 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...  Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One - 第 18 頁Francis Bacon 著 - 1820 - 539 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | George Burgess - 1851 - 348 頁
...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 頁
...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...pre-occupieth it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity — which is the tenderest of affections — provoked many to die out of mere... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 頁
...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...; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it : nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 頁
...by mine opinion, carrieth away the praise. Ascham. VI. IT is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and...; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth it, nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 頁
...mates and mafters the Fear of Death. And therefore Death is no fuch terrible Enemy, when a man hath fo many Attendants about him, that can win the Combat of him. Revenge triumphs over Death ; Love flights it ; Honour afpireth to it ; Grief flieth to it ; Fear pre-occupateth it : Nay, we read, after... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 頁
...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...it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 頁
...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...it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth it ; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity, which is the tenderest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 頁
...blacks1 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...him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor... | |
 | John Baillie - 1856 - 416 頁
...remarked that " there is no passion in the mind of man so weak hut it mates and masters the fear of death. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour...it ; grief flieth to it ; fear pre-occupieth it." In a sense which Bacon did not personally know, dear Adelaide "mastered" the last enemy. "I feel,"... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 頁
...complete angthing, to learn angthing thoroughly, or to reform oneself.' ANNOTATIONS. ' There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.' Of all the instances that can be given of recklessness of life, there is none that comes near that... | |
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