 ... 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
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 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 as to say . that he is brave tmuards... | |
 | Eliza Rhyl Davies - 1875 - 278 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 as to say that he is brave towards... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 pages
...winding and crooked courses aro 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 as to say that he is brave towards... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...nor for advantage, as with the merchant, but for the lie's sake. LORD BACON : Essay /., Of Tnt/ft. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame...: 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,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...winding and crooked courses aro 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 Montaigne1 saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There ia by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a-beating...coffin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I prettily4 when he inquired the reason why tho word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such un... | |
 | Maxims - 1876 - 340 pages
...a slave. There cannot be a greater treachery than first to raise a confidence and then deceive it. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious. All a man can get by lying and dissembling is that he shall not be believed when he speaks the truth.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 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 Montagne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lye should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pages
...winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which gouth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...charge, ''If it be well weighed, to say that a man lietli, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men: for a lie faces... | |
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