 | 1862 - 458 lapas
...expenses of a family are also hindrances to devotion and to charity. It is observed by Lord Bacon that " the best works and of greatest merit for the public,...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." He adds, with reference to the clergy, that " a single life doth well with churchmen ; for charity... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 lapas
...Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. Or MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children...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 lapas
...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," Talk as we may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 lapas
...Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII.— OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and...hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great 1 There is considerable justice in this remark. Children should be taught to do what is right for its... | |
 | 1861 - 688 lapas
...dissuade ambitious men with some » " Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the publie, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." — Bacon's on Marriage. • N 3 special bent in their minds, from cultivating solely the track which... | |
 | 1862 - 364 lapas
...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...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." The Apostles were unmarried, evidently because they were set apart for a great work. And, since their... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1862 - 300 lapas
...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...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless man." WS Landor thus... | |
 | 1863 - 558 lapas
...matrimony would have modified for the worse his capacity for composition. " Certainly," says Lord Bacon, " the best works and of greatest merit for the public...affection and means, have married and endowed the publie." No man, we conccive, is there to whom the aphorism of the Vcrulamian sage is more applicable... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 lapas
...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... | |
 | 1863 - 556 lapas
...matrimony would have modified for the worse his capacity for composition. " Certainly," says Lord Baeon, " the best works and of greatest merit for the public...proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which, hoth in affection and means, have married and endowed the public." No man, we conceive, is there to... | |
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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... 
