| Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 628 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. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands ; as was said of... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1900 - 374 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...less exhaust, yet, on the other side, they are more _/ cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft... | |
| Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 pages
...Certainely wife and children are a kinde of discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means...less exhaust, yet on the other side, they are more cruell and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors) because their tenderness is not so often... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1901 - 160 pages
...; and single men, though they be many times more Charitable, because their means are less exhaust, on the other side, they are more Cruel and hardhearted...severe inquisitors, because their tenderness is not so often called upon. Bacon. A PERSIAN LEGEND. "A CERTAIN man of Bagdad dreamed one night that in a certain... | |
| David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 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... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 348 pages
...; and single men, though they be many times more Charitable, because their means are less exhaust, on the other side, they are more Cruel and hardhearted...severe inquisitors, because their tenderness is not so often called upon. (OXXIV) A PERSIAN LEGEND. " A CERTAIN man of Bagdad dreamed one night that in a... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 352 pages
...him? FAMILY TIES. 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, on the other side, they are more Cruel and hardhearted — good to make severe inquisitors, because... | |
| William Peacock - 1903 - 408 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... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 534 pages
...soldier more base. Certainly, wife and children are a kind cf discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because...because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Wives are young men's mistresses ; companions for middle age ; and old men's nurses ; so that a man... | |
| Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 pages
...humanity; and single men, though they be many times more Charitable, because their means are less exhaust, on the other side, they are more Cruel and hard-hearted—...severe inquisitors, because their tenderness is not so often called upon.—Bacon. A PERSIAN LEGEND. The error of a lively rake lies in his Passions, which... | |
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