 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 382 pages
...foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. Essay II. Of Death , EN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark ; and...religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature^js. weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Mrs. Henry Pott - 1900 - 318 pages
...of whose death he believes himself to be the cause.) DEATH Feared as Children Fear Darkness, &c. " Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark,...children is increased with tales, so is the other." — Ess. of .Death. " The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures ; 'tis the eye of childhood That... | |
 | Robert Chambers, David Patrick - 1901 - 862 pages
...and trenchant English, is recognised by everybody. The five following extracts are from the Essnye: nd there, in mire and puddle, have I stood This ten days' space ; and lest religions meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition. You shall read in some... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1901 - 312 pages
...Earth, II. OF DEATH. MEN feare Death, as Children feare to goe in the darke : And as that Natural Feare in Children, is increased with Tales, so is the other....Certainly, the Contemplation of Death, as the wages of sinne, and Passage to another world, is Holy, and Religious ; But the Feare of it, as a Tribute due... | |
 | Luigi Cornaro - 1903 - 224 pages
...frail bodies— little worn or impaired. FR. ST. ALBANS. Men fear death, as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is...fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. It is as natural to die as to be born. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 534 pages
...men : it being foretold that, when Christ cometh he shall not find faith upon the earth. — Essay I. OF DEATH. Men fear death as children fear to go in...the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin, and the passage to another world, is holy and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Edition 1625. No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth. Of Truth. Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark...children is increased with tales, so is the other. Of Death. Kevenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...it being foretold that when Christ cometh "He shall not find faith upon the earth."0 II. OF DEATH 10 MEN fear death as children fear to go in the dark...world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it, as a i5 tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity... | |
 | 1898 - 592 pages
...some striking comparison. — "What is Truth, said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer." "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other." "Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 412 pages
...generations of men ; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth.1 II. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in...Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin2 and passage to another world, is holy and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto... | |
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Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark : and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin, and passage to another world, is holy and religious ; but the... 
