 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless...  Cross-bench Views of Current Church Questions - Page 181de Hensley Henson - 1902 - 355 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...entitled ' Of Marriage and Single Life,' also one of those first given in the collection of 1612:— He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times, unto... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...entitled ' Of Marriage and Single Life,' also one of those first given in the collection of 1612:— He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the hest works, and of greatest merit for the puhlic, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE.* HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or * See nolo D, al tbe end of the Euayi. childless men; which, both in affection and means, have married... | |
 | 1848 - 734 pages
...imitate.* It was, probably, the consideration of such sentiments that afterwards induced Bacon to say : " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or the childless man, which both... | |
 | 1848 - 1390 pages
...57.) It was, probably, the consideration of such sentiments that afterwards induced Bacon to say : " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or the childless man, which both... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...commonly fortunate, but seldom or never \vhere the elder are disinherited. OK MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means, have married, and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times, unto... | |
 | William Hewett - 1849 - 124 pages
...Bacon, who says, " Certainly the best works and of greatest merit have proceeded from the unmarried men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public." Amongst the original papers once belonging to the Rustat family, is an interesting catalogue, written... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIH. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...LIFE.* HE that hath wife and childrenhath given ïo34 ~tagesto fortune; for they are irnpecfimSrifS^o great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the publii, have proceeded from the unmarried or * See note D, »i the end of the Essays. И Av^»-aM*~r*-**-*... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1850 - 284 pages
...be filled and a back to be clothed, behind her. "Certainly," says Bacon, in one of his short essays, "the best works and of greatest merit, for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childish men, which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public." And again—"A... | |
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