 | 1825 - 502 pages
...twisting things about, and of givin? them a specious colouring, that those who heard me, or talked witli me were sure to be misled : but, it was sometimes...the devil always employs such agents, that the first mstrument he employed to deceive mankind was a serpent. A person once told a pretty large company,... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...I was so artful, and so capable of twisting things about, and of giving them a specious colouring, that those who heard me, or talked with me were sure...company, in my hearing, that my art and address was surh, that, if 1 undertook to prove that black was white, I should muke them believe it. Though I had... | |
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I was so artful, and so capable of twisting things about, and of giving them a specious coloring, that those who heard me, or talked with me were sure to be misled: but, it was sometimes added, that the devil always employs such agents, that the first... 