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" ... 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... "
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon - Page 8
by Francis Bacon - 1890 - 405 pages
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The Family treasury of Sunday reading, ed. by A. Cameron (W. Arnot ...

rev Andrew Cameron - 1867 - 784 pages
...be found false and 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, ' If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God...
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...false, and perfidious. And therefore MounB2 ' ' taigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such a Disgrace,...and a Coward towards Men. For a Lie faces God, and shrinkes from Man. Surely the Wickednesse of Falshood, and Breach of Faith, cannot possibly be so highly...
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The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of ...

Goold Brown - English language - 1862 - 362 pages
...through the world. — Dickens. •-*• 5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace...he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men." — Bacon. , him up to heaven ! Eternal fountain of our feeling ! 'tis here 1 trace tbec, and this...
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...Montaigne saith prettily, 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...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...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...be found false and perfidious ; and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a 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,...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 pages
...inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge, <Jjf 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 man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks...
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The Institutes of English Grammar: Methodically Arranged; with Forms of ...

Goold Brown - English language - 1870 - 358 pages
...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...charge. Saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a nan lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men." — Bacon....
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The American Popular Speaker: Designed for the Use of Schools, Lyceums ...

Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...be found false and perfidious ; and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a 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,...
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... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons ...

International Sunday School Lessons - 1870 - 244 pages
...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 disgrace and such an odioua \chargc, saith he, •* If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth Is as much as to say...
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A Harmony of the Essays, Etc. of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 634 pages
...? Saith he, If it be well weighed, To fay that a man lieth, is as much to fay, as that he is braue towards God, and a Coward towards men." For a Lie faces God, and fhrinkes from Man. Surely the Wickedneffe of Falfhood, and Breach of Faith, cannot poffibly be fo highly...
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