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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. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of... "
The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers ... - Page 58
by Dugald Stewart - 1829
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 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...; 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....
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...wives 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...discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet, on the other side, they...
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A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare: With Remarks on ..., Volume 2

William Sidney Walker - 1860 - 374 pages
...stranger shores." Exhaust. Bacon, Essay of Marriage and Single Life, — " — single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust ; yet, on the other side," &c. Essay of Vicissitude, last sentence, — " Learning hath its infancy, &e. — then its youth, &c....
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pages
...wives and children : and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind...times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust,1 yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors),...
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 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...exhaust, yet on the other side they are more cruel and bard hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so often called upon....
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are ;i kind of discipline of humanity : and single men, though...times more charitable, because their means are less exhanst,i yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors),...
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Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...wives 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...discipline of humanity ; and single men, though they may be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet, on the other side, they...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...children ; and T think the despising of marriage among the Turks, maketh the vulgar soldier more [9] base. 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 are less exhaust, yet on the other side, they...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...wives and children: and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children are a kind...times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust,1 yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors),...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...amongst the Turkes, maketh the vulgar souldier more base. Certainly, Wife and Children, are a kinde of Discipline of Humanity: And single Men, though they be many times more Charitable, because their Meanes are lesse exhaust ; yet, on the other side, they are more cruell, and hard hearted, (good to...
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