 It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind...  Essays - Pàgina 11per Francis Bacon - 1885 - 300 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pàgines
...Better faith he, §biifinent tiits extrimum inter munera pcnut Naturx. It is as natural to die, as to be born , and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earneft purfuit, is }ike one that Js wounded in hot blood, who for the time fcarcc feels the hurt j... | |
 | Abel Boyer - 1702 - 404 pàgines
...upon Death, and by their great preparations made it appear more fearful. It is as natural to die as to be born , and to a little Infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. * It is obfervable, that there is no Paffion in the Mind of Man , but it Matters the Fear of Death... | |
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 390 pàgines
...to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, who anticipates no evil, perhaps the one is as Jittle painful as the other. " He that dies in an earnest pursuit,, is like one that 5s wounded in hot blood, who, rfor the time, scares feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind, fixed and... | |
 | John Ferriar - 1798 - 334 pàgines
...in his harangue, " in hot pursuit, the wound itself which brings him is not felt." — Bacon says, He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that...hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt. Among these instances of remarkable deaths, I am surprised that the curious story of Cardinal Bentivoglio... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pàgines
...Better, saith he, " qui finem vitae extremum inter munera, ponat naturae." It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one...and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death: but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," when a man... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pàgines
...and religious, but the fear of it, as a tribute due to nature, is weak. It is as natural to die as to be born,* and to a little infant, perhaps the one is as painful as the other. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguished envy. LORD BACON. I HAVE... | |
 | John Ferriar - 1812 - 430 pàgines
...Trim, in his harangue, " in hot pursuit, the wound itself which brings him is not felt."— Bacon says, He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hqt blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt, Among these instances of remarkable deaths, I am... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pàgines
...ponat naturae." It is as natural to die as to be born : and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is a* painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit-...and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death : but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, " Nunc " dimittis," when a... | |
 | 1862 - 818 pàgines
...the tropical heat of an awful crisis. Nor even at the last is the woman wholly lost in the heroine. " He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death," says Bacon. So the thought of saving her country by her death, fills the young girl's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pàgines
...extreme end of life, among the common circumstances or gifts of nature." It is as natural to die, as to be born ; and to a little infant perhaps the one is...for the time scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a * To illustrate this observation. I remember an anecdote of a man committing suicide, and giving as... | |
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