 ... some ants carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and imperfections of...  Address[es] - Page 14by Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862Full view - About this book
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 232 pages
...carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse...is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and imperfection of manners. Virgil did excellently and profoundly couple the knowledge of causes and the... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...cany corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse...is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and imperfection of manners. . . . Virgil did excellently and profoundly couple the knowledge of causes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigatelh fear of death, or adverse fortuno : which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue,...of manners. For if a man's mind be deeply seasoned ivith the consideration of the mortality and corruptible nature of things, he will easily concur with... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 pages
...young, and some go empty, and all to and fro on a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigates fear of death or adverse fortune ; which is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and perfection of manners. . . . Virgil did excellently and profoundly couple the knowledge of causes and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1872 - 602 pages
...fear of death and adverse fortune, which is one of the greatest impediments to virtue and morality ; for if a man's mind be deeply seasoned with the consideration of the mortality and corruptibility of things, he will be as little affected as Epictetus, who ono day seeing a woman weeping... | |
 | William Chambers - 1873 - 326 pages
...carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse...is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and imperfection of manners. . . . Virgil did excellently and profoundly couple the knowledge of causes... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1877 - 560 pages
...carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse...manners. For if a man's mind be deeply seasoned with tlie consideration of the mortality and corruptible nature of things, he will easily concur with Epictetus,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1878 - 50 pages
...this day of how little importance to his fellows is his death. Epictetus, the Phrygian philosopher, went forth one day and saw a woman weeping for her pitcher of earth that was broken, and he went forth the next day and saw a woman weeping for her son that was dead, and when he returned... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1880 - 558 pages
...carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse...is one of the greatest impediments of virtue, and imperfectiona of manners. For if a man's mind be deeply seasoned with the consideration of the mortality... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...carry corn, and some carry their young, and some go empty, and all to and fro a little heap of dust. It taketh away or mitigateth fear of death, or adverse...nature of things, he will easily concur with Epictetus, 1 who went forth one day, and saw a woman weeping for her pitcher of earth that was broken ; and went... | |
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