 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
 | John Henry Grafton Grattan - 1925 - 354 pages
...called Paratactic. A moderate use of this often produces brevity, clearness, and conciseness. (a) " Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flietb to it ; fear preoccupateth it." BACON, Of Death. (b) " Sculpture corresponds to unperplexed,... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 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...him. Revenge triumphs over death, love slights it, honor aspireth to it, grief flieth to it, fear pre-occupateth it; nay, we read after Otho the emperor... | |
 | Eric Roy Calvert - 1927 - 240 pages
...is usually the outcome of sudden passion. CHAPTER II CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AS A DETERRENT 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, and grief fleeth to it. BACON.... | |
 | George Reuben Potter - 1928 - 640 pages
...It is worthy the observing that 1 "The pomp of death terrifies more than death itself." there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and...him. Revenge triumphs over death; Love slights it; Honor aspireth to it; Grief flieth to it; Fear pre-occupateth it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pages
...death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion 1 Seneca. ' Mourning garmenti. in the mind of man so weak, but it mates* and masters...him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth4 it; nay, we read," after Otho the emperor... | |
 | Richard E. Schade - 1990 - 358 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 masters the fear of death. . . ."'2 English Renaissance drama provides innumerable examples of onstage killing, suicide, entombment,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1989 - 450 pages
...And what we ought to do to redeem ourselves from it. It has been said by Lord Bacon that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death — revenge, love, honour, grief, fear, pity even, and niceness and satiety have continually prevailed... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1993 - 370 pages
...sentence in Lord Bacons Essays/'Death is no such formidable enemy, since a man has so many champions about him that can win the combat of him — Revenge triumphs over Death; Love slights it; Honour courts it; Dread of Disgrace chooses it; Grief flies to it; Fear anticipates it." [The edition Smith... | |
 | Terence Irwin - 1995 - 592 pages
...restrain by law or any other deterrent force any strong bent of 1 Cf. Bacon's saying: "There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and roasters the fear of death." 2 I cannot accept Classen's text nor his interpretation here. The scholiast... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. 704 Essays 'Of Death' There is no passlon our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or...address) Let every natlon know, whether it wishes us wel 705 Essays 'Of Death' It is as natural to die as to be bom; and to a little infant, perbaps, the one... | |
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