 OF GREAT PLACE. 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...  Philosophical works - Page 268by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 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 to is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...servants — servants of the sovereign or State, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as1 they have no freedom, neither* in their persons, nor'...dignities. The 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... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...sure to make good their own folly. OF GREAT PLACE MEX in great place are thrice servants,—servants of the sovereign or State, servants of fame, and servants...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 :...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...for if it check once with business, it troubleth men's fortunes, and maketh men that they can nowise be true to their own ends. I know not how, but martial...dignities. The 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,... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 460 pages
...servants — servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as2 they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor...dignities. The 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a maia's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains...men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and tike regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: ''Cum non sis... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable, as it is seen sometime in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly...dignities. The 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...the judgment of Paris, mentioned by Ovid in his Epistles, of the Heroines. XI. — OF GREAT PLACE.1 MEN in great place are thrice servants — servants...dignities. The 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,... | |
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