 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 trang
...auctoritas." " The punishing of wits enhances their authority," says Lord Bacon ; " and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out." — Watton. Ver. 51. Sejanus, Wolsey ,] The one the wicked... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 566 trang
...The punishing of wits enhances their authority," saith the Viscount St. Albans ; " and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out." This order, therefore, may prove a nursing mother to sects,... | |
 | 1851 - 560 trang
...reputation : the punishment of wits enhances their authority, saith the Viscount St. Albans; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth,...up in the face of them who seek to tread it out." " Those corruptions which it seeks to prevent, break in faster at doors which cannot be shut. To prevent... | |
 | 1855 - 892 trang
...MILTON. IMPOLICY OF PUNISHING OPINION. The punishing of arts enhances their authority; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of those who seek to tread it out. — VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Humilis... | |
 | Press - 1857 - 294 trang
...trying to suppress it. The punishing of wits, says Bacon shrewdly, enhances their authority. A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the face of those who try to tread it out. It does not follow, because libels are a sign of discontents, that the... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1858 - 794 trang
...teacher of two centuries before them : ' The punishing of wits enhances their authority; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.' On the morning of the 18th of December there is a considerable... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1863 - 608 trang
...the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that " the punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of them that seek to tread it out." Henceforth the freedom of the press was assured; and nothing... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1865 - 672 trang
...the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that " the punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of them that seek to tread it out." 1 Verdicts were obtained in ' He was charged with no libel... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 512 trang
...two centuries before them : — " The punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out." On the morning of the 18th of December there is a considerable... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1865 - 684 trang
...the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that " the punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of them that seek to tread it out." 1 Verdicts were obtained in 2 He was charged with no libel... | |
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The punishing of wits enhances their authority, saith the Viscount St. Albans, and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out. 
