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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... "
The Gentleman's Library: Containing Rules for Conduct in All Parts of Life ... - Page 215
by Gentleman - 1744 - 440 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1726 - 332 pages
...ready to drop out before we « are aware; whereas a Lye is troublefom, and fetsa Man's c Invention upon the rack, and one Trick needs a great < many more to make it good. It is building upon a • falfe Foundation, which continually Hands in need of ' Props to fhoar it up, and...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1739 - 312 pages
...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 more to...building upon a falfe Foundation, which continually ftands in need of Props to (hoar it up,, and proves at laft more chargeab!e, than to have railed a...
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Introductio Ad Prudentiam: Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending ...

Thomas Fuller - 1731 - 526 pages
...ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a Lie is Jroublefome, and fets a Man's Invention upon the Rack, and one Trick needs a great many more to make it good. , The -crafty Man is always in Danger, and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his Pretences are...
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The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 4

John Tillotson - 1748 - 448 pages
...ready to drop out before we are aware ; whereas a lie is troublefome, and fets a man-s invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to...building upon a falfe foundation, which continually ftands in need of props to fhore it up, and proves at laft more chargeable, than to have raifed a fubftantial...
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A Collection of Select Aphorisms and Maxims: With Several Historical ...

Charles Palmer (Deputy Serjeant of the House of Commons.) - 1748 - 342 pages
...ready to drop out before we are aware j whereas a lye is troublefome, and fets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. 1680. Plain truth muft have plain words; me is innocent,, and accounts it no fliame to be feen naked...
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The Historical Mirror; Or, Biographical Miscellany: for the Instruction and ...

Historical mirror - 1776 - 308 pages
...and is ready to drop out before we are aware ^ whereas a lie is trouHeand fets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. It is like building upon a.falfe foundation, which continually flands in need of props to fhore it up, and proves at laft more...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a Jie is.troublefome, andfetsaman's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good, THE pleafure which affefts the human mind with the moft lively and tranfporting touches, is the fenfe...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

1787 - 430 pages
...and fits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware. Whereas a lie is troublefome, and fets a man's invention on the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more of the fame kind to make it good. MORAL virtues themfelves, without religion, are but cold, lifelefs...
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The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining ...

1792 - 494 pages
...ready todrop out before we are aware: whereas a ¡ye is troublci'ome, and fets a man's ini cnt'on upon the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. The pleafurc which affcits the human mind with the rr.ofl lively and tranfponing touche«, is the lenfc...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 1

1797 - 680 pages
...ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublefome, and fets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to...building upon a falfe foundation, which continually ftands in need of ргорь to ftore it up, and proves at laft more chargeable than to have raifed...
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