 | Charles Dent Bell - 1881 - 248 strani
...is more cruel than the whole lie. " A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies ; For a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." What are we to say of the slanderer, who gives a stab to his neighbour's character, or of the backbiter,... | |
 | 1881 - 592 strani
...falsehood, so that the presence of the latter is less easily detected. He knows full well— 'That a li« which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright,...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight' And so he takes his measures accordingly, concealing the false behind the true, or putting forward... | |
 | Michael Reynolds - 1881 - 266 strani
...Corbels were working last Wednesday dinner-time ; is that so, Jack?"—" I think we were," said he. "A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part of a truth is a harder matter to fight." Was it truth or a lie ? A lie. And, then, it was a most deliberate... | |
 | Michael Reynolds - 1881 - 226 strani
...Corbels were working last Wednesday dinner-time ; is that so, Jack?"—" I think we were," said he. "A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part of a truth is a harder matter to fight." Was it truth or a lie ? A lie. And, then, it was a most deliberate... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1881 - 348 strani
...discovered to be a lie of surpassing magnitude. "A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is half a truth is a harder matter to fight." A little sin, if there were such a thing, would be one that... | |
 | Albany de Grenier Fonblanque - 1882 - 258 strani
...that week, and he said likewise That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." TENNYSON. REMINGTON AND CO., NEW BOND STREET, W. 257 1882. [All Rights Reserved.] CHAP. CONTENTS. I.... | |
 | Albany de Grenier Fonblanque - 1882 - 266 strani
...that week, and he said likewise That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." TENNYSON. REMINGTON AND CO., NEW BOND STREET, W. 1882. [All Rights Reserveil.] . k. CONTENTS. CHAP.... | |
 | Albany de Grenier Fonblanque - 1882 - 284 strani
...that week, and he said likewise That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." VOL TENNYSON. .ii. . OEC' ?iontion: REMINGTON AND CO., NEW BOND STREET, W. 1882. [All Rights Reserved.]... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1883 - 740 strani
...that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day ; And all things look'd half-dead, tho'... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1883 - 224 strani
...said likewise That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies— That a lie which IB all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight" (2) Saying more than the Truth. (3) "White lies." (4) Lying by implication or by gesture (or Dissimulation).... | |
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A lie which is all a lie, may be met and fought with outright; But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. 
