 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 páginas
...being foretoldthat, when "Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon the earth." II.— OF 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.... | |
 | 1910 - 862 páginas
...the "mercy," the "port," the "veil," but te Is also "the wages of sin." "Men fear death," says Bacon, "as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of ih'Hih. as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it,... | |
 | 1916 - 880 páginas
...children fear is nearly always conveyed by suggestion. Children are proverbially afraid of darkness — "men fear death as children fear to go in the dark" — and yet few children are afraid of darkness as such. They are afraid because they have been told by foolish... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 páginas
...entitled 'Of Death,' had appeared in the edition of 1612. We will give the greater part of it : — 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.^... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 páginas
...entitled ' Of Death,' had appeared in the edition of 1612. We will give the greater part of it : — Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark...of death as the wages of sin and passage to another wgrld, is holy and religious; but the fear of it as a tribute due unto nature is weak. Yet in religious... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 páginas
...entitled ' Of Death,' had appeared in the edition of 1612. We will give the greater part of it : — Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark...natural fear in children is increased with tales, s0 is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death as the wages of sin and passage to another world,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 páginas
...entitled ' Of Death,' had appeared in the edition of 1612. We will give the greater part of it:— Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and s' that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is thf other. Certainly, the contemplation... | |
 | Robert Mushet - 1847 - 524 páginas
...belief and reliance on these sources of hope. " The contemplation of death," says a great philosopher, " as the wages of sin, and passage to another world,...and religious; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak." 5. When we believe, or rather if we do believe, that death will be followed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 páginas
...being foretold, that when Christ cometh " he shall not find faith upon the earth." . II. OF DEATH. al unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations, there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 páginas
...shall not " find'iaitli'uponthe earth.' II. OF DEATH.» X MEN fear death, 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 ; bnt the fear of it, as a tribute due unto na* See note A, at the end of Ibe Essays. ч / ture, is... | |
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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... 
