 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...of pursuit, they enjoy neither ease nor independence. " Men in great place," observes Lord Bacon, " are thrice servants, servants of the sovereign or...servants of fame, and servants of business, — so they have no freedom." There is a great deal of attraction in the splendours of a court; but who will... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...CALLINGS. NOR is that man less deceived, that thinks to maintain a constant tenure of pleasure, by a * Men in great place are thrice servants ; servants...a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. Certainly great persons had need... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...and utility consisted not in action but in contemplation, (a) as he had published his opinion that " men in great place are thrice servants ; servants...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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...Unmindful of his own words, " Men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign in state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 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 o'ver a mans selfe."... | |
 | 1836 - 808 pages
...happiness and utility consisted, not in action but in contemplation, as he had published his opinion that " men in great place are thrice servants — servants...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times." But it is argued, that it is probable that he was urged to this, and to every other step on the road... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...friendly love perfecteth it j but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it. ) \> XI. OF GREAT PLACE. Men in great place are thrice servants : servants...strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...superstition dismounts all these, and createth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.—Ib. 1268. Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. 1269. At the sight of an audience so new tome It would seem, my friends, that I ought to open my mouth,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...maintain a constant tenure of pleasure, by a continual pursuit of sports and recreations. The most * Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of...a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. Certainly great persons had need... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...maintain a constant tenure of pleasure, by a continual pursuit of sports and recreations. The most * Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of...state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so asthey have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a... | |
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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... 
