 | George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pages
...like, show death terrible. It ii worthy the observing, that there is uo passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death...; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth it ; Nay we read, after Otho the Emperor had slain himself, pity... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...like, shew death terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death...; Love slights it ; Honour aspireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; t Fear pre-occupateth it ; nay we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, Pity... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - English essays - 1861 - 630 pages
...terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates2 and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death...death: love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth' it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...terrible. It u worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates aud masters the fear of death : and therefore death is...death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it; Nay we read, after Otbo the Emperor had slain himself, pity (... | |
 | Edward Balme Wheatley Balme - Crime - 1862 - 194 pages
...to criminal treatment, Lord Bacon's often-cited paradox, 'there ' is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it ' mates and masters the fear of death,' and therefore greatly, a fortiori, masters any lesser fear. The whole history of mankind, every day's experience,... | |
 | Alexander Smith - English essays - 1863 - 338 pages
...observing, that there is no passion in the minde of man so weake but it mates and masters the feare of death; and therefore death is no such terrible...when a man hath so many attendants about him that can winne the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death, love subjects it, honour aspireth to it, grief... | |
 | 1863 - 910 pages
...that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death ; <md therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that they wig the combat of him. Rovenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...terrible. It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man rso weak, but it mates2 and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death...many attendants about him that can win the combat of Mm. Revenge triumphs over death : love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear... | |
 | Choice sayings - Quotations, English - 1866 - 170 pages
...Bacon, one of the greatest of philosophers, observes, " That there is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of Death;...Death ; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth it; nay, we read, after Otho the Emperor had slain himself, pity (which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...what is called dry-pointing — the grindthe observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death...that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over [7] ing of needles and of table-forks. The fine steel dust which they breathe brings on a painful disease... | |
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It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates ' and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge... 
