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" ... a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage... "
State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the ... - Page 37
by David Lloyd - 1766
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The Friend, Conducted by S.T. Coleridge, No, Volume 1

Derwent Coleridge - 1863 - 414 pages
...stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell : this same truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the...
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Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His ...

Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the [5] lie's sake. But I cannot tell ; this same truth is [3.] Bacon (in his " Wisdom of the Ancients,"...
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...(loss) to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell ; this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant, but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell : this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the...
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The Essays of Lord Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell :5 this Pref. 3, ' An understanding man, and one that can distinguish...
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Masterpieces in English Literature, and Lessons in the English Language ...

Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 pages
...stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell : this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the...
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Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for" pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell:" this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not shew the...
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Readings in English literature, prose

English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant, but for tho lie's sake. But I cannot tell; this same truth is a naked and open daylight that doth not show...
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Engelske forfattere i udvalg. med biografiske indeldminger og oplysende ...

Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell: this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as 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...
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