 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...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... | |
 | 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
...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
...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 infant, perhaps, the...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
...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 infant perhaps the one...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... | |
 | 1865 - 976 pages
...as to bo born ; and to a littlo child, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dic.-s in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, fortho time, scarce feels the hurt : and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good,... | |
 | George Edward Lynch Cotton (bp. of Calcutta.) - Sermons, English - 1867 - 368 pages
...feel gladness in proportion to the days of our affliction. Thus it has been said by a great writer, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolors of death ; but above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...Better, saith he, 'qui finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae." It is as natural to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, perhaps, the...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
...Better, saith ho, ' qui finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae.' It is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little infant, perhaps, the one...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...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 like one that is wounded in hot Bloud ; who, for the time, scarce feeles the Hurt; And therefore, a Minde fixt, and bent upon somewhat,... | |
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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... 
