| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 pages
...preparations made it appear more fearful. Better, saith he, " qui finem vitae extremum inter munera ponit naturae." * It is as natural to die as to be born...and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolors of death ; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," * when a man... | |
| James Grant Wilson - Illinois - 1862 - 212 pages
...and has always been a great favorite in the army. COL. »AVIS. He that aies in an earnest pnrtuit, Is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, for...somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. Влcт. Col. JOHN A. DAVIS, of the 46th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, was born in Crawford county,... | |
| Alexander Smith - English essays - 1863 - 338 pages
...followers It is as naturall to die as to be borne ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painfull as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is...the time scarce feels the hurt ; and, therefore, a minde fixt and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the sadness of death. But above all, believe... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...the princes. PSALM LXXXII. Verse 7. Acquit yourselves like men. LILLG. — The Christian Hero, Act V. It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. BACON. — On Death, Essay II. The slender debt to nature 'a quickly paid, Discharged, perchance, with... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...made it appear more fearful. Better, saith he, ' qni finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat nature.'7 It is as natural to die as to be born : and to a little...and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours8 of death: but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis,'9 when a man... | |
| Christian life - 1864 - 704 pages
...nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes a mixture of vanity and superstition. It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded iu hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...sentence, 'Feri, si ex re sit populi Roman!,'3 holding forth his neck: Septimus Severus in dispatch, 'Adeste, si quid mihi restat agendum,' and the like....and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours2 of death: but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, ' Nunc dimittis,'9 when a... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 pages
...much cost upon death, and by their great preparations made it appear more fearful. Better, saith ho, ' qui finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae.'...the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon something that is good doth avert the dolors of death ; but above all believe it the sweetest canticle... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1871 - 442 pages
...sacraments and ordinances of His Jhurch ; yet not touching Him, bee. not drawing nigh in faith."-ĪVencA. It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little...infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other." — Lori Bacon. the afflicted woman JfAKK. [Cap. v. 29-34. AD 28. her secret approach я Job xiii.... | |
| John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...Stoics bestowed too much cost on death, and by their great preparations made it appear more fearful. It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little...the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon something that is good doth avert the dolours of death. But, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle... | |
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