 ... one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt' and 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 Nunc dimittis, when a man...  Collectanea: 1st-2d Series - Page 132by Charles Crawford - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1884 - 474 pages
...the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," l when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and sxtinguisheth envy : " Extinctus amabitur idem." 2 III.— OF UNITY IN RELIGION. RELIGION being the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis," 1 when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguished envy : " Extinctus amabitur idem." 2 III. —OF UNITY IN RELIGION. RELIGION being the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Essays - 1884 - 722 pages
...sweetest canticle is, ' Nunc dimittis,'9 when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Deatli hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguishoth envy : ' Extinctus amabitur idem.'10 1 Provoke. To eate ; to move (to exertion or feeling... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 pages
...it, the sweetest canticle is, Nunc dimittis; when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also; that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. Extinctus amabitur idem : [the same man that was envied while he lived, shall be loved when he is gone]. III.... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...the sweetest canticle is " Nune dimittis ; " * when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. amabitur idem." OF UNITY IN RELIGION. Religion being the chief band of human society, it is a happy... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - Authors, English - 1888 - 306 pages
...the sweetest canticle is " Nunc dimittis" * when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy: "Extinctus amabitur idem." \ OF REVENGE. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1888 - 336 pages
...it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame and extinguisheth envy. " Extinctus amabitur idem." III. OF UNITY IN RELIGION, RELIGION being the chief band of human society, it is a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...it, the sweetest canticle is, Nunc dimittis ; when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also; that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. Extinctus amabitur idem : [the same man that was envied while he lived, shall be loved when he is gone], 1 The... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 456 pages
...good spirits] Lat. in animo genespeak fearfully and tenderly, and those roso elforti. expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguished envy: Extinctus amabitur idem. NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. P. 12, l. 1. the dark] ' Illa... | |
 | New York State Medical Association - Medicine - 1891 - 658 pages
...believe it the sweetest canticle is Nvnc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy ; extinctus amabitur idem. When dead the same person shall be beloved." A retrospective glance at the work done... | |
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