 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...servants ; ser- [1] vants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor...their times. It is a strange desire to seek power [2] and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...servants — servants of the sovereign or State, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as1 they have no freedom, neither" in their persons, nor"...is sometimes base and by indignities' men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...servants of fame, and servants of business; so as1 they have no freedom, neither2 in their persons, nor2 in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange...to greater pains : and it is sometimes base and by indignities3 men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 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...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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business. So they have no freedom, neither in their persons ; nor...is sometimes base : and by indignities, men come to dignities. The standing is slipper)', and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse,... | |
 | 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, '... | |
 | 1925 - 790 pages
...by the seeker after "Great Place". The essay so entitled, "Of Great Place", contains the sentence, "It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty", but the bulk of the essay is practical advice to those who occupy great place, concluding with the... | |
 | Jonathan Dollimore, Alan Sinfield - 1983 - 406 pages
...269 charnel: charnel house, where the bones of the dead were piled. 272-3 This . . . pain: cf. Bacon: "The rising unto place is laborious and by pains men come to greater pains' ('Of Great Place' in Essays) also The Duchess ofMalfl II.v.60-2 and Textual note to V.vi.249-52;rrade:... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...poet What parish priest would not like to be Pope? Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher, writer It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified... | |
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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... 
