 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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, saith he, " If it be well " weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to " say, that he is brave... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...found false and perfidious. And therefore Montague saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why 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 man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...false 4* and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he enquireth the reason, why 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 man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...reason^ Why the word of the lie should he such a disgrace, od nch an odious charge ? Saith he, ' If it he well weighed, To say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is hrave ''lwait God, and a coward towards men.' For a lie faces rrod, and shrinks from man. Surely the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...found false and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, Why 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 man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave tuwards... | |
 | Philosophy - 1847 - 380 pages
...is the abstract idea of an action, taking the part of a substantive, as, " to say that a man lyeth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward toward man."t "The more he knows the more he is desirous of knowing, and yet the farther he advances... | |
 | General principles - 1847 - 132 pages
...is the abstract idea of an action, taking the part of a substantive, as, " to say that a man lyeth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward toward man." f " The more he knows the more he is desirous of knowing, and yet the farther he advances... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...the lie should be such ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL. 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 God, Hnd a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man." Surely the wickedness of falsehood,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...an Odious Charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, To fay that a Man lieth, is as much as to fay, That he is brave towards God, and a Coward towards Men. For a Lie faces God, and fhrinks from Man. Surely the Wickednefs of Falfehood, and Breach of Faith, cannot poffibly be fo highly... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...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 4 Lueret. ii. init. Comp. Adv. of Learning, i. 8. 5. odious charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed,... | |
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Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why 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 man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward... 
