 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 Seiten
...became popular. Bacon says, witli his quaint force,—" The punishing of wits enhances their authority: 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." P. 376, line 25. Fleury. Cardinal ; and minister to Louis XV. P. 376, line... | |
 | Press - 1857 - 294 Seiten
...folly in 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,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1858 - 794 Seiten
...might have avoided had they listened to a great political teacher of two centuries before them : ' The punishing of wits enhances their authority; and...up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.' On the morning of the 18th of December there is a considerable crowd round the avenues of Guildhall.... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1863 - 608 Seiten
...policy of rulers ; and statesmen have at length fully realized the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that " the punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and...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 was now wanting... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 512 Seiten
...have avoided had they listened to a great political teacher 1 of two centuries before them : — " The punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and...up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out." On the morning of the 18th of December there is a considerable crowd round the avenues of Guildhall.... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1865 - 672 Seiten
...policy of rulers ; and statesmen have at length fully realised the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that " the punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and...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 three out of... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1865 - 684 Seiten
...policy of rulers ; and statesmen have at length fully realised the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that " the punishing of wits enhances their authority ; and...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 three out of... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 Seiten
...be the policy of rulers, and statesmen have at length realized the wise maxim of Lord Bacon, that ' the punishing of wits enhances their authority, and...spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them that seek to tread it out.'"2 We shall venture to express a doubt if the common-law principles on this... | |
 | 1902 - 458 Seiten
...anarchistic doctrines the maxim which Lord Bacon used with reference to the censorship of the press, that ' the punishing of wits enhances their authority, and...writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flics up in the faces of them that seek to tread it out.' Scotland Yard is said to feel that England... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 504 Seiten
...them with a 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 that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out." He then adverts to his visit to the famous Galileo, whom he... | |
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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. 
