 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...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 perfidious...: 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
...the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There ia no vice that doth so edore 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 - 1876 - 660 pages
...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... | |
 | Maxims - 1876 - 340 pages
...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...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,... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pages
...the serpent, which gouth 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:...charge, ''If it be well weighed, to say that a man lietli, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...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; 30 and therefore Montaigne 31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious;30 and therefore Montaigne31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the...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... | |
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... 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. 
