 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pagina’s
...with tales, so is the other." And in a second essay on the same he says, " I have BACON ON ATHEISM. 99 often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils." These initiatory sentences, chosen with great skill, lead one on to the body of the essay, and fix... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pagina’s
...a watch and care over fames, as they have of the actions and designs themselves. AN ESSAY ON DEATH. 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 grand-mother the earth, are part of our... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard - 1878 - 266 pagina’s
...in the pleasant village as it had been a hundred nights before. VI. Cttttnnre upon SttrauMtorii Eft. "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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 406 pagina’s
...honoreth him not is next an atheist, wanting the fear of God in his heart. HI.— ON DEATH. 1. I HAVK often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. All ttiat which is past is as a dream ; and he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams waking. So... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 pagina’s
...in children is increased with tales, so is the other." And in a second essay on the same he says, " I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils." These initiatory sentences, chosen with great skill, lead one on to the body of the essay, and fix... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pagina’s
...admiration of fools ; the idols of parasites ; and slaves of their own vaunts. AN ESSAY ON DEATH. 1. s our pride. This divinity of genius, however, which...acknowledged in the present times, or in places with ill those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mother, until we return to our grandmother... | |
 | James Thomson - 1881 - 358 pagina’s
...our port but with teares, nor approach our home and quiet abode but with horrour and trembling." " I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. All that which is past is a dream ; and he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams waking. . . . Physicians in the name... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 pagina’s
...the hour of evening tranquil. He contemplated the end with the composure that becomes the scholar: '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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pagina’s
...watch and care over fames, as they have of tho actions and designs themselves. V/ ON DEATH. 1. I UAVE often thought upon death, and I find it the least...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... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 538 pagina’s
...contemplated the end with the composure that becomes the scholar: 'I have often thonght upon death, and I und it the least of all evils. All that which is past...he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams wakinL". So much of our life as we have discovered is already dead; and all those hours which we share,... | |
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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. 
