 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...  The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts - Page 32edited by - 1916 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 pages
...goes on to the end of the essay. Of Death, he commences, " Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other." And in a second essay on the same he says, " I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...West. See also Cautions for tJus Times, No. xiii. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, BO is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin, and passage to another... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...when Christ cometh, 80 He shall not find faith upon the earth. II MEN fear death as children fear logo in the dark; and as that natural fear in children...wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and 3 religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations... | |
 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1881 - 314 pages
...there is nothing for hopeful and helpful men and women, the workers of the world, to be afraid of — " Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark, and with as much reason." But this manly disregard of superstitious terrors should not degenerate into... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell - 1882 - 360 pages
...his greatness, whose grasp of intellect was, nevertheless, powerless to protect him from venality : ' Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other ;' and in like stately measure to the end of that short poignant essay, which would make even one who... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...it being foretold, that when " Christ cometh," He shall not " find faith upon the earth." OF DEATH.* Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark...Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages * Death is the inevitable lot of fool and philosopher, and nothing distinguishes the one from the other... | |
 | James L. Ohlson - 1883 - 154 pages
...find ourselves dishonourable graves. ' ' — Shakespeare. "Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. " — Bacon. " Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's... | |
 | Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Mrs. Henry Pott - 1883 - 698 pages
...it merely. (Ham. i. 2.) (See the disturbing force of imagination described in First Essay Of Death.) Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as the natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. The fear of death is most in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 722 pages
...;' and yet they are not ' covered with shame.' OF DEATH. ATEX fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and •**-*- as that natural fear in children...of sin, and passage to another world, is holy and reli gious ; bnt the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1884 - 498 pages
...they are mischievous, so end they unfortunate. Here are a few sentences from his Essay on Death: " Men fear Death as children fear to go in the dark....children is increased with tales, so is the other. " It is worthy the observing that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters... | |
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