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry, "A young man...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 37by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1859 - 578 pages
...one of the best bonds of charity and obedience in the wife if she think her husband wise, which ehe will never do if she find him jealous. " Wives are...companions for middle age, and old men's nurses." The last degrading sentence is found alas ! in the Moral Essays of Bacon. Lady Gethin, with an intellect... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 854 pages
...from a fool. vii. 161. Witchcraft, the act of envy hath somewhat of it, vi. 395. is felony, vii. 738. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, ri. 392—548. of kings, vi. 421. Woad of Gascoigne and Languedoc to be imported only in English bottoms,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1861 - 460 pages
...from a fool, xiii. 381. Witchcraft, the act of envy hath somewhat of it, xii. 107. is felony, xv. 327. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, xii. 103, 322. of kings, xii. 143. Woad of Uascoigne and Languedoc to be imported only in English bottoms,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she thinks her husband wise, which she will never do if she find him jealous....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 the wise men that made answer to the question... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Fore-edge painting - 1865 - 398 pages
...Pray for him, gentle souls, whoe'er ye be, — And oh ! pray, too, for me. Landor. Married Life of. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. Bacon. Hateful when Masculine. A woman impudent and mannish grown Is not more loathed than an effeminate... | |
 | Women - 1865 - 380 pages
...Pray for him, gentle souls, whoe'er ye be, — And oh ! pray, too, for me. Landor. Married Life of. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. Bacon. Hateful when Masculine. A woman impudent and mannish grown Is not more loathed than an effeminate... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1866 - 570 pages
...example. It is one of the best bonds of charity and obedience in the wife if she think her husband wise, .which she will never do if she find him jealous....companions for middle age, and old men's nurses." The last degrading sentence is found alas ! in the Moral Essays of Bacon. Lady Gethin, with an intellect... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 pages
...It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she thinks her husband wise, which she will never do if she find him jealous....age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a quarrel3 to marry when he will ; but yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she thinks her husband wise, which she will never do if she find him jealous....age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a qnarrel' to many when he will ; but yet he was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...young Mens Mistresses ; Companions for middle Age; and old Mens Nurses. So as a Man may have a Quarrell to marry, when he will. But yet, he was reputed one of the wise . 1 Men, that made Answer to the Question ; When Ma Man should marry? A young Man not yet, an \ Elder... | |
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