 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...  Notable Thoughts about Women: A Literary Mosaic - Seite 32von Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 409 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Southey - 1826 - 562 Seiten
...of his argument for the celibacy of the clergy : "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 the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 Seiten
...seek to put me down, and reizn thyself. LI. He that hath wife and children, bath given Aoíím.v» lo fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Bacon. Hostility being thus suspended with France, preparation was made for war against Scotland, ffayward.... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1833 - 234 Seiten
...speaking of the majority. "He that hath wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 Seiten
...elder are disinherited. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages gs invented ; and chance sometimes in experimenting maketh us to stumble upon somewhat which is new the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | 1840 - 744 Seiten
...following sentiments are Lord Bacon's theology : — " He tlmt bath wife and children bath 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... | |
 | 1840 - 746 Seiten
...following sentiments are Lord Bacon's theology : — "He that bath wife and children bath 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII.— OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 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... | |
 | Joseph Rathborne - 1841 - 194 Seiten
...King completely agrees with the words of Bacon :—"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... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - 1844 - 342 Seiten
...to return to his family. " He that hath wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Men under such bonds are peculiarly unfitted for the chequered life of a Santa Fe trader. The domestic... | |
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