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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 Essays of Lord Bacon: With Critical and Illustrative Notes ... - Page 41
by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 234 pages
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Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of ..., Volume 3

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 508 pages
...neither 1 Works, vol. v. 463. in their 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 po%ver over a man's self." ' It may as well be said that he despised money, because in his writings...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...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...by indignities men come to dignities. The standing 10 is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek...pains ; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities 8 men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least...
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Examination Christmas,1875

Education Department,London - 1876 - 1010 pages
...esperance, lives not ш fear ; The lamentable change is from the best ; The worst returns to laughter. (if) The rising unto place is laborious and by pains men...The standing is slippery and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse which is a melancholy thing. («) Counsellors should not be too speculative...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in 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 men cannot when they would, neither will they when...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to...standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. " Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur...
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The essays, i-(lviii) or, Counsels civil and moral of Francis lord ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek...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....
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Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on ...

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...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...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...by indignities men come to dignities. The standing to is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy...
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The Essays (I-LVIII) Or, Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek...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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