 | Amelia Opie - 1829 - 238 páginas
...perpetually watching.'— Johnson, " Well madam ; nnd you ought to be perpetually watching. It is nitre from carelessness about truth, than from intentional...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." " Johnson inculcated upon all his frien.U the impoi tanco i of perpetual vigilance against the slightest... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 páginas
...; But, when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives. Churchill. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from intentional lying, that there is so much faltehood in the world. Johnton. Many seek to hide their sins from themselves by glosses, and from... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 páginas
...must happen a thousand times a-day, if one is not perpetually watching." " Well, madam," he replied, " and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." Should you, then, only guard yourselves, habitually, against inaccuracy and exaggeration, you will... | |
 | 1838 - 594 páginas
...it not ravish away our very souls, did we thoroughly believe it ? — Howe. TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD. ' It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...that there is so much falsehood in the world.'— DR. JOHNSON. WHAT is lying and what is falsehood ? Falsehood is deviation from truth in any way or... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1838 - 604 páginas
...it not ravish away our very souls, did we thoroughly believe it ? — Howe. TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD. ' It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.' — DR. JOHNSON. WHAT is lying and what is falsehood ? Falsehood is deviation from truth in any way... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa) - 1834 - 182 páginas
...do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end. It is more from carelessness about truth than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world."* On no account whatever, let any thing be said or done in the nursery that Mamma in not to lie told.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 páginas
...narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. " Weil, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It...much falsehood in the world." In his review of Dr. Walton's " Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope," Johnson has given the following salutary caution... | |
 | 1837 - 368 páginas
...woman sensibility. Man is a being of justice; woman of mercy. — Sat. Mag. 3. Source of Falsehood. — It is more from carelessness about truth, than from...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world. — Dr. Johnson. 4. Conversation. — Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without... | |
 | M. S. - 1839 - 194 páginas
...must happen many times a day, without one is perpetual watching. — To which Johnson replied, " Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It...lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world." PSALM XIX. The heavens declare thy glory, Lord — The spacious firmament thy word Created bright from... | |
 | 536 páginas
...narrative must happen a thousand times a-day, if one is not perpetually watching. — Johnsnñ: " Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It...about truth than from intentional lying, that there it ю much falsehood in the world." The roost important truths cannot be too early learnt, nor the... | |
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Johnson should forbid me to drink tea, I would comply, as I should feel the restraint only twice a day; but little variations in narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching.' JOHNSON. 'Well, Madam, and you ought to... 
