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" 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... "
The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 7
by Francis Bacon - 1815
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...ponit naturae." 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,...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixt and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death : but above all, believe...
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The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 2

James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 pages
...». 5. RP ßudiJicom. Ch rist ian Exoi. ii. 283. e C. Bradley. He that dies in an earnest pursn.it is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for...time, scarce feels the hurt: and therefore a mind axed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolors of death : but above »11. believe it,...
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Masterpieces in English Literature: And Lessons in the English ..., Volume 1

Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pages
...ponat naturœ." It is as natural to die as to bo born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit...and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors * of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, "Nunc. dimittis,'' when a...
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Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1878 - 368 pages
...ponat naturse.' It is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little infant, perhaps, tho one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit...the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon something that is good doth avert tho dolors of death ; but above all believe it the sweetest canticle...
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The Essays (I-LVIII) Or, Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...naturcs.' '26 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,...above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is ' Nunc dimittisl when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth...
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The Essays; Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: And the Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1879 - 406 pages
...ponit naturoe."6 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 f he time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good,...
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History of penny postage

Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1880 - 538 pages
...goal towards which his long, laborious, and anxious race has been directed. BOOK III. CONCLUSION. " He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood; -who, Jor the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good...
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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Volume 2

Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1880 - 536 pages
...CONCLUSION. " He (hat dies in an earnest pursuit is like one tJiat it wounded in hot blood; who, Jor the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat t/uit is good doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...ponit natune." It is as natural to die, as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as l, b tho time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth...
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The Moral and Historical Works of Lord Bacon: Including His Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...naturee."™ 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,...above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is "Nunc dimittis,"n when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth...
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