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" 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 from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page xl
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.' For a lie faces God, and shrinks from roan. Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of...cometh, ' He shall not find faith upon the earth.' * As this is our first specimen, we may stop for a moment to notice the characteristics ot' Bacon's...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...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 man." Surely the wickedness...cometh," he shall not " find faith upon the earth." H. OF DEATH.* MEN fear death, as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear in children...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...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 man." Surely the wickedness...cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it .'-hall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upoa the generations of men : it being foretold...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...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 DEATH. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark : and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...lhat^ajnánj¿etiji, is as much as to say, that he is DravFfowaids^Gfid, and a coward towards men. For a ace, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation thai il shall be Ihe last peal to call the judgments of God upon the genera lions of men : il being...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...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 man." Surely the wickedness...the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the genera tions of men : it being foretold, that when "Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...cannot poffibly be fo highly expreffed, as in that it fhall be the laft Peal, to call the Judgements of God upon the Generations of Men, it being foretold, that when Chrift cometh, He jhall not find Faith upon the Earth. ii. Of Death. |EN fear Death, as Children fear...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.5 For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness...when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the eartfi.6 II. OF DEATH. Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark: and as that natural fear...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a olmasters, and servants, H. OF DEATH. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark : and as that natural fear in children...
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Exercises on Words: Designed as a Course of Practice on the Rudiments of ...

William Russell - English language - 1856 - 240 pages
...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 man." Surely the wickedness...when " Christ cometh," he shall not " find faith upon earth." EXTRACT II. Learning. LORD BACON. Learning taketh away the wiklness and barbarism and fierceness...
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