 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...for a time ' the hearers take it for a truth, for after it will be ' known as it is, to your fhame, for there cannot be a ' greater reproach to a gentleman than to be account' ed a liar. Study and endeavour yourfelf to be vir* tuoufly occupied ; fo fhall you make fuch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 642 pages
...for -a time ' the hearers take it for a truth, for after it will be c known as it is, to your fhame, for there cannot be a ' greater reproach to a gentleman than to be account* ed a liar. Study and endeavour yourfelf to be virf tuoufly occupied ; fo {hall you make fuch... | |
 | Sir John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 634 pages
...for a time ' the hearers take it for a truth, for after it will be * known as it is, to your fhame, for there cannot be a ' greater reproach to a gentleman than to be account' ed a liar. Study and endeavour yourfelf to be vir' tuoufly occupied ; fo fhall you make fuch... | |
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 636 pages
...for a time ' the hearers take it for a truth, for after it will be * known as it is, to your fhame, for there cannot be a * greater reproach to a gentleman than to be account* ed a liar. Study and endeavour yourfelf to be vir* tuoufly occupied ; fo fhall you make fuch... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1799 - 376 pages
...for a time take it for a truth, for afterwards " it wjll be known as it is, to your fhame ; '' and there cannot be a greater reproach to a " gentleman,...than to be accounted a liar. " Study and endeavour yourfelf to be vir" tuoufly occupied ; fo fhall you make fuch a '' habit of well-doing as you fhall... | |
 | 1805 - 510 pages
...hearers for a time take it for a truth ; for afterward! it will be known as it is, to your shame : and there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman, than to be accounted a liar. 14. Study and endeavour yourself to be virtuously occupied ; so shall you make such a habit of well-doing,... | |
 | 1876 - 592 pages
...shamefacedness than of your sad friends for pert boldness. . . . Tell no untruth ; no, not in trifles . . . there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman than to be accounted a liar. . . . Remember, my son, the noble blood you are descended of by your mother's side, and think that... | |
 | William Oldys, John Malham - Europe - 1808 - 594 pages
...the hearers for a time take it for a truth, for afterwards it will be known as it is to shame, an. I there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman than to be accounted a lyar. 14. Study and endeavour yourself to be virtuously occupied, so shall you make such a habit of... | |
 | William Oldys, Thomas Park - Great Britain - 1808 - 586 pages
...the hearers for a time take it for a truth, for afterwards it will be known as it is to shame, and there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman than to be accounted a lyar. 14. Study and endeavour yourself to be virtuously occupied, so shall you make such a habit of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1808 - 588 pages
...the hearers for a time take it for a truth, for afterwards it will be known as it ig to sliarno, and there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman than to be uo counted a lyar. , ', .й; 14. Study and endeavour yourself to be virtuously occupied, s» shall... | |
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Above all things, tell no untruth — no, not in trifles. The custom of it is naughty ; and let it not satisfy you, that for a time the hearers take it for a truth ; for after it will be known as it is, to your shame ; for there cannot be a greater reproach... 
