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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's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...a man lieth, is as-much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards ?5 man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness...men : it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, 80 He shall not find faith upon the earth. II MEN fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.'' Surely the...be so highly expressed as in that it shall be the lasfrpeal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold, that when '...
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Text-book of Prose from Burke, Webster, and Bacon: With Notes, and Sketches ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 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." OF DEATH. 2 MEN fear death as children fear to go- in the dark; and as that natural fear in children...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards ?5 man ; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness...men : it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, 80 He shall not find faith upon the earth. II MEN fear death as children fear logo in the dark; and...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...that a man licth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a ve for fourpence-halfpenny a day. The characteristic peculiarity of his tho judgments of God upon the generations of men : it being foretold, that when Christ cometh "Ho shall...
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English Lessons, for Schoolroom Use

Kathleen Knox - English language - 1882 - 156 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...Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth." 1 . What would be the modern rendering of " There be that delight in giddiness " ? 2. What is the meaning...
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The Moral and Historical Works of Lord Bacon: Including His Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he ia brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man ;" surely the...generations of men : it being foretold, that, when "Christ crmeth," he shall not " find faith upon the earth." II.— OF DEATH.' V MEN fear death as children...
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Essays, moral, economical, and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 pages
...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...upon the generations of men : it being foretold, that wheu 'Christ cometh,' he shall not 'find fuith upon earth.' OF DEATH. Men fear death as children fear...
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Francis Bacon: (Lord Verulam.): A Critical Review of His Life and Character

Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 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." OF DEATH.* Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children...
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The Railway Clerk, Volume 14

Clerks - 1915 - 436 pages
...that a man licth, 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 should be the false peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men: it being foretold,...
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