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 Father and Daughter: A Tale - Page 137by Amelia Alderson Opie - 1827 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
| Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...trust and confidence in him, which is an unspeakable advantage in the business and affairs of life. divination, which foretold every thing that afterwards troubletome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make... | |
| Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 pages
...p. 36,) I stand with something else. — Consistent, signifies the fitness to be placed together. " Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out." Tillotson. Con-sale, consolor, and solace, solatium, are evidently from the same source, (see SoLUM,... | |
| 1826 - 450 pages
...always confiftent with itfelf, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and fits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lye is troublefome, and fets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great many mf¡re... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...elevated and dignified character of a clergyman to engage in the ordinary pursuits of other men ; ' Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out.' TILLOTSON. INCONSISTENT, INCONGRUOUS, INCOHERENT. Inconsistent, from sisto to place, marks the unfitness... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1827 - 280 pages
...twenty, they instruct their sons only in three things ; — to manage the horse, to make use of the how, and to speak the truth,'''' — SPECTATOR, Letter...and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out, be'bre we are aware : whereas a LIE is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and... | |
| William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...heirs, ns certainly as he can his lands, a noble descent would then indeed be a very valuable privilege. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. The pleasure, which affects the human mind with the... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...could be delivered as a precept only by. him who lived and died to establish it by his example. Slnon. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention on the rack, and one trick needs a great many more of the same kind to make it good. — Ibid. Most... | |
| 1827 - 590 pages
...integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...Whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention on the rack; and one trick needs a great many more of the same kind to make it good. Be very careful... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1828 - 296 pages
...that, from the age of five years to twenty, they instruct their sous only in three things ; — to manage the horse, to . make use of the bow, and to...always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is read}' to drop out, before we are aware : whereas a LIE is troublesome, and sets a man's invention... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...good memory, lest he contradict at one time what he said at another; but truth is always consistent, and needs nothing to help it out: it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips; whereas a lie is troublesome, and needs a great many more to make it good. In a word, whatsoever convenience... | |
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