Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 14
... DEATH . MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is in- creased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world ...
... DEATH . MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is in- creased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world ...
Page 15
... death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere ...
... death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere ...
Page 16
... death ; but , above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , Nunc dimittis , " when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy ...
... death ; but , above all , believe it , the sweetest canticle is , Nunc dimittis , " when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations . Death hath this also , that it openeth the gate to good fame , and extinguisheth envy ...
Page 23
... death of Cæsar ; for the death of Pertinax ; for the death of Henry the Third of France ; and many more . But in private revenges it is not so ; nay , rather vindicative persons live the life of witches ; who , as they are mischievous ...
... death of Cæsar ; for the death of Pertinax ; for the death of Henry the Third of France ; and many more . But in private revenges it is not so ; nay , rather vindicative persons live the life of witches ; who , as they are mischievous ...
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... death . The perpetuity by generation is common to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men , which have sought to ...
... death . The perpetuity by generation is common to beasts ; but memory , merit , and noble works are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men , which have sought to ...
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