 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - 1904 - عدد الصفحات: 930
...And as gently lay my head On my grave as now my bed. Religio Medici, ft. II. Sec. 12. SIR T. BROWNE. Death in itself is nothing ; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where. Aurengzebe, Act iv. Sc. 1. j. DRYDEN. Death, so called, is a thing that makes men weep, And yet a third... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 1112
...in search of a great Perhaps"). Dryden may have had Rabelais's phrase in his mind when he wrote, — Death in itself is nothing ; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where. Or perhaps he remembered Shakespeare : Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...hour, — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.* They explain this, however, by the excuse that Death in itself is nothing; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where.** ln fact it is not so much the advancing glacier of iuevitable death that is feared, as what comes after:... | |
 | Frederick Parkes Weber - 1918 - عدد الصفحات: 850
...sleep, perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub." Cf. John Dryden (Aurengzebe, Act iv., Scene 1): — " Death in itself is nothing ; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where." Walter Savage Laudor (Last Fruit, &c., Ixi.) fears that the " sleep " of death necessitates the loss... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - عدد الصفحات: 1422
...Even steal us from ourselves. DRYDEN — All for Love. Act V. Sc. 1. (See also POPE under TIME) 11 ul! What a strange moment must it be, when, near Thy journey's end, thou hast the DRYDEN — Awrengzcbe. Act IV. Sc. 1. 12 So was she soon exhaled, and vanished hence; As a sweet odour,... | |
 | David Harrison Stevens - 1923 - عدد الصفحات: 938
...AURENG-ZEBE. Distrust, and darkness of a future state, Make poor mankind so fearful of their fate. antime I'll go and amuse my aunt with the old pretence of a violent passion for my cousin. Exit 25 E AURENG-ZEBE This is the ceremony of my fate; 5 A parting treat — and I'm to die in state. They lodge... | |
 | Donald Lines Jacobus, Edgar Francis Waterman - 1945 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...was a shining ornament in / his profession ; He died in / full prospect of a blessed immortality. / 'Death in itself is nothing; but we fear / To be we know not what, we know not where.' " "In Memory of / Mrs. Bethia / Daughter of Mr John / & Mrs. Bethia Read / & Wife of Matthew / Watson... | |
 | Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...around to see him, gave a little squeak, and . . . Collided with a spider devil nest. II LOVE AND PEAR Death, in itself, is nothing; but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where. — JOHN DRYDEN, Aureng-Zebe They had crossed the ridge and were back in the forest. Sylvia stepped... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 686
...like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below. 3034 Aureng-Zebe / 3035 'The Character of a Good Parson' Refined himself to soul, to curb the sense And made almost a... | |
 | Sukie Miller - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 242
...John Dryden offered a lyrical explanation for avoiding the issue: "Death itself is nothing," he wrote, "but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where." For centuries, death has drawn the scrutiny of philosophers and poets. For the less reflective and... | |
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DISTRUST, and darkness of a future state, Make poor mankind so fearful of their fate. Death, in itself, is nothing ; but we fear, To be we know not what, we know not where. 
