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 fixed... The works of Francis Bacon - Página 244por Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 páginas
...made his dread appearance. " It is," says that great man to whose death we have just alluded — " it is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little...infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other," but it matters much how that death comes. In Hazlitt's beautiful but somewhat cynical image, our mother... | |
| Louis Aimé Martin - 1860 - 412 páginas
...forfeiture, no expiation, but a trial ; no accursed creations, no wrathful and vindictive God, but a * It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...infant, perhaps the one is as painful as the other. — Bacon's Essays. f It will be perceived from these arguments, that the author disbelieves the fall... | |
| James Grant Wilson - 1862 - 212 páginas
...and has always been a great favorite in the army. COL. »AVIS. He that aies in an earnest pnrtuit, Is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, for...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. Влcт. Col. JOHN A. DAVIS,... | |
| 1863 - 910 páginas
...compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. It is as natural to die as to be bom ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death ; but above all, believe... | |
| Alexander Smith - 1863 - 338 páginas
...followers It is as naturall to die as to be borne ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painfull as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is...the time scarce feels the hurt ; and, therefore, a minde fixt and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the sadness of death. But above all, believe... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...the princes. PSALM LXXXII. Verse 7. Acquit yourselves like men. LILLG. — The Christian Hero, Act V. It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. BACON. — On Death, Essay II. The slender debt to nature 'a quickly paid, Discharged, perchance, with... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 páginas
...extremum inter munera ponat naturae : [who accounts the close of life as one of the benefits of nature.] It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death. But above all, believe it,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 páginas
...made it appear more fearful. Better, saith he, ' qni finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat nature.'7 It is as natural to die as to be born : and to a little...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours8 of death: but, above all, believe... | |
| 1864 - 704 páginas
...nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes a mixture of vanity and superstition. It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded iu hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat... | |
| 1865 - 976 páginas
...as to bo born ; and to a littlo child, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dic.-s in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, fortho time, scarce feels the hurt : and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good,... | |
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