 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 outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.  Robert Southey's Life of Nelson - Pagina 41door Robert Southey - 1896 - 302 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1901 - 604 pagina’s
...' a philosopher, a mere rhetorician, and as a letter-writer an ' interior journalist.' ' A lie that is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie that is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.' And the worst of this perverse judgement is that... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pagina’s
...proverbial intensity as where the Parson,— " Said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever tho blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may bo met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight" Such... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1859 - 556 pagina’s
...know, my dear, the tongue is a fire. And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest...and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to light. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day ;... | |
 | 1866 - 734 pagina’s
...underlies our text. We must therefore be careful in its exposition ; f Tgmyson is i ight in holding that " A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth in a harder matter to fight." Our business is, first to ascertain the truth that is in our... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pagina’s
...dear, the tongue is a fire. VIII. And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest...and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. IX. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pagina’s
...dear, the tongue is a fire. VIII. And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest...and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. IX. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pagina’s
...dear, the tongue is a fire. VIII. And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest...and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. IX. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1864 - 200 pagina’s
...fire as you know, my dear, the VIII. And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise, That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest...and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight. ix. • And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and... | |
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