...collector and the words ' I never read such stuff ' broke into my thoughts and reminded me of the lines : ' Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive.' The collector had thought to deceive the sub-deputy, and this tangled web of foolscap was the result....

...revealed themselves in speech I know not, and how much of the history of that night belongs to fact, and how much to fancy, it is beyond me to decide. CHAPTER XI. " Oh ! what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive !" SCOTT. i:i \; :,!,'>.[...

...publican, and on the impulse of the moment determined to allow the other to remain in his mistake : " Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive !" " Yes," he replied, " he's a fair goer — a very fair goer." " I don't think he's quite the equal...

...Le mentir eat le premier de tous lea main. Fallen Cherub, to be weak is miserable. 1'AItADISE LOST. Oh ! what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive, AND if the word conceal would rhyme as well, the sense would be as good. For concealment not only distorts...

...What-ho ! thou genius of the clime what-ho ! Liest thou asleep beneath these hills of snow ?—Dryden. Oh ! what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive !—Scott. Here he had need All circumspection ; and we now, no less, Choice in our suffrage; for mi whom we send,...

...fail to end in your utter destruction, t/vth of »oui and body. Delauy. DECEIT— Entanglement of. . OOD- Supremacy of. Thine. О Lord, is the greatness, and the r-iwe Sir Waller Scott. DECEIT— Execrated. Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests...

...From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command.' ' Oh ! what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive.' ' Wherefore rejoice that Cffisar Comes in triumph ? What conquests brings he home ? What tributaries...

...oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. SHAKESPEARE. 167. DETACHED FRAGMENTS OH ! what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive i The tear down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dew-drop on the rose ; When next the wind...

...In the following sentences, distinguish the adverbial clauses of TIME from those of PLACE: — 1 . Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive. — Scott. 2. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. — Scott. 3. As soon as the sun arose, all their...

...What-ho ! thou genius of the clime, what-ho ! Liest thou asleep beneath these hills of snow 1 — Dryden. Oh ! what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive ! — Scott. Here he had need All circumspection ; and we now, no less, Choice in our suffrage ; for on whom we...