 The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it 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, which is a melancholy...  The works of Francis Bacon - Page 43by Francis Bacon - 1815Full view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...greater pains, and it is sometimes hue; and hy indignities men come to dignities. The standi •'.:,l is slippery, and the regress is either a downfal,...or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing In the disciiarge.of thy place set hefore thee the.hest examples; for unitation is a glohe of precepts;... | |
 | Half hours - 1847
...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...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... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - History - 1848
...is as the Sunbeams, that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat." 24. " The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men...standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing." 25. " As in nature, things move violently... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1850
...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...come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regrpss is either a downfall 01 at le.ist an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing; ship, all to a man... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Philosophy - 1850
...their times. It is a strange desire to seek / power and to lose liberty ;,or to seek power over Ü & paiijs; and it is sometim's base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850
...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 power over a man's self. The rising untu place is laborious ; and by pains men come to greater pains: and it is sometimes base ; and by... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1850 - 2 pages
...to seek power over others nnd to lose power over a rnan'd self. The rising unto place is laUirioua, and by pains men come, to greater pains, and it is sometimes hast- and hy indignities men i-ome to dignities. The standing is slippery, anil the repress is cither... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851
...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...is sometimes base; and by indignities men come to dignities4. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfal, or at least an eclipse,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851
...bank, or steep riling ground, than upon a flat." 24. " The rising unto place is laborious, and by paint men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base,...standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing." 25. " As in nature, things move violently... | |
 | JOHN LORD CAMPBELL - 1851
...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 power over a man's self"^ It may as well be said that he despised money, because in his writings he calls riches " the baggage... | |
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