 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 fear...  Literary gems [ed. by J.S.]. - 399 ページLiterary gems 著 - 1826全文表示 - この書籍について
 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 ページ
...goes on to the end of the essay. Of Death, he commences, " 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 in a second essay on the same he says, " I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 ページ
...West. See also Cautions for tJus Times, No. xiii. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, BO is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin, and passage to another... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 ページ
...when Christ cometh, 80 He shall not find faith upon the earth. II MEN fear death as children fear logo in the dark; and as that natural fear in children...wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and 3 religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations... | |
 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1881 - 314 ページ
...there is nothing for hopeful and helpful men and women, the workers of the world, to be afraid of — " Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark, and with as much reason." But this manly disregard of superstitious terrors should not degenerate into... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 ページ
...men : it being foretold, that wheu 'Christ cometh,' he shall not 'find fuith upon earth.' OF DEATH. Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religions meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition. You shall read in some... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell - 1882 - 360 ページ
...his greatness, whose grasp of intellect was, nevertheless, powerless to protect him from venality : ' Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark;...children is increased with tales, so is the other ;' and in like stately measure to the end of that short poignant essay, which would make even one who... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 ページ
...it being foretold, that when " Christ cometh," He shall not " find faith upon the earth." OF DEATH.* Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark...Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages * Death is the inevitable lot of fool and philosopher, and nothing distinguishes the one from the other... | |
 | James L. Ohlson - 1883 - 154 ページ
...find ourselves dishonourable graves. ' ' — Shakespeare. "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. " — Bacon. " Even children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's... | |
 | Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Mrs. Henry Pott - 1883 - 698 ページ
...it merely. (Ham. i. 2.) (See the disturbing force of imagination described in First Essay Of Death.) Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as the natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. The fear of death is most in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 722 ページ
...;' and yet they are not ' covered with shame.' OF DEATH. ATEX fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and •**-*- as that natural fear in children...of sin, and passage to another world, is holy and reli gious ; bnt the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations... | |
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