 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 33by George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...blacks and obsequies, and the like, shew death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is n« passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and...it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupieth it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor bad slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | 1821 - 416 pages
...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...about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge trinmphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupieth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1822 - 238 pages
...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...death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief fiieth to it; fear preoccupieth it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...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...Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it ; honour * See note A at the end. aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it: nay, we read,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...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...Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it ; honour * See note A at the end. aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it: nay, we read,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour * See note A at the end. aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it: nay, we read,... | |
 | William Jevons - 1827 - 424 pages
...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...; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flietlt to it ; fear preoccupieth it." &c. Bacons Essays. Essay ii. NOTE U. p. 179. " I have hitherto,"... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...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...about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumph* over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no wns and garlands personal ; the style of emperor, which the great kings aspircth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it j nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had... | |
 | Charles Calistus Burleigh - 1845 - 164 pages
...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... | |
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