... it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients - Page 61by Francis Bacon - 1884 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
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