 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 - 1867 - 440 pages
...of the workmen employed in what is called dry-pointing — the grindthe observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and...that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over [7] ing of needles and of table-forks. The fine steel dust which they breathe brings on a painful disease... | |
 | Devout thoughts - 1867 - 568 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...attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Kevenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief ilieth to it ; fear pre-oecupateth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...it mates2 and masters the fear of death b and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a mail hath so many attendants about him that can win the...it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth3 it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...comple'e anything, to learn anything thoroughly, or to reform oneself.' ANNOTATIONS. ' There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.'' Of all the instances that can be given of recklessness of life, there is none that comes near that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...Death, is no such terrible Enef! mie, when a man hath so many Attendants, about him, that can winne the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over Death; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Griefe flieth to it ; Feare pre-occupateth it ; Nay we reade, after Otho the Emperour had slaine... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1869 - 646 pages
...religion ; all noble and ignoble passions have it, as well as the negation of all passion. " There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and...Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspires to it ; grief flieth to it j fear pre-occupieth it ; nay, we read after Otho the Emperor had... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...show death terrible. It is worth observing that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when man hath so many attendants about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates 2 and masters the fear of death; and therefore death...aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth 3 it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest of affections)... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 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...combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love * Work. In what sense? — Embaseth (Fr. em. or en ; Lat. in; Gr. £a<rt?, base; W. bat, shallow ;... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 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...attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Eevenge triumphs over death ; love * Work. In what sense?— Embaseth (Fr. em, or en; Lat. in; Gr.... | |
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