 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...triumphs over Death ; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Grief flieth to it; Fear pre-occupateth13 it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, Pity (which is the tenderest14 of affections) provoked16 many to die out of mere compassion16 to their sovereign, and... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour nspireth e, tho LORD liACON: Essay 21., Of Death. A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...provide so tenderly by preoccupation, As no spider may suck poison out of a rose.'— Oaruet, voked1 many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign,...non tantum fortis, aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest.'3 ' A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only upon a weariness to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief 2s flieth to it ; fear preoccupateth it ; nay, we read,...of followers. Nay, Seneca adds niceness and satiety : 30 Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle, non tantum fortis, aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1881 - 416 pages
...triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspires to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupieth it ; nay, we read after Otho the Emperor had slain...adds, niceness and satiety : Cogita quamdiu eadem fcceris ; niorivclle, non tantumfortis, ant miser, sed etiamfastidiosuspotest. A man would die, though... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth 6 it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain...as the truest sort of followers. Nay, Seneca adds, uiceness and satiety: Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris : mori velle, non tantumfortis aut miser, sed etiamfaslidiosus... | |
 | 1883 - 536 pages
...context: — (i) " A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure." (ii) " The morris dance of heretics." (iii) "After Otho the Emperor had slain himself, pity (which...the tenderest of affections) provoked many to die." (iv) " Public revenges are for the most part fortunate." What instances does Bacon quote to prove this... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupieth yd [ Njm h Ր e H a + hS C&Fu' & h q Y Q x2 ??cP tendcrest of affections, provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 pages
...triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspiredi to it; grief fiieth to it; fear pre-occupieth it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain...satiety; ' Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; mori velle, non 'tantura fortis, aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus ' potest.' * A man would die, though he were neither... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth...mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest bort of followers. Nay, Seneca adds/- niceness and satiety : " Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori... | |
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... 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 triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth... 
