 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...  Types of the Essay - Page 261edited by - 1921 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...of business. So they 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...indignities, men come to dignities. The standing is slipper)', and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...Imbaseth] Degrades. 5 In great Place] Lat. In magistrate collocati. Place is official dignity or authority. desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty ; or to...standing is slippery; and the regress is either a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1873 - 280 pages
...praise o man's self [se ipsum laudare] cannot be decent." (Essays, Praise.) " It is a strange desire to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self." (Ib. Of Great Pomr.) It is not included by Johnson among the compounds of self, but occurs in writers... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 508 pages
...have no freedom, 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...so as 3 they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. 4 It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or 5 to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...they 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 :...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 - 1876 - 660 pages
...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 and to...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... | |
 | 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...or at least an eclipse which is a melancholy thing. («) Counsellors should not be too speculative into their sovereign's person. The true composition... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...business; so as 2 they 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...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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