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Page 157
... truth could not be defective . I said again , that rhetoric did adorn truth ; and he answered , that rhetoric was fitter for falsehoods than truths . Thus was I forced by his grace's commands to write this his- tory in my own plain ...
... truth could not be defective . I said again , that rhetoric did adorn truth ; and he answered , that rhetoric was fitter for falsehoods than truths . Thus was I forced by his grace's commands to write this his- tory in my own plain ...
Page 216
... truth , one day to be reopened . say , that , if Mrs. Buchan rose at the time appoint- ed , his own emancipation from the silence of the tomb would not only be contemporaneous , but un- avoidable ! And on Friday , the 23d ult . , his ...
... truth , one day to be reopened . say , that , if Mrs. Buchan rose at the time appoint- ed , his own emancipation from the silence of the tomb would not only be contemporaneous , but un- avoidable ! And on Friday , the 23d ult . , his ...
Page 226
... truth should make its way with less facility than error ; that the minds of men should open so tardily and reluctantly to the light . The explanation may however be , that slowness of progress is essential to the permanence of truth ...
... truth should make its way with less facility than error ; that the minds of men should open so tardily and reluctantly to the light . The explanation may however be , that slowness of progress is essential to the permanence of truth ...
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