 ... 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 - Page 4by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...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...man with shame as to be found false and perfidious; 30 and therefore Montaigne 31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should... | |
 | Quite - 1878 - 90 pages
...granted that a dishonourable, shirky, shifty, untruthful gentleman is an impossible creature.— " There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false, for a lie faces God and is a coward to man."—Yet it is a melancholy fact, that there are a great... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...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...man with shame as to be found false and perfidious ; 70 and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...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;30 and therefore Montaigne31 saith prettily when he inquired the reason why the word of... | |
 | James Wolfendale - 1879 - 762 pages
...washing of my tears needs still to be washed over again with the blood of my Redeemer " [Up. Dnv-riibjK\. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious [Bacon]. The disposition of a liar is dishonourable, and his shame is ever •with him (Ecclus. xx.... | |
 | Francis Nathan Peloubet - 1876 - 246 pages
...like alloy in coin of gold or silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious ; Montaigne eaith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 pages
...courses are the goings of the serpent ; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. rThere Saith he, // it be well weighed, to say that a man lietft, is as' much to say, as that he is brave... | |
 | Rudolf Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pages
...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 Montaigne3 saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent. ; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not s song, in warmth increasing ever, And seems to one...grassy hills. ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER Saith he, 7/ // be well weighed, to say that a man lielh, is as much to say, as that he is brave tou'ards... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 pages
...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...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 towards... | |
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