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Excess of ceremony shews want of breeding . That civility is best , which
excludes all superfluous formality . INGRATITUDE a crime so shameful , that the
man was never yet found , who would acknowledge himself guilty of it . TRUTH ]
Truth is ...
Excess of ceremony shews want of breeding . That civility is best , which
excludes all superfluous formality . INGRATITUDE a crime so shameful , that the
man was never yet found , who would acknowledge himself guilty of it . TRUTH ]
Truth is ...
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A Liar begins with making falshood appear like truth , and ends with making truth
itself appear like falthood . Virtue should be considered as a part of taste ; and we
should as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in discourse as we would ...
A Liar begins with making falshood appear like truth , and ends with making truth
itself appear like falthood . Virtue should be considered as a part of taste ; and we
should as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in discourse as we would ...
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ON SINCERITY : TRUTH " RUTH and fincerity have all the advantages of
appearance , and many more . If the shew of any thing be good for any thing , I
am sure the reality is better ; for why does any man dissemble , or seem to be that
which ...
ON SINCERITY : TRUTH " RUTH and fincerity have all the advantages of
appearance , and many more . If the shew of any thing be good for any thing , I
am sure the reality is better ; for why does any man dissemble , or seem to be that
which ...
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A liar hath need of a good memory , left he contradict at one time what he said at
another ; but truth is always consistent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out
; it is always near at hand , and sits upon our lips ; whereas a lie is troublesome ...
A liar hath need of a good memory , left he contradict at one time what he said at
another ; but truth is always consistent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out
; it is always near at hand , and sits upon our lips ; whereas a lie is troublesome ...
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Hot , And I can teach thee , coz , to shame the devil , By telling truth ; Tell truth
and shame the devil .. If thou hast power to raise him , bring him hither , And I'll be
sworn , I've power to shame him hence . Oh , while you live , Tell truth and bame
...
Hot , And I can teach thee , coz , to shame the devil , By telling truth ; Tell truth
and shame the devil .. If thou hast power to raise him , bring him hither , And I'll be
sworn , I've power to shame him hence . Oh , while you live , Tell truth and bame
...
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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