 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...  Memoirs of James, marquis of Montrose - Página 14de James Grant - 1858 - 396 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | John Lingard - 1810 - 570 páginas
...succeeding generations (80). But it was not from the (80) " He that hath wife and children," saith Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune : for...impediments to " great enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the " best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have pro" ceeded from... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 páginas
...never where the elder are disinherited. ©f JWarrtafltf airtr jingle .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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 páginas
...or never where the elder are disinherited. fMarriagr antr jinglr Jrt E 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 páginas
...the elder are 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 páginas
...where the elder are 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... | |
 | 1821 - 416 páginas
...disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostage? 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 páginas
...the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE * ^J 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 páginas
...where the elder are 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 páginas
...where the elder are 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1826 - 562 páginas
...Lord Bacon in support 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... | |
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