 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...  Lives of lord Lyndhurst and lord Brougham - Page 79by John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...embaseth it. XI. OF GREAT PLACE. Men in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business...over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; VOL. III. D and it is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...and embaseth it. XL OF GREAT PLACE. Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business;...over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; VOL. III. D and it is sometimes... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...and embaseth it. XL OF GREAT PLACE. Men in great place are thrice servants ; servants w the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business...lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to tae power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...had published his opinion that " men in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business...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 - 1825 - 524 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 over a mans selfe."... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1828 - 510 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."(rf)... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...down and die. DCCXXIII. Shakspcare. Men in great place are thrice servants; servants ot tue sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business;...their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times—Lord Baton. DCCXXIV. O! your parasite Is a most precious thing, dropped from above; JVot bred... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servant* of business; so as they have no freedom, neither in...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times Lord Baton. DCCXXIV. 0! your parasite Is a most precious thing, dropped from above; Not bred 'mongst... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pages
...suppressed by frequent disappointments." IN great place are thrice servants, servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business,...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. LOW COMPANY. •Hu that sinks to a familiarity with persons much below his own level, will be constantly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...comipteth and embaseth it. OK GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business...over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base,... | |
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