 | George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pągines
...blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It ii worthy the observing, that there is uo passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and...honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth it ; Nay we read, after Otho the Emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pągines
...12. n. 1. sequies, 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...slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; t Fear pre-occupateth it ; nay we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, Pity (which is... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pągines
...terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates2 and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death...honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth' it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pągines
...terrible. It u worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates aud masters the fear of death : and therefore death is...; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it; Nay we read, after Otbo the Emperor had slain himself, pity ( which is the tenderest... | |
 | Edward Balme Wheatley Balme - 1862 - 194 pągines
...bear in mind, with reference to criminal treatment, Lord Bacon's often-cited paradox, 'there ' is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it ' mates and masters the fear of death,' and therefore greatly, a fortiori, masters any lesser fear. The whole history of mankind, every day's experience,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1862 - 418 pągines
...motions. And next to that is," ete.— vii. p. 100. 1 " 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. . . . Revenge triumphs over death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it," ete. — Essay on Death,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1862 - 448 pągines
...motions. And next to that is," ete.—vii. p. 100. 1 " 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. . . . Revenge triumphs over death; Love slights it; Honour aspireth to it," ete.—Essny on Death,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1862 - 416 pągines
...motions. And next to that is," etc. — vii. p. 100. 1 " 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. . . . Revenge triumphs over death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it," etc. — Essay on Death,... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1863 - 338 pągines
...observing, that there is no passion in the minde of man so weake but it mates and masters the feare of death; and therefore death is no such terrible...when a man hath so many attendants about him that can winne the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death, love subjects it, honour aspireth to it, grief... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pągines
...our infant Redeemer is laid. HEBZE. FEAR OF DEATH. — 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 ; <md therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that... | |
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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... 
