Every brave man shuns more than death the shame of lying.--_Corneille._

It is a hard matter for a man to lie all over, nature having provided

king's evidence in almost every member. The hand will sometimes act as a

vane, to show which way the wind blows, even when every feature is set

the other way; the knees smite together and sound the alarm of fear

under a fierce countenance; the legs shake with anger, when all above is

calm.--_Washington Allston._

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