 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1793 - 380 pages
...rather a great deal, that men ihould say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they mould say, " there was one Plutarch that would eat his children...unbelief. Now in all these difficult postures, or such like, whereof the variety must needs be infinite, it is a main point in the art of life not to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...to that purpose: " Surely," saith he, " I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say...children as soon as they were born;" as the poets speak of Saturn: and, as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose ; " Surely," saith he, " I had " rather a great deal men should say there " was no such man at all as Plutarch,...children as soon as they " were born ;" as the poets speak of Saturn ; and, as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...great deal men should say, there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say, that there was one Plutarch, that would eat his children as soon as they were born ;" as the poets speak of Saturn. And as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...great deal men should say, there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say, that there was one Plutarch, that would eat his children as soon as they were born ;" as the .poets speak of Saturn. And as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...deal men should say, there was " no such man at all as Plutarch, than, that they " should say, that there was one Plutarch, that would " eat his children as soon as they were born ; as the " poets speak of Saturn." And as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...to that purpose: "Surely," saith he, "I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than, that they should say...children as soon as they were born;" as the poets speak of Saturn: and, as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...to that purpose: " Surely," saith he, " I had rather a great deal'men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say...children as soon as they were born ;" as the poets speak of Saturn : and, as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...great deal men should " say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than " that they should say that there was one Plutarch, " that would eat his children as soon as they were "born;" as the poets speak of Saturn: and, as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...great deal men should " say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than " that they should say that there was one Plutarch, " that would eat his children as soon as they were " born ;"' as the poets speak of Saturn: and, as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater towards men.... | |
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rather a great deal men should say there " was no such man at all as Plutarch, than " that they should say there was one Plutarch, " that would eat his children as soon as they 
