 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
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 pages
...the 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 Libertie ; Or to seeke Power over others, and to loose Power over a Mans Selfe.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...servants : servants of the Sovereign or State ; servants of fame ;6 and servants of business. So as7 they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor...their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange 1 Make it keep quarter] That is, order. Lat. In ordintm redigunt. Compare Shaksp. K. John, v. 5, '... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1873 - 280 pages
...praise o man's self [se ipsum laudare] cannot be decent." (Essays, Praise.) " It is a strange desire to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self." (Ib. Of Great Pomr.) It is not included by Johnson among the compounds of self, but occurs in writers... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 508 pages
...servants of fame ; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom, neither 1 Works, vol. v. 463. in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their...liberty, or ' to seek power over others and to lose po%ver over a man's self." ' It may as well be said that he despised money, because in his writings... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...servants—servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, 2 and servants of business; so as 3 they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. 4 It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or 5 to seek power over others, and to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 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,...their times. It is a strange desire to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. LORD BACON : Essay XI., Of Great Place. Nay, retire... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 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. It is a s strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty : or to seek power over others and to lose power... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...servants 1 —servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as 2 they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor...self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains 3 men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities 4 men come to dignities.... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1878 - 368 pages
...in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. 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. The rising unto place ia laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains, and it is sometimes base and by indignities men... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...servants1 — servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as3 they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor...man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains3 men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities4 men come to dignities.... | |
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