 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...  Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr - Page 4by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874Full view - About this book
 | 1844 - 500 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolours of death.' " — p. 31. How deep an insight into character is displayed in the... | |
 | James Martineau - 1844 - 316 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolors of death.' 3 III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xin. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | James Martineau - 1844 - 324 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, 'He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolors of death.' III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xiii. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | 1916 - 880 pages
...worse than death. They will have died in an "earnest pursuit." And those who die in that case "are like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, for the...bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolors of death." POWER AND PEACE. Power, because it is a thing definite and attainable, a thing to clasp... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly feels the hurt : and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly feels the hurt : and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...quid mihi restat agendum (Be quick, if anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus: — It is 'as natural to die as to be born, and to a little...time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the * The parade of death is more terrific... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus : — It is as natural to die as to be born, awl to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the * The parade of death is more terrific... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus : — It is 'as natural to die as to he horn, and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful...earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot hlood, who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and hent upon... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...if anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes tins: It is 'as natural to die as to he horn, and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an rarnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot hlood, who, fir the nme, scarce feels the hurt;... | |
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