 It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Pàgina 3081850Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pàgines
...weeping, and blacks and obsequies, and the like, shew death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pàgines
...weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win... | |
 | William Jevons - 1827 - 424 pàgines
...Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Ch. xvi. " It is worthy of observing," says Lord Bacon, "that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death : and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pàgines
...weeping, and blacks and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and, therefore, death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pàgines
...ipsa'," (•" The pageantry of death terrifies more than death itself.") It is worthy of remark', that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak', but it masters the fear of death'. Revenge'. . triumphs over death'; love'. . slights it'; honour'. . aspires... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pàgines
...weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death : and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him, that can win... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1838 - 72 pàgines
...weeping, and blacks and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him, that can win... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pàgines
...weeping, and blacks and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win... | |
 | Charles Calistus Burleigh - 1845 - 164 pàgines
...sold at last for five hundred dollars less than he had once been offered for it. Lord Bacon, that " there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death," each reader must determine for himself. But none can fail to see that they have a most important bearing... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pàgines
...weeping, and Macks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death : and therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win... | |
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