 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1873 - 266 pages
...soldier ' more base. Certainly, wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands ; as was said of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity: and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands ; as was said of... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. LORD BACON: Essay VIII., Of Married and Single Life. A man shall see the noblest works and foundation;... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust,6 yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted, (good to make severe inquisitors,)... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less 40 exhaust, yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors),... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...soldiers more base. Certainly, wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands ; as was said of... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 462 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands ; as was said of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, 17 yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe Inquisitors), because... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust,17 yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe Inquisitors),... | |
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... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. 
