 ... 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.  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 4by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Arnold - 1873 - 418 pages
...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...should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? Saith he, 'If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is as much as to say that he is brave towards... | |
 | W J Morgan - 1874 - 750 pages
...must quote some weighty words of Lord Bacon on this point : "There is novice," he says (Essay 1st), "that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found...prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word lie should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge, saith he, ' If it be well weighed, to say... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1873 - 266 pages
...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...as to be found false and perfidious ; and therefore Montaigne3 saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie* should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1873 - 382 pages
...which lights grim Care and stern Reality in their daily pilgrimage through tho world. — Dickens. 5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason,...word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such au odious charge. Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lictli, is as much to say, as... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1873 - 366 pages
...daily pilgrimage through tho world. — Dickens. 5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired tho reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith ho, " If it bo well weighed, to say that a man licth, is as much to say, as that ho is bravo... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...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...And, therefore, Montaigne saith prettily, when he enquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...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...perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, 38 when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace, and such an odious... | |
 | Ezra Hall Gillett - Literature and morals - 1874 - 440 pages
...are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." J Indeed, " there is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious." In the " Essay on Adversity," which, compared with prosperity, is called " the greater benediction,... | |
 | Christian text-book - 1874 - 808 pages
...Christian's head : • One view of Jesus as He is Will strike all sin for ever dead. Cmupcr. REFLECTIONS. ""THERE is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to •*• be discovered in a lie : for as Montaigne saith — " A liar would be brave towards God, while he is a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...it—and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it—is the sovereign good of human nature.' ' There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame, astooe found false and perfidious.' This holds good when falsehood is practised solely for a man's... | |
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