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" Men in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. "
Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 41
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - 1720 - 556 pages
...Liberty; or to court Power over others, and to deveft a Man's felf of Power over himfelf. The Rifing unto PLACE is laborious, and by Pains Men come to greater Pains; oftentimes alfo it is not clear qf unworthy Practices. And by Indignities Men come to DIGNITIES. The...
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Horæ Solitariæ: Or, Essays Upon Some Remarkable Names and Titles of Jesus ...

Ambrose Serle - 1801 - 392 pages
...and servants of business. So as they have no freedom, either in their persons, in their actions, or in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power,...others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising into place is laborious; and by pains men come to greater pains." Essays, § xi. These are not the...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their tiroes. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lo«e liberty ; or to seek power over others, and...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...thrice servants : servants of the sovereign in state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. Power they seek, and lose liberty : they seek power over others, and lose power over themselves," •...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 4

Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...thrice servants : servants of the sovereign in state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. Power they seek, and lose liberty : they seek power over others, and lose power over themselves." Unmindful...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons,...laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; VOL. III. D and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons,...laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; VOL. III. D and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...are thrice servants ; servants w the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons,...lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to tae power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times," (b) it is probable that he was urged to this and to every other step on the road to aggrandizement,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...soveraigne or state ; servants of fame ; and servants of businesse. So " as they have no freedome, neither in their persons ; nor in their "actions; nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seeke power " and to lose liberty ; to seeke power over others, and to lose " power over a mans selfe."...
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