...be deprived of friends is a Jit go shares in one's fortune with another.' reward of ANNOTATIONS. c It had been hard for him that spake it to have put...delighted in solitude is either a wild beast' or a god? Aristotle had been so unduly and absurdly worshipped before Bacon's time, that it was not inexcusable...

...round the spot. 1 8«e Pravtrbt and Preceptt, as Copy-Pieces for National Schools. XXVH. OF FRLENDSHIP. IT had been hard for him that spake it, to have put more truth and untruth together in a few words, than in that speech, 'Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a...

...you were better take for Businesse, a Man somewhat Absurd, then over Formall. \ XXVII IT had beene hard for him that spake it, to have put more Truth and untruth together, in few Words, then in that Speech ; Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a viilde Beast, or a God. For it...

...you were better take for Businesse, a Man somewhat Absurd, then over Formall. XXVII r ' T had beene hard for him that spake it, to have put more Truth and untruth together, , i ti in few Words, then in that Speech; Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wilde Beast,...

...put more truth and untruth together, in few words, than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted with solitude, is either a wild beast or a god :" for it...is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversion towards society, in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most untrue that...

...gloomy desert, in the very precincts of his own dread abode. REV. JOHN FOSTER'S Diary. IT had been hard to have put more truth and untruth together, in few...words, than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted with solitude, is either a wild beast or a god :" for it is most true that a natural and secret hatred...

...sedition and tumult make them not audible, all things dissolve into anarchy and confusion. FRIENDSHIP. IT had been hard for him that spake it, to have put...is most true, that a natural and secret hatred and aversion towards society, in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most untrue, that...

...solitude, whilst the latter may be greatly advanced thereby. Bacon, in his essay " Of Friendship," says : " It had been hard for him that spake it to have put...delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god;" and after bringing together illustrations of his assertion he adds : "But little do men perceive what...

...certainly, you were better take4 for business a man somewhat absurd5 than over formal. XXVII. OF FRIENDSHIP. It had been hard for him that spake it to have put...delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.'6 For it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society, in any...

...whose wings they thought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. (27) XIII. OF FRIENDSHIP. IT had been 1 hard for him that spake it, to have put more truth and untruth together in few words then in that speech : " Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god;"2 for...