 | 1909 - 378 halaman
...and 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. 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... | |
 | 1917 - 116 halaman
...weighty, revolvings of his thought: 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... | |
 | 1925 - 790 halaman
...by the seeker after "Great Place". The essay so entitled, "Of Great Place", contains the sentence, "It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty", but the bulk of the essay is practical advice to those who occupy great place, concluding with the... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 halaman
...poet What parish priest would not like to be Pope? Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher, writer It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 halaman
...struggling for his soul. VI. Epilogue "Men in great place are thrice servants; servants to the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business, so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their action, nor in their time. . . . The rising unto place is laborious,... | |
 | Elizabeth Hankins Wolgast - 1992 - 180 halaman
...lives. Francis Bacon remarked that "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"; "Of Great Place," in Bacon, Essays... | |
 | Perez Zagorin - 1998 - 318 halaman
...that accompanied high state office: 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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 halaman
...of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. 717 Essays 'Of Great Place' immortality. 1571 'The Dead' Honour has come back, as a k 718 Essays 'Of Great Place' Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. 719 Essays 'Of Innovations'... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 halaman
...1 1 . OF GREAT PLACE Men in great place* are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state;10 servants of fame;" and servants of business. So as they have no 1 return, reciprocity 2 describe 3 overwhelming power 4 stay in its proper place 5 keep apart 6 interfere... | |
 | Christopher Phillips - 2000 - 360 halaman
...Special Collections and Archives, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington Confederate It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty. — Francis Bacon, Of Great Place The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.... | |
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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... 
