...civil business ; it will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin 1 Lord Bacon has cither translated this passage of Lucretius from memory or lias purposely paraphrased...

...civil business ; it will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin 1 Lord Bacon has either translated this passage of Lucretius from memory or has purposely paraphrased...

...of death. Round dealing is the honour of man's nature ; and a mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it debaseth it. Death openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. Revenge is a kind of wild...

...of civil business; it will be acknowledged even by those that practise it not, that clear and rouud dealing is the honor of man's nature, and that mixture...it. For these winding and crooked courses are the goiugs of the serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that...

...in a State than that cunning men pass for wise." 5 But in his Essay on Truth he is obliged to admit that " mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin...silver, which may make the metal work the better," though the metal is debased 1 Essays, xl. 32. » Ibid. vi. 76. » Ibid. vi. 110-113. 4 Ibid. xiii....

...will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that 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 65 may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. For these winding and crooked courses are...

...follow fools. Round dealing is the honor of man's nature; and a mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. It may be fitly remarked here that Bacon's method of composition, of itself, will account for the rare...

...clear and round dealing3 is the honour of man's nature ; and ffiat mixture of falsehood is like allay in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the Jictterf hut it embaseth it. For these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ;...

...positively and without conditions, but with qualification and reservation. In his Essay on Truth he says, " Mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold...make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it." In another passage, "Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day, but...

...will be acknowledged even by those that practice it not, that clean and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of geld and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. For these winding and...