 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
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 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 time-s worse the a wife. For Souldiers, 1 find the Generals... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 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. It is indiflerent for judges and magistrates: for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant... | |
 | 1862 - 458 pages
...the public." He adds, with reference to the clergy, that " a single life doth well with churchmen ; for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." This does not necessarily recommend celibacy to the mass either of laity or of clergy. All laymen are... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 pages
...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...wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in 1 His meaning is, that if clergymen have the expenses of a family to support, they will hardly find... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 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...and children ; and I think the despising of marriage amongst the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 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 pqoL It is indifferent for judges and magistrates ; for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...of that condition. A single life doth well [6] with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the [7] ground where it must first fill a pool. It is indifferent for judges and magistrates ; for if fyej be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse [8] than a wife. For soldiers,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 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...for judges and magistrates ; for if they be facile aiid corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...Charity will hardly water the Ground, where it must first fill a Poole. It is indifferent for ludges and Magistrates : For if they be facile, and corrupt,...have a Servant, five times worse than a Wife. For Souldiers, I finde the Generalls commonly in their Hortatives, put Men in minde of their Wives and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 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 must first fill a pool. It is indifferent for j udges and magistrates ; for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse... | |
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