 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874 - 200 стор.
...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...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; And all things look'd half-dead,... | |
 | Casket - 1874 - 840 стор.
...dear, the tongue is a fire. And the parson made it his text that week, and he said likewise, That a He which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies,...lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie wliich is part a trutli is a harder matter to fight. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a... | |
 | Brudie Brudie - 1874 - 278 стор.
...THIS DEED" 64 VI. " LIFE IS REAL ! LIFE IS EARNEST !".... 77 VII. "MY HEART HATH ITS LOVE" .87 VIII. "BUT A LIE WHICH IS PART A TRUTH IS A HARDER MATTER TO FIGHT" 93 1x. "A MOMENT'S THINKING 1s AN HOUR IN WORDS" 119 x. "AND LEARNS HER GONE, AND FAR FROM HOME" 127... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 стор.
...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...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 ; And all things look'd half-dead,... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1875 - 564 стор.
...that was unmitigated falsehood. A sprinkling of truth, you know, leavens a mass of untruth : — " A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight." " But," said the General, while he daintily peeled his apple, " how is it that yon are a Protestant... | |
 | mrs. Francis G Faithfull - 1875 - 378 стор.
...sure. It would be better to be sure. I wish I had let him tell me ! I will next time.' CHAPTER VI. ' A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.' OING to-day ? Why, it's enough to take one's breath away.' ' There's a smack sails from Bristol to... | |
 | John Edmed - 1875 - 220 стор.
...subject in Tennyson's poem, ' The Grandmother,' where he says — " ' A lie which is all a lie can be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.' " George Herbert also says — " ' Dare to be true ; nothing can need a lie ; The fault that needs... | |
 | Sarah Doudney - 1875 - 376 стор.
...relates to Archie — is true." And with a bitter smile she repeated Tennyson's lines — " A lie that is all a lie, may be met and fought with outright, But a lie that is half the truth is a harder matter to fight." The firelight played upon the proud, pale face... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 стор.
...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...a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to tight. IX. And Willy had not been down to the farm for a week and a day: And all things look'd half-dead,... | |
 | 1913 - 416 стор.
...disguised as an angel of light. " For a lie which is half the truth is ever the greatest of lies, Since a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with...truth is a harder matter to fight." — Tennyson. This is the first recorded lie. 5. The first assertion was that God was not truthful; next, the serpent... | |
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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. 
