 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 41by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Sir Thomas Elyot - 1883 - 682 pages
...have no freedom, neithei in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times.' And he adds, ' It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, orto seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.' — Essays, p. 92, ed. 1857. " This,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 722 pages
...— servants of the •*-*-*- sovereign or State, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as1 they have no freedom, neither* in their persons, nor*...lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place IE laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains : and it k sometimes base and by indignities'... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...pleased, and thus wrought his ruin. The philosopher who wrote " It is a strange desire to seek power and lose liberty ; or, to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self," had bartered away his liberty for pomp, show, and wealth. He had said, " Men in great place are thrice... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 234 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,...man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by paina men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 826 pages
...the Soueraigne, or state ; seruants of fame, and seruants of businesse. So as they haue 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 : or to seeke power ouer others, and to lose power ouer a mans selfe.... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 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,...unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to Of life. • » * * We hope to find That help which nature meant in womankind I To man that supplemental... | |
 | 1888 - 684 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 times;" but I also know, of course, that the performance of duty is the true end of life, and I find consolation... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 270 pages
...when all was done, he still thirsted as the hart after the water-brooks. "It is strange," he writes, "to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base, and by... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 246 pages
...all was done, he still thirsted as the hart after the water-brooks. " It is strange," he writes, " to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 236 pages
...when all was done, he still thirsted as the hart after the water-brooks. /"It is strange," he writes, "to seek power over others a<nd to lose power over a man's self. The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base, and by... | |
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