... 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 - Pàgina 4per Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| rev Andrew Cameron - 1867 - 784 pàgines
...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, when be inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge,... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 pàgines
...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 ns to be found false and perfidious ; and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pàgines
...•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...when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie (the imputation of a lie) should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? Saith he, " If it be... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pàgines
...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 MounB2 ' ' taigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such... | |
| Goold Brown - 1862 - 362 pàgines
...lights grim Care and stern Keality in iheir daily pilgrimage through the world. — Dickens. •-*• 5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason,...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 to say, as that he is brave... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pàgines
...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, as to be found false and perfidious? This holds good when falsehood is practised solely for a man's private advantage : but, in a zealous... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pàgines
...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, as to be found false and perfidious.'' This holds good when falsehood is practised solely for a man's private advantage : but, in a zealous... | |
| 1870 - 244 pàgines
...lifce yalloy in coin of gold or silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it cmbaseth it. There is no / vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious ; Montaigne saith prettily, 'l when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a... | |
| Goold Brown - 1870 - 358 pàgines
...pilgrimage through the world. — Dickens. 5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, frhy the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a nan lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave... | |
| Goold Brown - 1872 - 368 pàgines
...daily pilgrimage through the world. — Dickens. 5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired tho reason, why the 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 lieth, is as much to say, as... | |
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