 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pagina’s
...cares, made the servant of his people, or else he were without a calling at all. III.— ON DEATH. 1. I HAVE often thought upon death, and I find it the...already dead ; and all those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mothers, until we return to our grandmother the earth, are part of our... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1857 - 614 pagina’s
...I fly to the profound consolations of the Pioneer of English Philosophy, and lo ! it is written : " I have often thought upon death, and I find it the...already dead ; and all those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mother, until we return to our grandmother, the earth, are part of our... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pagina’s
...on Death. HAVE often thought upon Death,znd I find it the leaft of all Evils. All that which is paft is as a Dream ; and he that hopes or depends upon...coming, dreams waking. So much of our Life as we have difcovered is already dead ; and all thofe Hours which we fhare, even from the breafts of our Mother,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pagina’s
...to the Law. AN ESSAY ON DEATH, By the Lord Chancellor Bacon.i I HAVE often thought upon d.'ath, and find it the least of all evils. All that which is...already dead ; and all those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mother, until we return to our grand-mother the earth, are part of our... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pagina’s
...By the Lord Chancellor Bacon.' I HAVE often thought upon d ath, and find it the least of all evila. All that which is past is as a dream ; and he that...already dead ; and all those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mother, until we return to our grand-mother the earth, are part of our... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pagina’s
...better sort. " Usus proraptoa fucit." AN ESSAY ON DEATH. BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR BACON.t J 1. 1 RAVE often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. All that which is past is as a dream ; arij he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams waking. So much of our life as we have discovered... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pagina’s
...the Law. » AN ESSAY ON DEATH, By the Lord Chancellor Bacon. 1 I HAVE often thought upon death, and find it the least of all evils. All that which is...already dead ; and all those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mother, until we return to our grand-mother the earth, are part of our... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard - 1864 - 268 pagina’s
...in the pleasant village as it had been a hundred nights before. VI. Cnttnnre iipra UnnraMfaeti lift. "I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. I know many wise men that fear to die ; for the change is bitter, and flesh would refuse to prove it... | |
 | 1864 - 704 pagina’s
...eagerly to the shore, and embark with delight. II. I have often thought upon death, and I find it tbe least of all evils. All that which is past is as a dreatn ; and he that hopes and depends upon time coming, dreams waking. So much of our life as we have... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pagina’s
...but vain fantasy; Which is as thin of substance as the air." All that which is past, says Bacon, " is as a dream ; and he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams waking." And Poesy, we remember, was " the dream of knowledge," and "was thought to be somewhat inspired with... | |
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I HAVE often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. All that which is past is as a dream ; and he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams waking. 
