 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...triumphs over death ; lovle slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it; fear pre-oecupateth to the river of Lethe ; and about the bank there were many birds flying up and down, that wo aflections) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief fiieth to it; fear preoccupateth * it, nay, we read, after...their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. u priser Dieu, et quand et quand de craindre les hommes : > il n'est pas possible d'cn representer... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupieth it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain...of followers. Nay, Seneca adds niceness and satiety : " Consider how long you have been employed in the same pursuits ; not only fortitude or wretchedness,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...him, that can win the Combat of him. Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love flights it ; Honour afpireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; Fear pre-occupateth it : Nay, we read, after Otho the Emperor had flain himfelf, Pity (which is the tendereft of Affedtions) provoked many to die, out of mere Companion... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth...provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their 5 Essais, ii. 18. • Lake xviii. 8. * No doubt he means Seneca, but I cannot find the passage in his... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth...compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers.2 Nay, Seneca s adds niceness and satiety : " Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...trinmphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupateth3 it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain...himself, pity (which is the tenderest of affections) pro1 ' The pomp of death is more terrible than death itself.' Probably suggested by a letter of Seneca... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 812 pages
...of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; Love slights it; Honour aspireth to it; Grief flieth to it1; Fear pre-occupateth it ; nay we read, after Otho the...quamdiu eadem feceris ; mori velle, non tantum fortis, out miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest. A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...triumphs over death : love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth3 it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain...himself, pity (which is the tenderest of affections) pro1 ' The pomp of death is more terrible than death itself.' Probably suggested by a letter of Seneca... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...him, that can win the Combat of him. Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love flights it ; Honour afpireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; Fear pre-occupateth it : nay, we read, after Otho the Emperor had flain himfelf, Pity (which is the tendereft of Affections) provoked many to die out of mere Compaffion... | |
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... 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 triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth... 
