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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... "
Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ... - Page 65
by Ancient learning - 1812
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On the Maintenance of Health

Henry Lowndes - 1877 - 72 pages
...He that fears death dieth many times over. Bacon says, " Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark, and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales so is the other •" and again, " as was well said, ' Pompa mortis magis terret quam mors ipsa.' Groans and convulsions...
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Materials and Models for Greek Prose Composition

1878 - 312 pages
...number double. I admit the number,' said I, ' mentioned.' Piato, Sophist. 219, 22O ; Ion, 537, C. sqq. 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. By him that spake only as a philosopher, and natural man, it was well said, '...
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Alternatives to Institutionalization of the Elderly, 1973: Joint Hearings ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1973 - 226 pages
...for Tulare and King Counties, California] A Hiding Place tO Die Elizabeth Markson Francis Bacon said, "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as chat natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other." Much of this fear of death...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1974 - 1758 pages
...for Tulare and King Counties, California] A Hiding Place tO Die Elizabeth Markson Francis Bacon said, "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other." Much of this fear of death is valuator for survival, but it has also tended to obscure the actual conditions...
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A Critical History of English Literature: Shakespeare to Milton, Volume 2

David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...sentences—memorable and quotable. "What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer." "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales so is the other." "Revenge is a kind of wild justice . . ." "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune."...
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Growing Old in America

Beth B. Hess - 1980 - 622 pages
...bodies of the old people in their care. 15 A Hiding Place to Die* Elizabeth Markson Francis Bacon said, "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other." Much of this fear of death is valuable for survival, but it has also tended to obscure the actual conditions...
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Ceremony and Civility in English Renaissance Prose

Anne Drury Hall - 2010 - 217 pages
..."reconsiderations" often invoke a text with special authority. "Of Death" starts with the superciliousness of, "Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other"; it ends, however, with, "But above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis" (Essays,...
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Philosophy of Neurological Surgery, Page 568

Issam A. Awad, AANS Publications Committee - 1995 - 274 pages
...NY: Churchill Livingstone; 1992. CHAPTER 8 The Philosophy of Dying and Death Howard H. Kaufman, MD Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark, and as the natural fear of children is increased with tales, so is the other, — Francis Bacon (1561-1624)...
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The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland

Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 pages
...justice (Essay 33). Of Death is a good example of how Bacon handles a vast subject in an accessible way: 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. Many of Bacon's essays raise issues fundamental to the era. For example, Of Revenge...
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Cambridge Textbook of Accident and Emergency Medicine

David V. Skinner - 1997 - 1296 pages
...Management of the deceased patient Management of the relatives Staff support Multiple deaths Organ donation "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other." (Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625). INTRODUCTION Death in the accident and emergency (A&E) department is...
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