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" It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed... "
The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers ... - Page 506
by Dugald Stewart - 1829
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...more fearful. Better faith he, §biifinent tiits extrimum inter munera pcnut Naturx. It is as natural to die, as to be born , and to a little infant perhaps...one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earneft purfuit, is }ike one that Js wounded in hot blood, who for the time fcarcc feels the hurt j...
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The English Theophrastus: Or, The Manners of the Age: Being the Modern ...

Abel Boyer - 1702 - 404 pages
...much coft upon Death, and by their great preparations made it appear more fearful. It is as natural to die as to be born , and to a little Infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. * It is obfervable, that there is no Paffion in the Mind of Man , but it Matters the Fear of Death...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 10

James Anderson - 1792 - 390 pages
...to die as to be born ; and to a little infant, who anticipates no evil, perhaps the one is as Jittle painful as the other. " He that dies in an earnest pursuit,, is like one that 5s wounded in hot blood, who, rfor the time, scares feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind, fixed and...
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Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses

John Ferriar - 1798 - 334 pages
...in his harangue, " in hot pursuit, the wound itself which brings him is not felt." — Bacon says, He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt. Among these instances of remarkable deaths, I am surprised that the...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...fearful. Better, saith he, " qui finem vitae extremum inter munera, ponat naturae." It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps,...is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...world, is holy and religious, but the fear of it, as a tribute due to nature, is weak. It is as natural to die as to be born,* and to a little infant, perhaps the one is as painful as the other. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguished envy. LORD BACON. I HAVE...
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Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and Verses, Volumes 1-2

John Ferriar - 1812 - 430 pages
...Trim, in his harangue, " in hot pursuit, the wound itself which brings him is not felt."— Bacon says, He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hqt blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt, Among these instances of remarkable deaths, I am...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...fearful. Better, saith he, " qui finem vitae extremum in" ter munera, ponat naturae." It is as natural to die as to be born : and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is a* painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit- is like one that is wounded in hot blood...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 92

1862 - 818 pages
...the tropical heat of an awful crisis. Nor even at the last is the woman wholly lost in the heroine. " He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good doth...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...Death, or the extreme end of life, among the common circumstances or gifts of nature." It is as nutural to die, as to be born ; and to a little infant perhaps...is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a * To illustrate this observation. I remember an anecdote...
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