Of-Death大学英语作文.docx

OfDeath大学英语作文

menfeardeath,aschildrenfeartogointhedark;andasthatnaturalfear

inchildren,isincreasedwithtales,soistheother.certainly,the

contemplationofdeath,asthewagesofsin,andpassagetoanotherworld,is

holyandreligious;butthefearofit,asatributedueuntonature,isweak.yet

inreligiousmeditations,thereissometimesmitureofvanity,andof

superstition.youshallread,insomeofthefriars鈥?booksofmortification,

thatamanshouldthinkwithhimself,whatthepainis,ifhehavebuthis

finger鈥檚endpressed,ortortured,andtherebyimagine,whatthepainsof

deathare,whenthewholebodyiscorrupted,anddissolved;whenmany

timesdeathpasseth,withlesspainthanthetortureofalimb;forthemost

vitalparts,arenotthequickestofsense.andbyhimthatspakeonlyasa

philosopher,andnaturalman,itwaswellsaid,pompamortismagisterret,

quammorsipsa.groans,andconvulsions,andadiscoloredface,andfriends

weeping,andblacks,andobsequies,andthelike,showdeathterrible.

?itisworthytheobserving,thatthereisnopassioninthemindofman,

soweak,butitmates,andmasters,thefearofdeath;andtherefore,deathis

nosuchterribleenemy,whenamanhathsomanyattendantsabouthim,that

canwinthecombatofhim.revengetriumphsoverdeath;loveslightsit;

honoraspirethtoit;grieffliethtoit;fearpreoccupatethit;nay,weread,after

othotheemperorhadslainhimself,pity(whichisthetenderestofaffections)

provokedmanytodie,outofmerecompassiontotheirsovereign,andasthe

truestsortoffollowers.nay,senecaaddsnicenessandsatiety:cogita

quamdiueademfeceris;morivelle,nontantumfortisautmiser,sedetiam

fastidiosuspotest.amanwoulddie,thoughhewereneithervaliant,nor

miserable,onlyuponawearinesstodothesamethingsooft,overandover.

itisnolessworthy,toobserve,howlittlealterationingoodspirits,the

approachesof