 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will: but yet he was reputed one...not yet, an elder man not at all." It is often seen, thaj bad husbands have very good wives; wh ether u t>'e that it raiseth the price of their husband's... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses : so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet, he was reputed one...made answer to the question, when a man should marry 1 " A young man not yet, an elder " man not at all." LORD BACON. OF all the actions of a man's life,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...men's mistresses,, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will: but yet he was reputed one...wives; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience; but this never... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one...marry: — " A young man not yet, an elder man not at ail." It is often seen, that bad husbands have very good wives : whether it be that it raiseth the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. So as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one...whether it be, that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes ; or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes, or that the Wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will: but yet he was reputed one...wives; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses ; so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will : but yet he was reputed one...; whether it be that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness when it comes, or that the wives take a pride in their patience ; but this never... | |
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So as a man may have a quarrel* to marry when he will. But yet he* was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to the question, when a man should marry, — A young man not yet, an elder man not at all. 
