 In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over ; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under an everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he...  Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches - Page 157by Amelia Opie - 1829 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...is troublesome, and needs a great many more to make it good. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...suspicion; so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth; nor trusted when, perhaps, he means honestly. When a man hath once forfeited the reputation... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...journey's end, than by ways in which men often lose themselves. In a word, whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over ; bul the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a roan under an everlasting jealousy... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be ill falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over '9 ; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because...jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed, when hespeaks truth, nor trusted, when perhaps be means honestly2°. When a man hath once forfeited the... | |
 | 1832 - 282 pages
...must naturally tend -to the disappointment of him that practises it. .'Whatsoever convenience may \>& thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is...suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when- perhaps he means honestly. When a,man hath once forfeited the reputation... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1832 - 232 pages
...his journey than byways, in which men often lose themselves. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a manjmder an everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks truth, nor... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...make reason, truth, and nature, the measures of praise' and rfw'praise. 9. Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over ; but the ^'convenience of it is perpetual. 10. The sense of an author being the first object of reading, it... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...passe dry by them if it raine, according to some streets in Chester cyttie." WHATSOEVER convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...is not believed when he speaks truth, nor trusted, when perhaps he means honestly. When a man hath once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...is troublesome, and needs a great many more to make it good. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...suspicion ; so that he is not believed when he speaks the truih ; nor trusted when, perhaps, he means honestly. When a man hath once forfeited the reputation... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...natu•ally tend to the disappointment of him that iractises it ' Whatsoever convenience may be thought o dows when they are in flower, or to trees when they are in blossom, runs through a >erpetual, because it brings a man under ji everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so hat he is not believed... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 pages
...journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. In a word, whatsoever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it...jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when Ъе speaks the truth, nor trusted perhaps when he means honestly. When a man has once forfeited the... | |
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