 Accustom your children (said he) constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window, and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end.  Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches - Page 161by Amelia Opie - 1829 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1879 - 530 pages
...SAMUEL. ACCUSTOM your children to a strict attention to truth, even in the most minute particulars. If a thing happened at one window, and they, when...do not let it pass, but instantly check them. You do not know where deviation from truth will end. — Johnson. THE LITTLE GLEANER. BUBBLES. jHERE are... | |
 | Christian Home Life, S. S. Pugh - 1880 - 232 pages
...its repetition here may be very readily excused. "Accustom your children," he said to Mrs. Thrale, " constantly to this : if a thing happened at one window,...do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you do not know where deviation from truth will e-iid." Mrs. Thrale objected to so strict an application... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...deceive ! Accustom your children to a strict attention to truth, even in the most miuute particulars. If a thing happened at one window, and they, when...do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you do not know where deviations from truth will end. Delude not yourself with the notion that you may... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...conscientiousness : I mean a strict attention to truth even in the most minute particulars. " Accustom your children," said he, " constantly to this : if...do not let it pass, but instantly check them : you do not know where deviation from truth will end." BOSWELL. " It may come to the door : and when once... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...conscientiousness : I mean a strict attention to truth even in the most minute particulars. " Accustom your children," said he, " constantly to this: if...do not let it pass, but instantly check them : you do not know where deviation from truth will end." BOSWELL. " It may come to the door: and when once... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 400 pages
...told of him, than one truth which he does not wish should be told. — Life. Accustom your children constantly to this , if a thing happened at one window,...do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you do not know where deviation from truth will end. . . It is more from carelessness about truth than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...conscientiousness; a strict attention to truth, even in the most minute particulars: " Accustom your children constantly to this. If a thing happened at one window,...do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you do not know where deviation from truth will end." BOSWELL. "It may come to the door; and when once... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pages
...told of him, than one truth which he does not wish should.be told.— Life, v . Accustom your children constantly to this ; if a thing happened at one window,...at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check diem ; you do not know where deviation from truth will end . . It is more from carelessness about truth... | |
 | Rough diamond - 1884 - 390 pages
...illustration of his regard for truth, it is related that he said to Mrs. Thrale, " Accustom your children constantly to this : if a thing happened at one window, and they when relating it say it happened at another, do not let it pass; instantly check them ; you do not know where deviation... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...in the most minute particulars. If a i King happened at one window, and they, when relating it, eay that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them : you do not know where deviations from Truth will end. CrutI). — Bacon. plERTAINLY it is Heaven upon Earth... | |
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