...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,...

...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...

...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,...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 by life, — mortality...

...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...

...attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune. DEATH. — Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark...children is increased with tales, so is the other. SIIAKSPERE'S BIRTH-DAY,— IN THE FUTURE. The young spring rnorn breaks brightly on а scene Of festival...

...even hand, by depressing another's fortune. DEATH. — Men fear death, as children fear to go in tho dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. SHAKSPERE'S BIRTH-DAY,— IN THE FUTURE. The young spring morn breaks brightly on a scene Of festival...

...of heaven and home. WORDSWORTH. XL. THE HOUR OF DEATH. " MEN few death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is...fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. * * * He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time,...

...are repeated again, vi. 35. " Men fear death," says Bacon, (Essay ii.) " as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other." * First, then, I say that the mind, §c'] Ver. 94. Primum animum dico, mentem quern saipe vocamus,...

...are repeated again, vi. 35. " Men fear death," says Bacon, (Essay ii.) " as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other." ' First, then, I say that the mind, $<:.] Ver. 94. Primum animum dico, mentem quern scepe vocamus,...

...he shall not " find faith upon the earth. II. OF DEATH.* MEN fear death, as children fear to go into the dark; and as that natural fear in children is...religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto na* See note A, at the end of the Essays. ture, is weak. Yet in religious meditations, there is sometimes...