 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.  Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street - Page 402by Henry Clews - 1887 - 716 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1901 - 604 pages
...' 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... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1859 - 556 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1866 - 734 pages
...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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1863 - 588 pages
...meaning than any of the above, except perhaps one line of Juvenal. JHS " A lie which is all a lie Can be met, and fought, with outright ; But a lie which is half a lie Is a harder matter to fight" I shall be greatly obliged if any correspondent of " N. & Q " will... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1864 - 200 pages
...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 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... | |
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