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" It is indifferent for judges and magistrates ; for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals, commonly in their hortatives... "
Dissertations Moral and Critical - Page 354
by James Beattie - 1783
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1796 - 784 pages
...fugitiveĀ« are ol that condition. For foldiers," continues he, a little after, " I find that the cenerals in their hortatives commonly put men in mind of their...the defpifing of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar foldier more bafe. Certainly, wife and children arc a kind of difcipline of humanity: and fingle...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly in their hortatives put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly in their hortatives put men in mind of their wives and children. And I think the despising of Marriage amongst the Turks, making the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly in their hortatives put men in mind of their wives and children. And I think the despising of Marriage amongst the Turks, making the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children. And I think the despising of marriage amongst the Turks, maketh the vulgar soldiers more base. Certainly, wife and...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children; and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...servant five times worse than Ā£ wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the despising jof marriage among the Turks makcth the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks make-ill the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children ; and I think the despising of marriage among the Turks maketh the vulgar soldier more base. Certainly wife and children...
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