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... Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 114by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864Full view - About this book
| George Sylvester Morris - Biography & Autobiography - 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 - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor Yon see it often happen that those who engage men to the greatest violenc over others, and to lose power over a man's self. LORD BACON : Essay XI., Of Great Place. Nay, retire... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...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...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...they 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 :...pains : and it is sometimes base ; and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing 10 is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least... | |
| William Mathews - American essays - 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...pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. — BACON. ( OME years ago a Washington letter-writer, describing a visit to... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...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...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... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 pages
...servants of fame, and servants of business; so as2 they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their actions nor in their times. It is a strange...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1882 - 330 pages
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| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...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...unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to Of life. • » * » We hope to find That help which nature meant in womankind 1 To man that supplemental... | |
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