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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's Essays - Page 80
by Francis Bacon - 1868 - 641 pages
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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
...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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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 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...to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by inJignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...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

1821 - 404 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." VOL....
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 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...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 - 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, nor...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
...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, nor...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 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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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...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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