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 - Стр. 15авторы: Francis Bacon - 1868 - Страниц: 641Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - Страниц: 562
...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - Страниц: 638
...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...somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours8 of death: but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis,'9 when a man hath obtained worthy... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1864 - Страниц: 468
...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...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 hath... | |
| 1864 - Страниц: 704
...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 - Страниц: 976
...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,... | |
| Devout thoughts - 1867 - Страниц: 568
...provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest soit of followers It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death : but above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, ' Lord, now lettest thou thy... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1867 - Страниц: 440
...carentem, Qui spatium VIUE extremum inter munera pouat Natutee." [15] extremum inter munera ponat natural." It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, per[16] haps the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that... | |
| Septimus March - 1867 - Страниц: 272
...breast ! Oh may I reach the heavenly shore, Where winds and waves distress no more." — TOPLADY. " A mind fixed 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... | |
| George Edward Lynch Cotton (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1867 - Страниц: 368
...feel gladness in proportion to the days of our affliction. Thus it has been said by a great writer, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolors of death ; but above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - Страниц: 786
...made it appear more fearful. 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...and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours2 of death: but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, ' Nunc dimittis,'9 when a... | |
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