 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...  Bacon's Essays - Pàgina 13per Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 586 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1844 - 500 pàgines
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolours of death.' " — p. 31. How deep an insight into character is displayed in the... | |
 | James Martineau - 1844 - 324 pàgines
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, 'He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolors of death.' III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xiii. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | James Martineau - 1844 - 316 pàgines
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolors of death.' 3 III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xin. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | 1916 - 880 pàgines
...worse than death. They will have died in an "earnest pursuit." And those who die in that case "are like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, for the...and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolors of death." POWER AND PEACE. Power, because it is a thing definite and attainable, a thing to... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pàgines
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly feels the hurt : and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pàgines
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly feels the hurt : and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pàgines
...quid mihi restat agendum (Be quick, if anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus: — It is 'as natural to die as to be born, and to a little...time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the * The parade of death is more terrific... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pàgines
...anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus : — It is as natural to die as to be born, awl to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the * The parade of death is more terrific... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pàgines
...anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus : — It is 'as natural to die as to he horn, and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful...earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot hlood, who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and hent upon... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pàgines
...if anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes tins: It is 'as natural to die as to he horn, and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an rarnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot hlood, who, fir the nme, scarce feels the hurt;... | |
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