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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 fixed... "
The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 6
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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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
...made it appear more fearful. Better saith he, " qui finem vit;e extremum inter munera ponit naturae." It is as natural to die, as to be born ; and to a...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...
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On the Maintenance of Health

Henry Lowndes - Health - 1877 - 72 pages
...discoloured face, and friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible." " It is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little infant perhaps one is as painful as the other." Providence has made the way easy for our exit from this stage, and...
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Confessions of an English opium eater

Thomas De Quincey - 1878 - 350 pages
...moving in my mind had evidently been this which follows, from Lord Bacon's " Essay on Death: " — "It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little...infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. THE DAUGHTER OF LEBANON. DAMASCUS, first-born of cities, Om el Denia,9 mother of generations, that...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, "The English Opium Eater": Confessions of an ...

Thomas De Quincey - English essays - 1878 - 346 pages
...moving in my mind had evidently been this which follows, from Lord Paeon's " Essay on Death: " — " It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the ether. THE DAUGHTER OP LEBANON. DAMASCUS, first-born of cities, Om el Derda* mother ol generations,...
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The essays, i-(lviii) or, Counsels civil and moral of Francis lord ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...forth his neck ; Septimius Severus in despatch, 'Adeste, si quidmihi restat agendum,' 24 and the like. 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;...
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Masterpieces in English Literature: And Lessons in the English ..., Volume 1

Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 462 pages
...nrovokfti many = compassion excited i muni inter muñera, 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 is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt;...
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Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1878 - 368 pages
...it appear more fearful. Better, saith lie, ' qui finem vitas extremum inter munera 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 is like one that is wounded...
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The Essays (I-LVIII) Or, Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...it appear more fearful. Better, saith he, ' quifinem vita extremum inter munera ponit naturcs.' '26 It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...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...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...preparations made it appear more fearful. Better saith he Quifinem vita extremum inter munera ponat Natura. It is as natural to die as to be born : and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as 50 painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...made it appear more fearful. Better saith he, "qui fiuem vita extremum inter muuera ponit natune." directed less against particular abuses than against those deeply seated earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for tho time, scarce feels the hurt;...
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