 To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of 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...  The Father and Daughter: A Tale - Seite 137von Amelia Alderson Opie - 1827 - 96 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 Seiten
...of 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 coirr 1 Lord Bacon has either translated this passage of Lucretius from memory or has purposely paraphrased... | |
 | Thomas William White - 1892 - 326 Seiten
...his own scandal. (I. 4.) And in Essay No. 1 : A mixture of falsehood in dealing is like alloy in com of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. 2. Let him go, Gertrude, do not fear our person. There's such divinity doth hedge a king That treason... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 342 Seiten
...of civil business ; it will be acknowledged even by those that practice it not, that clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature, and that mixture...is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may 1 Lord Bacon has either translated this passage of Lucretius from memory, or has purposely paraphrased... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 Seiten
...your part ; there all the honor lies. Pope. Clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature, and mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold...silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it cmbaseth it ; for these windings and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1894 - 688 Seiten
...and round 24 dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy *5 in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth a6 it. For these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ; which goeth basely upon... | |
 | William Chatterton Coupland - 1895 - 746 Seiten
...be acknowledged, even by those, that practize it not, that cleare and Round dealing, is the Honour of Man's Nature; And that Mixture of Falsehood, is like Alloy in Coyne of Gold and Silver; which may make the Metall worke the better, but it embaseth it. For these... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1897 - 168 Seiten
...themselves. This 12 Lord Bacon. Lord Bacon also says : " It will he acknowledged even by those that practice it not, that clear and sound dealing is the honor...may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth [debases] it. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious."... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 540 Seiten
...that clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature ; and that mixture of falsehood is like the alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. Montaigne... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 542 Seiten
...good of human nature. It will be acknowledged even by those that practice it not, that clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature; and that mixture of falsehood is like the alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - 1903 - 384 Seiten
...will be acknowledged even by those that practise it not, that clear and round2 dealing is8 the honour of man's nature ; and that mixture of falsehood is...may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth l it. For these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ; which goeth basely upon... | |
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