 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
 | William Acton - 1858 - 178 pages
...performed by these classes (the unmarried); and although the proposition, 'that the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,' may not be absolutely true as it is put by Bacon, they have unquestionably contributed their full share... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...fortunate; but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARBIAGE 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 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...Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the j'uhlic, have proceeded from the unmarried or * 8«e noi« D, at the end of the Erayi. childless men;... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 594 pages
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE.« Hï that hath wife and children hath given hostages to...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Cerlainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the 1'iihlic, have proceeded from the unmarried... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1859 - 776 pages
...the idiot up to Newton. The saying of the great Chancellor Bacon has in it a colouring of troth:—' Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, who both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.' Nuns, religious sisters, many... | |
 | Bridget Storey (fict. name.) - 1859 - 306 pages
...secret, and not expose my humiliation to the world. Good-bye.' CHAPTER X. ' OUB MARGABET.' He that hath a wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune,...for they are impediments to great enterprises.—• BACON. OIR HECTOR strode briskly back to the Hall; the *J Vicar walked rather slowly to the Vicarage,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 472 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...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly 1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 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...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly 1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1860 - 144 pages
...meets with comprehension and sympathy from the world. " He that hath wife and children," says Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments...virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works and of the greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless man." ign \^ will... | |
 | 1860 - 668 pages
...encourage the practice of bringing them there. " He tint hath wife and children,*' says Lori Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, whether of virtue or mischief. Impediments to virtoe we have not found them in опт Indian army ;... | |
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