 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 - Page 41by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Sylvester Morris - 1880 - 404 pages
...illustrated the truth of the following observations, taken from his essay, entitled "Of Great Place": "The rising unto place is laborious ; and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is base ; and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire atest violence LORD BACON : Essay XI., Of Great Place. Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will they when... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a 5 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... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 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... | |
 | William Mathews - 1881 - 358 pages
...saine this in soth That he is gentle, because he doth As longeth to a gentleman." OFFICE -SEEKING. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men...sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. — BACON. ( OME years ago a Washington letter-writer, describing a visit to General Cass, reported... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 492 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...standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, men cannot retire when they would,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 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...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... | |
 | 1909 - 378 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...over others and to lose power over a man's self. The 1 Mutual » It» own place. • Interfere. rising unto place is laborious; and by pains men come to... | |
 | Charles Coulston Gillispie - 1960 - 596 pages
...allowed them to influence his decisions. This reasoning failed to placate, and he ended in disgrace: "The rising unto Place is laborious; and by pains...standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing." Such was the lawyer-like worldliness... | |
 | 1856 - 588 pages
...may be seen in the impressive after-testimony of the illustrious Chancellor : — ' The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater...; and it is sometimes base and by indignities men com* to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall. or at least an eclipse,... | |
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