Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one... The Spectator - Side 1321726Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Alexander Malcolm Williams - 1909 - 454 sider
...different words, which are of the same grammatical value, as " Truth is. always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ". Throw away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath ; O roy God, Take the gentle path ! The repetition of the... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 406 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troubletome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more... | |
| Dublin city, univ - 1865 - 348 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more... | |
| George Leopold Hurst - 1926 - 568 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware: whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more... | |
| 1922 - 648 sider
...is always consistent with Itself, and needs nothing to help It out. It to always near at hand, sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware. Whereas a He is troublesome and sets a man's Invention on the rack to fabricate twenty more in order to make... | |
| 1853 - 612 sider
...honourable. It has this advantage, too, it needs nothing to help it out. It is always at hand, sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware, — whereas a lie is troublesome ; it sets a man's invention on the rack, and one lie needs a great many mora to... | |
| John Hamilton Moore - 1806 - 402 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it oust ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more... | |
| 1875 - 430 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out : it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troublesome, sets a man's invention upon the rack, and needs a great many more to make it good.... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1876 - 580 sider
...always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more... | |
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