 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...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 3081850Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 528 pages
...the principles of Law and Philosophy. (Essays Civil and Moral, 11.) " It u 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 546 pages
...man hath, will he give for his life. " The aphorism of Bacon is more worthy of consideration : — " There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death." No ; the murderer is neither effectually deterred, nor adequately punished. The punishment falls upon... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 548 pages
...man hath, will he give for his life." The aphorism of Bacon is more worthy of consideration : — " There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death." V" No ; the murderer is neither effectually deterred, nor adequately punished. The punishment falls... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 910 pages
...the drunkard, the suicide, are all positive proofs that the fear of death has no restraining power j or if any, still not enough to counteract the emotions,...maddening passions which lead men to commit murder arc to be held in check by it ? And now having shown that murderers cannot be restrained by the threat... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible, /sit 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 "I about him, that can... | |
 | George Burgess - 1850 - 348 pages
...wretched," says Seneca, " but even the fastidious can wish to die." Lord Bacon makes the remark, that " there is no passion in the mind of man, so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death." "Revenge triumphs over death: love slights it: honour aspires to it: grief flies to it: fear preoccupates... | |
 | George Burgess - 1850 - 362 pages
...wretched," says Seneca, " but even the fastidious can wish to die." Lord Bacon makes the remark, that « there is no passion in the mind of man, so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death." " Revenge triumphs over death : love slights it : honour aspires to it : grief flies to it : fear preoccupates... | |
 | 1850 - 504 pages
...die schöne Stelle aus Lord Bacon's Essays : It is worthy the obsercing , that there is no pas~ sion in the mind of man so weak , but it mates and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no lerrible enemy, tchen a man has so many attendants about him, that can win the... | |
 | George Burgess - 1851 - 348 pages
...wretched," says Seneca, " but even the fastidious can wish to die." Lord Bacon makes the remark, that " there is no passion in the mind of man, so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death." "Revenge triumphs over death : love slights it : honour aspires to it : grief flies to it : fear preoccupates... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show 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 ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him, that can win... | |
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