 A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth which are blushing in a man's own.  The Cromaboo Mail Carrier: A Canadian Love Story - Page 96by James T. Jones, Mary Leslie - 1878 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...friend. How many things are there which* a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like: but all these things... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...BACON. HOW many things there are which a man cannot, with any face or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them. A man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like; but all these things are... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg ; and a number of the like : but all these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg ; and a number of the like : but all these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like: but all these things... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them ; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, aud a number of the like : but all these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...friend. How many things are there, which a man cannot, with any face of comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a number of the like. But all these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...friend. How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself ? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things... | |
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