 | 1824 - 348 trang
...trust and confidence in him, which is an unspeakable advantage in the business and affairs of life. 22. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs...one , trick needs a great many more to make it good. 23. It is like building upon a false foundation, which continually stands in need of props to shore... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 trang
...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 trang
...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 sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one break wants a great many more to make it good. It is like building on a false foundation, which continually... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - 1825 - 372 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 trang
...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...one trick needs a great many more to make it good. The pleasure, which affects the human mind with the most lively and transporting touches, is the sense... | |
 | Amelia Alderson Opie - 1827 - 388 trang
...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 sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one break wants a great many more to make it good. It is like building on a false foundation, which continually... | |
 | 1827 - 590 trang
...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... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 trang
...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... | |
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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... 
