...clear and round2 dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth3 it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely...

...embafeth it : for thefe winding and crooked Courfes are the Goings of the Serpent ; which goeth bafely upon the belly, and not upon the Feet. There is no Vice that doth fo cover a Man with Shame as to be found falfe and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne faith prettily,...

...other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 20. There is no vice that doth so much cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious. All that a man gets by lying is, that he is not believed when he speaks the truth. 21. The man of true...

...clear and round dealing 3 is the honour of man's nature ; and that mixture of falsehood is like allay in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that i Lucretius. See the beginning of the second book. 3 veritulem aut potiue veracitatem. doth so cover...

...clear and round dealing3 is the honour of man's nature ; and that mixture of falsehood is like allay in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that 1 Lucretius. See the beginning of the second book. 2 verilatem out poilus veracitateni. doth so cover...

...is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth3 it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the...man with shame as to be found false and perfidious ; aud therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should...

...clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal...crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which gocth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." P. 4.: — " Surely the wickedness of falsehood...

...Vols. I. and II. London : Chapman & Hall. 1858. IN his Essay on Truth, Lord Bacon has remarked : " There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame...found false and perfidious ; and, therefore, Montaigne faith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word lie should be such a disgrace, and such an...

...generally recognised in the seventeenth century ; but the writers of that age frequently disregard them : There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. — Bacon. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise. — Shakspere....

...clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embasetli it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely...