 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1885 - 504 strani
...argosy transferred ; and spiced dainties." " 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 ; liut a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." AT the appointed time, which was five... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1887 - 978 strani
...the parson . . . 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." Mr. Brougham commented on the same subject with great ability on the truth disarms the suspicion of... | |
 | Henry Clews - 1887 - 826 strani
...This statement was substantially true, and it forcibly reminds one of Tennyson's poetic remarks : " 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 flght." True, Blucher had been repulsed at Ligny. The Duke had... | |
 | 1888 - 934 strani
...•*• «a? 1=1 -«-(te Í**?«=>n, —Js" 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...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." Islam has ever been and will ever remain the implacable foe Christianity. That is the teaching of its... | |
 | Mme. Dunglas Home - 1888 - 448 strani
...name of Mr. Rymer a fur-coat, value £50, and had left his generous host to pay for it. " A lie that is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie that is half a truth is a harder matter to fight." And so Mr. Home found. The half-truth in this particular... | |
 | George Dana Boardman - 1889 - 396 strani
...lies ; ' other"™ 1 " 1 " That a 1ie whlcl1 is a11 * lie ma y be met and fou g nt witn out " right, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. Scorn, then, young gentlemen, all jugglery and ambushes of words. Let it be said of you, only more... | |
 | Lady Katie Magnus - 1890 - 436 strani
...' usury,' as applied to Jews, to make it always a safe cry to raise when creditors became urgent. ' A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright; A lie which is half a truth is a harder matter to fight.' The word usury has a Latin root, and means... | |
 | Lady Katie Magnus - 1890 - 446 strani
...' usury,' as applied to Jews, to make it always a safe cry to raise when creditors became urgent. ' A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright; A lie which is half a truth is a harder matter to fight.' 4 The word usury has a Latin root, and means... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1891 - 544 strani
...that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, 'tat a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. •Jld Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day ; j n d all things look'd half-dead,... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 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'... | |
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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. 
