 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...flieth to it ; Feare pre-occupateth it; Nay we reade, after Otho the Emperour had slaine himselfe, Pitty (which is the tenderest of Affections) provoked many to die, out of meere compassion to their Soveraigne, and as the truest sort of Followers. Nay Seneca addes Nicenesse... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - Church year - 1869 - 646 pages
...triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspires to it ; grief flieth to it j fear pre-occupieth it ; nay, we read after Otho the Emperor had slain...; nay, Seneca adds, niceness and satiety : Cogita quaindiit eadem feceris ; mori velle, non tantumfortis, out miser, sed etiamfastidiosuspotest. A. man... | |
 | Henry Flowerdew - Fisheries - 1871 - 156 pages
...Stormontfield ponds. A certain author writes, '43 love slights death, and he goes on to say, — " After Otho the Emperor had slain himself, pity (which...their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers." The foresaid article gives good accounts also of the Tweed, river Forth, Dee, Don, Spey, Ness, Nith,... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it; fear pre-occupieth it ; nay, we read, after Otho, the emperor, had slain...as the truest sort of followers. Nay, Seneca adds, " Reflect how often you do the same things ; a man may wish to die not only because he is either brave... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1873 - 266 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...it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself,5 1 When] Whereas in point of fact. 2 Pompa mortis, &c.] The parade of death terrifies more... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...it. Other equivalents? Cannot be so highly expressed. Grammatical equivalents ? slights it ; honor aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth...the emperor had slain himself, pity, which is the ten derest of affections, provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...pre-occupateth' 8 it; nay, we read, after Otho' 9 the emperor had slain himself, pity (which isthetenderest of affections) provoked many to die out of mere compassion...sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers. Nay, Seneca adds,niceness and satiety:20 "Cogila quam diu eademfeceris; mori vellc, non tantum fortis, ant miser,... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 474 pages
...it. Other eqnlvalentsf Cannot be so highly txpresied. Grammatical equivalents f slights it ; honor aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupateth...we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pit}', -which is the ten derest of affections, provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1876 - 592 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 preoccupateth...Seneca adds, niceness and satiety: Cogita quamdiu eadeni feceris; mori velle non tantum fortis out miser sed etiam fastidiosus potest. 'A man would die,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 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...followers. Nay, Seneca adds, niceness and satiety. LORD BACON: Essay //., Of Death. A man would die, though he were neither valiant nor miserable, only... | |
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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... 
