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... Literary gems [ed. by J.S.]. - Seite 330von Literary gems - 1826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 Seiten
...saith he, "qui finem vita- extremum inter munera ponat nature." It is as natural to die as to be bom ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest purmiit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 792 Seiten
...will continue to rise and fall as long as the least respiration remains. — Lord Bacon says : " It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, one is as painful as the other." The imagination naturally shrouds the great mystery of death with... | |
| American cyclopaedia - 1859 - 790 Seiten
...will continue to rise and fall as long аз the least respiration remains. — Lord Bacon says : " It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, one is as painful аз the other." The imagination naturally shrouds the great mystery of death with... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 Seiten
...made his dread appearance. " It is," says that great man to whose death we have just alluded — " it is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little...infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other," but it matters much how that death comes. In Hazlitt's beautiful but somewhat cynical image, our mother... | |
| Louis Aimé Martin - 1860 - 412 Seiten
...forfeiture, no expiation, but a trial ; no accursed creations, no wrathful and vindictive God, but a * 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's Essays. f It will be perceived from these arguments, that the author disbelieves the fall... | |
| James Grant Wilson - 1862 - 212 Seiten
...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...therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. Влcт. Col. JOHN A. DAVIS, of the 46th Regiment Illinois Volunteers,... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...th« other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, >i like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, :: r the time, scarce feels the hurt : and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat liât is good, doth avert the dolours of death. bit. above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is... | |
| 1863 - 910 Seiten
...compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. It is as natural to die as to be bom ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful...therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolours of death ; but above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, " Lord,... | |
| Alexander Smith - 1863 - 338 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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