 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...it being foretold, that when Christ cometh " he shall not find faith upon the earth." H. OF DEATH. alludes to him talcs, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin, and passage to... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 566 pages
...correctly anticipated. Certainly it is a general truth, as safe to reason from as any other, that " men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark " ; and yet it is so far from being universally true, as Lord Bacon remarks, " that there is no passion in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...being foretold, that, when "Christ cometh," he shall not "find faith upon the earth."1 H.— OF DEATH.2 MEN fear death as children fear to go in the dark...and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...the sovereign good of human nature.' ESSAY II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is...and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...and home. WORDSWORTH. XL. THE HOUR OF DEATH. " MEN fear death as children fear to go into the durk ; and as that natural fear in children is increased...and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. * * * He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...also Cautionsfor the Times, No. xiii. ESSAY II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is...and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1857 - 672 pages
...and put an end to the harrowing controversy. Men fear death, says Bacon, as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is...and passage to another world, is holy and religious ; hut the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak." " The ancients," says Julius Hare, "... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 348 pages
...equally well in the case of chilblains ? "I am, &c., " ANTIQTJARITJS." No. 87. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1780. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark...children is increased with tales, so is the other. THERE is in the mind of man a fund of superstition, which, in all nations, in all ages, and in all... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...It appears to me that Lord Bacon may have ufed Florio's verfion. 7 Luke xviii. 8. ii. Of Death. JEN fear Death as Children fear to go in the Dark : and as that Natural Fear in Children is encreafed with Tales, fo is the other. Certainly, the Contemplation of Death, as the Wages of Sin and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. II. OP DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark...and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.... | |
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MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the... 
