 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...work. These are some of his expressions : " I solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it to the great God of truth, that I tell the truth, on all occasions." "I reckon a lie in history to be as much a greater sin than a lie in common discourse, as the one is... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...friends, to parties or interests : for I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it to the great God of truth, that I tell the...all occasions, as fully and freely, as, upon my best enquiry, I have been able to find it out. Where thingappear doubtful, I deliver them with the same... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...parties or interests : for I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it t« the great God of truth, that I tell the truth on all...occasions, as fully , and freely, as, upon my best enquiry, I have been able to find it out. Where thing? appear doubtful, I deliver them with the same... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...parties or interests : for I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it to tlje great God of truth, that I tell the truth on all occasions, as fully and freely, as, upon my best enquiry, I have been able to find it out. Where things appear doubtful, I deliver them with the same... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807 - 606 pages
...Thefe are fome of his expreflions : ' I fo' lemnly fay this to the world, and make ' my humble appeal upon it to the great ' God of truth, that I tell the truth on all ' occafions' — * I reckon a lie in hiftory to ' be as much a greater fm than a lie in com' mon difcourfe,... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 546 pages
...friends, to parties or- interests : for I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it to the great God of truth, that I tell the...all occasions, as fully and freely, as, upon my best enquiry, I have been able to find it out. Where things appear doubtful, I deliver them with the same... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...deceits and hypocrisies. " I do solemnly say this to the world," he declares, " and make my humble appeal upon it to the great God of truth, that I tell the...upon my best inquiry I have been able to find it out. False and scandalous ! False and spiteful ! False as hell !" But the Dean, with all his pre-eminent... | |
 | Grave questions - 1847 - 136 pages
...friends, to parties or interests; for I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it to the great God of truth, that I tell the...things appear doubtful, I deliver them with the same uncertainty to the world; some may perhaps think that, instead of favouring my own profession, I have... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Authors, English - 1871 - 550 pages
...friends, to parties or interests. For I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it, to the great God of truth, that I tell the...upon my best inquiry I have been able to find it out. — Burnet. Burnet's " History of His Own Times " is very entertaining. The style indeed is mere chit-chat.... | |
 | William Walker - 1893 - 312 pages
...friends, to parties or interests : for I do solemnly say this to the world, and make my humble appeal upon it to the great God of truth, that I tell the...truth on all occasions as fully and freely as upon uiy best inquiry I have been able to find it out. When things appear doubtful, I deliver them with... | |
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I myself understood it, concealing nothing that I thought fit to be known, and representing things in their natural colours, without art or disguise, without any regard to kindred or friends, to parties or interests; for I do solemnly say this to the... 
