 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 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... | |
 | Amelia Opie - 1825 - 612 pages
...extract, from which I give the following quotation, but I refer my readers to No. 352 of the Spectator. " Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...are aware : whereas a LIE is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one break wants a great many more to make it good. It is like... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - English language - 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,... | |
 | Literature - 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 - English language - 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... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 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...are aware ; 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.... | |
 | Amelia Alderson Opie - 1827 - 388 pages
...extract, from which I give the following quotation, but I refer my readers to No. 352 of the Spectator. " Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...are aware; whereas, a LIE is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one break wants a great many more to make it good. It is like... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 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...are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. The pleasure,... | |
 | 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...are aware. 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.... | |
 | Amelia Opie - Truthfulness and falsehood - 1827 - 280 pages
...extract, from which I give the following quotation, but I refer my readers to No. 352 of the Spectator. " Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...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... | |
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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... 
