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Page 44
... truth with safety . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has dis- armed the force of his lies . But besides ; a man had rather have a hundred lies told of him , than one truth which he does not wish ...
... truth with safety . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , in the first place , he who tells a hundred lies has dis- armed the force of his lies . But besides ; a man had rather have a hundred lies told of him , than one truth which he does not wish ...
Page 63
... truth can be established is by martyrdom . The magistrate has a right to enforce what he thinks ; and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer . I am afraid there is no other way of ascertaining the truth , but by ...
... truth can be established is by martyrdom . The magistrate has a right to enforce what he thinks ; and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer . I am afraid there is no other way of ascertaining the truth , but by ...
Page 388
... truth will end . " BOSWELL . " It may come to the door : and when once an account is at all varied in one circumstance , it may by degrees be varied so as to be totally different from what really happened . " Our lively hostess , whose ...
... truth will end . " BOSWELL . " It may come to the door : and when once an account is at all varied in one circumstance , it may by degrees be varied so as to be totally different from what really happened . " Our lively hostess , whose ...
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