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" If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say as 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 Essayes, Or Counsels, Civill & Morall of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam - Page 5
by Francis Bacon, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1907 - 199 pages
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...disgrace, and such an odious charge: " If it be well weighed, to say that a man lies, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards...faith, cannot possibly be so highly expressed, as that it shall be the last peal, to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men ; it being...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...disgrace, and such an odious charge, " 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...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 cometh," he shall...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...and such an odious charge? "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 He faces God, and shrinks from man," Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith, cannot...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...and such an odious charge, " 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...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 cometh," he shall...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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...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 cometh, " he shall...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...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...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 coraeth, " he shall...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...coward towards " men. For a lye faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falshood, 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 cometh he shall...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...odious charge ? Saith he, " If it be well " weighed, to say that a man ly eth, is as much as to say, " that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards " men. For a lye faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falshood, and breach of faith, cannot...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...disgrace, and such an odious charge, " 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...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 cometh," he shall...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...disgrace, and such an odious charge, " 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...as in that it shall be the. last peal to call the jndgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold that when " Christ cometh," he shall...
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