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Fear of death - Early works to 1800

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    Discorsi morali dell'eccellente S. Fabio Glissenti contra il dispiacer del morire, detto athanatophilia : diuisi in cinque dialoghi, occorsi in cinque giornate : ne'quali si discorre quanto ragioneuolmente si dourebbe desiderar la Morte, e come naturalmente la si uada fuggendo : con trenta vaghi, & vtili ragionamenti, come tante piaceuoli nouelle interposti : cauati da gli abusi del presente viuer mondano : et vn molto curioso trattato della pietra de' filosofi : adornati di bellissime figure, a' loro luoghi appropriate.

    Fabio Glissenti | Date: M.D.XCVI [1596]
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    The christian's defence against the fears of death . With seasonable directions how to prepare ourselves to die well. Written originally in French, by the late Reverend Divine of the Protestant Church of Paris, Char. Drelincourt. Translated into English, by Marius D'Assigny, B.D.

    Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669. | Date: MDCCI. [1751]
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    Happiness revealed: or, reflections on death, the resurrection, the day of judgment, and eternity . Being the sequel to The oeconomy of human life. Addressed to the Earl of Chesterfield.

    | Date: [1752]

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