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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. It is a strange desire to seek power... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page viii
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1828
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Horæ Solitariæ: Or, Essays Upon Some Remarkable Names and Titles of Jesus ...

Ambrose Serle - 1801 - 392 pages
...the chancellor, declares that "men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovreign or state, servants of fame, 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,...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...and embaseth it. OF 0reat Place. MEN in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business;...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...and embaseth it. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business;...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 essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...corrupteth and embaseth it. IVlEN 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 either in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power,...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...corrupteth and embaseth it. 1V1.EN 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 either in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power,...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...embaseth it. XI. OF GEEAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...embaseth it. XI. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business;...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...business ; for the contemplative planet carries me away wholly." • Unmindful of his own words : " That men in great place are thrice servants : servants...: they seek power over others, and lose power over themselves," • VOL. iv. PART ir. x Unmindful of his own advice : " Accustom your mind to judge of...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 404 pages
...business ; for the contemplative planet carries me away wholly." Unmindful of his own words : • . " That men in great place are thrice servants : servants...: they seek power over others, and lose power over themselves." VOL. IV. PAKT II. X Unmindful of his own adrice : " Accustom your mind to judge of the...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...embaseth it. . XI. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of- business...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose...
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