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" For my part, I'd tell truth, and shame the devil." JOHNSON. "Yes, Sir ; but the devil will be angry. I wish to shame the devil as much as you do, but I should choose to be out of the reach of his claws. "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides - Page 179
by James Boswell - 1848 - 874 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies. But besides ; a man...but I should choose to be out of the reach of his claws." GOLDSMITH. " His claws can do you no harm, when you have the shield of truth." It having been...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies. But besides; a man...and shame the devil." JOHNSON. " Yes, Sir ; but the ilevil will be angry. I wish to shame the devil as much as you do, but I should choose to be out of...
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...one may tell truth with safety."—J. " Why, Sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies. But besides; a man...one truth which he does not wish should be told." —G. " For my part, I'd tell truth, and shame the devil."—J. " Yes, Sir; but the devil will be angry....
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, in the tiret place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies. But besides ; a man...part, I'd tell truth, and shame the devil." JOHNSON. " Y*-s, Sir; but the devil will be angry. I wish to shame the devil as well us you do, but I should...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...may tell truth with safety." — J. " Why, Sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies. But besides; a man...one truth which he does not wish should be told;" — G. " For my part, I'd tell truth, and shame the devil." — J. " Yes, Sir; but the devil will be...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies: but, besides, a man...but I should choose to be out of the reach of his claws." GOLDSMITH. " His claws can do you no harm, when you have the shield of truth." The common remark...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies : but, besides, a man...JOHNSON. " Yes, sir ; but the devil will be angry. 1 wish to shame the devil as much as you do, but I should choose to be out of the reach of his claws."...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...force of his lies. Bui besides ; a man had rather have a hundred lies told of him, than one : ruin which he does not wish should be told." GOLDSMITH....devil will be angry. I wish to shame the devil as well as you do, bat Г should choose to be out of the reach of Ins claws." " GOLDSMITH. " His claws...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies: but, besides, a man...but I should choose to be out of the reach of his claws." GOLDSMITH. " His claws can do you no harm, when you have the shield of truth." The common remark...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...may tell truth with safety." JOHNSON. " Why, sir, in the first place, he who tells a hundred lies has disarmed the force of his lies. But besides, a man...him, than one truth which he does not wish should ie told." GOLDSMITH. " For my part, I'd tell truth, and shame the devil." JOHNSON. " Yes, sir; but...
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