 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...  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political ... - Page 32by Francis Bacon - 1822 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Art and literature - 1855 - 398 pages
...spirit of change and progress. 21. " i SINGLE life," said Bacon, " doth well with •£*- churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." Certainly there are men whose charities are limited, if not dried up, by their concentrated domestic... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...faith ; in the last, from compassion or hope. * A single life,' said Bacon, ' doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.' Certainly there are men whose charities are limited, if not dried up, by their concentrated domestic... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...Platonist.' — Draylon. * As. That. See p.vge 22. that condition. A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it...worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonlv, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the despising... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...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 where it must first fill a pool.1 It is indifferent for judges and magistrates ; for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...Judges and Magiftrates : for if they be facile, and corrupt, you fhall have a Servant five times worfe than a Wife. For Soldiers, I find the Generals commonly,...mind of their Wives and Children. And I think the Defpifing of Marriage amongft the Turks maketh the vulgar Soldier more bafe. Certainly, Wife and Children... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...run away, and almost all fugitives are of / that condition. A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it...indifferent for judges and magistrates ; for if they he facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find... | |
 | 1857 - 986 pages
...faith ; in the last, from compassion or hope. ' A single life,' said Bacon, ' doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." Certainly there are men whose charities are limited, if not dried up, by their concentrated domestic... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 pages
...is proper for Churchmen. For charity wil hardly water the ground, where it must first fill a poole. It is indifferent for Judges and Magistrates. For if they be facile & corrupt, you shall haue a seruant fiue times worse the a wife. For Souldiers, I find the Generals... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Philosophy - 1858 - 620 pages
...almost all fugitives— are of ' tlnt condition. A single life doth~weH with churchmen, for cnarity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill...For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortanves, put men in mind of their wives and children : and I think the despising of marriage among... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...diximut. 3 ni/til ad se jjertineittia. с с 4 condition. Л single life doth well with churchmen ; for charity will hardly water the ground where it...indifferent for judges and magistrates ; for if they he facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find... | |
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