 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...  The Affairs of Women: A Modern Miscellany - Side 276av Colin Bingham - 2006 - 240 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 sider
...commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the. elder are disinherited. OF Carriage anD Single life. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprizes, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 538 sider
...applied, (for the Earl of Northampton was both a bachelor and a student) Lord Bacon's observation : " he that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprizes, either to virtue or mischief 1 "." He was chancellor of the University in ifil I : he... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 sider
...commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. v OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprizes, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 sider
...commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. ©f JWarrtafltf airtr jingle .HE that hath Wife and Children, hath given hostages...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 sider
...commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. fMarriagr antr jinglr Jrt E that hath Wife and Children, hath given hostages to...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 sider
...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...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men: which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 sider
...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...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men; which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 sider
...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 to fortune; for they are impediincuts to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest... | |
 | 1821 - 416 sider
...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,...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 sider
...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...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason... | |
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