 | Louis-Aimé Martin - Married women - 1842 - 598 pages
...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 Martineau - Sermons, English - 1843 - 406 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolours of death.' III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xui. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | James Martineau - Sermons, English - 1844 - 324 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, 'He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolors of death.' III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xiii. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | England - 1844 - 500 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolours of death.' " — p. 31. How deep an insight into character is displayed in the... | |
 | James Martineau - Sermons, American - 1844 - 316 pages
...soon vanish, and even death be robbed of its terrors ; for, to quote the noble words of Lord Bacon, ' He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that...mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth best avert the dolors of death.' 3 III. GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES. JOHN xin. 14. IF I THEN,... | |
 | 1916 - 880 pages
...worse than death. They will have died in an "earnest pursuit." And those who die in that case "are like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, for the...and bent upon somewhat that is good doth avert the dolors of death." POWER AND PEACE. Power, because it is a thing definite and attainable, a thing to... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly feels the hurt : and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly feels the hurt : and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...quick, if anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus: — It is 'as natural to die as to be born, and to a little infant perhaps the one...time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the * The parade of death is more terrific... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...anything remains for me to do). The essay concludes thus : — It is as natural to die as to be born, awl to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as...time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind that is fixed, and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the * The parade of death is more terrific... | |
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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... 
