 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...Truth still is one ; truth is divinely bright, No cloudy doubts obscure her native light. ROSCOMMOS: WHOSOEVER, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth. SIR WALTER RALEGH. • i ' . ' CERTAINLY it is heaven upon earth, to... | |
 | 1902 - 742 pages
...limitations of his ideal are illustrated by his fondness for Sir Walter Raleigh's remark, that " whosoever shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth." Perhaps it is right in the interests of truth to remember that the man in whose praise so much can... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1837 - 398 pages
...tongue. I know that it will be said by many, that I might have been more pleasing to the reader, if I had written the story of mine own times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well head as another. To this I answer, that whoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1837 - 404 pages
...tongue. I know that it will be said by many, that I might have been more pleasing to the reader, if I had written the story of mine own times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well head as another. To this I answer, that whoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 472 pages
...political history: "It will be said by many that I might have been more pleasing to the reader if I had written the story of mine own times, having been...history shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth. There is no mistress or guide that hath led her followers and servants... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 430 pages
...been more pleasing to the reader if I had written the story of mine own times, having been pennitted to draw water as near the well-head as another. ....history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth. There is no mistress or guide that hath led her followers and servants... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 424 pages
...style : " I know that it will be said by many, that I might have been more pleasing to the reader if I had written the story of mine own times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well-head ns another. To this I answer, that whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 606 pages
...written the story of mine own ' times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well-head at ' another. To this I answer, that whosoever, in writing...Truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out ' hit teeth. There is no mistress or guide that hath led her fol' lowers"and servants into greater... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 604 pages
...upon this. * I know it will be said by many that I might have been more * pleasing to the reader if I had written the story of mine own ' times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well-head at ' another. To this I answer, that whosoever, in writing a modern ' history, shall follow Truth too... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 658 pages
...upon this. * I know it will be said by many that I might have been more * pleasing to the reader if I had written the story of mine own ' times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well-head at ' another. To this I answer, that whosoever, in writing a modern ' history, shall follow Truth too... | |
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I know that it will be said by many, that I might have been more pleasing to the reader, if I had written the story of mine own times, having been permitted to draw water as near the well-head as another. 
