 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 - Pagina 43door Francis Bacon - 1815Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pagina’s
...It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to tae power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; VOL. in. • D and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pagina’s
...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose e bowed ourselves towards him and answered, " we were...great honour, and singular humanity towards us, that slipper)-, and the regress is cither a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pagina’s
...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...over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious j and by pains men come to greater pains : and it is sometimes base ; and by indignities men come to... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pagina’s
...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. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy; for if they... | |
 | 1844 - 276 pagina’s
...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 into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base, and by... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pagina’s
...temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude." " It is a strange desire to seek power, and lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over one's self." " Of all kind of men, God is the least beholden unto kings ; for he doth most for them,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pagina’s
...temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude." " It is a strange desire to seek power, and lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over one's self." " Of all kind of men, God is the least beholden unto kings ; for he doth most for them,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pagina’s
...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...or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples ; for imitc tion is a globe of precepts... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pagina’s
...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...by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is'slippery, and the regress is either a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing... | |
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