 ... 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.  The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 375by Francis Bacon - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...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...well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say . that he is brave tmuards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 pages
...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...well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...with the merchant, but for the lie's sake. LORD BACON : Essay /., Of Tnt/ft. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false...: and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquireth the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There ia no vice that my battledore in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I prettily4 when he inquired the reason why tho word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such un... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...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: and therefore Montaigne1 saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...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 ; 70 and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should... | |
 | Maxims - 1876 - 340 pages
...be a greater treachery than first to raise a confidence and then deceive it. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious. All a man can get by lying and dissembling is that he shall not be believed when he speaks the truth.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1877 - 1014 pages
...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...charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a ',. wan lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards Crod and a coward towards men.* For a... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...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. And therefore Montagne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lye should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - American essays - 1921 - 432 pages
...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. * The poet, Lucretius, a Roman poet, of the "sect" of the Epicureans. And therefore Montaigne saith... | |
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