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" One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies : where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; but for the lie's... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page xl
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should...truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights....
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The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Prose and Verse: Complete in One Volume

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pages
...are the persons to be entertained I — " One of the later schools of the Grecians (says Lord Bacon) en and silent dell ! And grateful, that, by nature's I cannot tell why, this same truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth nut show the masques and...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 11

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1847 - 606 pages
...Shakspeare, which unfortunately he did not. " One of the later schools of the Grecians," says he, " is at a stand to think what should be in it, that...with the merchant ; BUT FOR THE LIE'S SAKE. But I (•-iiniot tell : this same truth is a naked and open daylight that doth not show the masques, and...
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ..., Volumes 5-6

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...thinking of Bacon, or fresh from the reading of the passage in his Essay on Truth, in which he says, " This same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world half so stately and daintily as candle lights....
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...natural, though corrupt love, of the lie itself. One of the latter schools of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand, to think what should...This same truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as...
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The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...are the persons to be entertained ? — " One of the later schools of the Grecians (says Lord Bacon) is at a stand to think what should be in it that men...lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poete ; nor for advantage, as with the merchant ; hut lor the lie's sake. I cannot tell why, this same...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...natural, though corrupt, love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should...Truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights....
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Bacon; His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should he in it that men should love lies ; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantagr, as with the merchant, hut for the lie's sake. But I cannot tell: this same Truth is a naked...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later schools of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should...truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights....
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...natural, though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later schools of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should...truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelights....
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