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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon - Page 8
by Francis Bacon - 1890 - 405 pages
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Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...found false and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, 38 when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace,...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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Masterpieces in English Literature, & Lessons in the English Language...

Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 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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Masterpieces in English Literature, and Lessons in the English Language ...

Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 474 pages
...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, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces God, and shrinks...
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The Christian text-book and birthday remembrancer

Christian text-book - 1874 - 808 pages
...be discovered in a lie : for as Montaigne saith — " A liar would be brave towards God, while he is a coward towards men ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." — BACON. ';l toirfcrtt Iion- mVtij Ijerti to hi BY lips; arrti a l&r £ibetlj ear to a nauglitg tongue.—...
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Engelske forfattere i udvalg. med biografiske indeldminger og oplysende ...

Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 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...well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say . that he is brave tmuards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks...
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A Dark Secret, Volume 2

Eliza Rhyl Davies - 1875 - 278 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...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...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...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...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...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...found false and perfidious ; 70 and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace...well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards 75 man ; for a lie faces God, and shritiks...
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The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 1

James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 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...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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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...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, " 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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