 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Pàgina 36per George Lillie Craik - 1846Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Bridget Storey (fict. name.) - 1859 - 306 pàgines
...expose my humiliation to the world. Good-bye.' VOL. I. 130 CHAPTER X. ' OUR MARGARET.' He that hath a wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises. — BACON. QIR HECTOR strode briskly back to the Hall ; the *J Vicar walked rather slowly to the Vicarage,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pàgines
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. Or MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1860 - 144 pàgines
...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...enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works and of the greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | 1860 - 668 pàgines
...encourage the practice of bringing them there. " He that hath wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, whether of virtue or mischief. Impediments to virtue we have not found them in our Indian army ; for... | |
 | 1862 - 364 pàgines
...their whole time and energy to a favorite pursuit. Sir Francis Bacon says, with much truth : " A man that hath wife and children hath given hostages to...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1862 - 300 pàgines
...by marriage or celibacy ? Bacon has decided in favor of the latter. He says, " He that hath wife or children hath given hostages to fortune, for they...enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pàgines
...SHARSPERE. — Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II. Scene 1. (Shallow to Host.) HOSTA GES.—He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ;...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. LORD BACON. — Essay VIII., Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath a wife and children, wants not... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pàgines
...which selfishness is caught from those who have least of it. ESSAY Till. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pàgines
...cunning men passe for wise. 5. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HEE that hath wife and children, hath giuen hostages to fortune. For they are impediments to great enterprises, either of vertue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the publike haue proceeded... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pàgines
...— BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. A King and no King. Act v. Sc. 4. FRANCIS BACON. 1561-1626. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune,...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essag viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some... | |
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