 If it be 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 from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly...  The Essays - Page 3by Francis Bacon - 1908 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...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 God, and a coward towards men.' For a lie faces God, and shrinks from roan. Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of faith, cannot possibly be so highly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...he, 'If it be well weighed, To say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave tuwards God, and a coward towards men.' For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of faith, cannot possibly be so highly... | |
 | 1902 - 560 pages
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 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...coward towards men : for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it .'-hall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upoa the generations of men : it being foretold... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falsehood, W FsRG H#ϒ, SZ 4 [ 7 1 hF Ȗ` rՃ ,kE ш $ e g kZY>KC6 >.lЧ5` "U peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold, that when Christ... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falsehood cayed and demolished ? It is not possible to have the true pictur thai il shall be Ihe last peal to call the judgments of God upon the genera lions of men : il being... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...coward towards men*. " For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold that when Christ... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 414 pages
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 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...an Odious Charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, To fay that a Man lieth, is as much as to fay, That he is brave towards God, and a Coward towards Men. For a Lie faces God, and fhrinks from Man. Surely the Wickednefs of Falfehood, and Breach of Faith, cannot poffibly be fo highly... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...coward towards men.5 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men: it being foretold 'that when Christ... | |
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