... words are founded upon usage, and upon nothing else. Or a man may act a lie; as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveller inquires of him his road; or when a tradesman shuts up his windows to induce his creditors to believe that... Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches - Seite 167von Amelia Opie - 1829 - 224 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Paley - 1830 - 430 Seiten
...usage ; for all senses of all words are founded upon usage, and upon nothing else. Or a man may act a lie ; as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction,...and therefore as to veracity, speech and action are the same ; speech being only a mode of action. Or, lastly, there may be lies of omission. A writer... | |
| English literature - 1831 - 386 Seiten
...language. A man may also act a lie, as by pointing to a wrong direction, when asked the road ; or where a tradesman shuts up his windows to induce his creditors...believe that he is abroad ; for to all moral purposes, speech and action are the same, the former being only a mode of the latter. There are also lies of... | |
| Charles Buck - 1831 - 1158 Seiten
...species of lies. — 5. Lies of the conduct, for a lie may be told in gestures as well as in wards; as when a tradesman shuts up his windows to induce his creditors to believe that he is abroad. — 6. Lies of omission, as when an author wilfully omits what ought to be related : and may we nqt... | |
| William Paley - 1831 - 624 Seiten
...usage ; for all senses of all words are founded upon usage, and upon nothing else. Or a man may act a d observation of the historian, and not a part of St. Peter's speech, in the midst of whi mid ; or when a tradesman shuts up his windows, to induce his creditors to believe that he is abroad:... | |
| William Paley - 1832 - 532 Seiten
...usage; for all senses of al! words are founded upon usage, and upon nothing else. Or a man may act a lie; as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction...of him his road; or when a tradesman shuts up his window? to induce his creditors to believe that he is abroad: for to all moral purposes, and therefore... | |
| Amelia Opie - 1832 - 232 Seiten
...contend for any sense of words, in opposition to usage, and upon nothing else ; — or a man may act a lie, — as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction, when a traveller inqmres of him his road ; — or when a tradesman shuts up his windows, to Induce his creditors to... | |
| William Paley - 1835 - 324 Seiten
...language. A man may also act a lie, as by pointing to a wrong direction, when asked the road ; or where a tradesman shuts up his windows to induce his creditors to believe that he is 183 What is said of exaggeration * Why is it wrong ? 184 What is said of disregard to truth in small... | |
| William Paley - 1836 - 626 Seiten
...finger in a wrong direction, when a traveller inquires of him his road; or when a tradesman shuts up W« windows, to induce his creditors to believe that he...abroad : for, to all moral purposes, and therefore a» to veracity, speech and action are the tame; speech being only a mode of action. Or, lastly, there... | |
| William Paley - 1836 - 628 Seiten
...or when a tradesman shuts up ha windows, to induce his creditors to believe that he is abroad : lor, to all moral purposes, and therefore as to veracity, speech and action are the nine ; speech being only a mode of action. Or, lastly, there may be lies of omission. A writer... | |
| William Paley - 1837 - 474 Seiten
...usage ; for all senses of all words are founded upon usage, and upon nothing else. Or a man may act a lie ; as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction,...tradesman shuts up his windows, to induce his creditors to helieve that he is abroad : for, to all moral purposes, and therefore as to veracity, speech and action... | |
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