| 单词 | in the way of honesty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the way of honesty ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > honourableness > as far as honour allows [phrase] in the way of honesty1541 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Christen State Matrimonye f. xlvijv No vncomely thing is it, to geue honest presentes to honest damesels in the waye of honestie [Ger. umm eeren willen], & so to moue theyr myndes vnto the honour and loue of mariage. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B4v Gentle readers..as freely as my knauerie was mine owne, it shall be yours to vse in the way of honestie. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 181 For thou wast got i' th way of honesty. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 73 I defie all Angels..but in the way of honesty . View more context for this quotation 1688 Pleasures Matrimony i. 8 There is no Father or Mother, Unkle, or Aunt, that will deny a Young Spark the first Visit, when he comes, as they say, in the Way of Honesty. 1712 J. Dunton Preaching-weathercock 6 Erasmus tells us,..‘That the getting of Children’ (tho in the Way of Honesty) ‘is the most foolish Act a wise Man can be guilty of.’ 1880 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 June 374/1 No, sir ; I'm poor, and I may have took to drink; but I've allays kep' my 'ed above water in the way of honesty, and I really couldn't. a1903 B. H. Barmby Rosslyn's Raid (1903) iv. 50 ‘I ha' heared o' driving horses and kye in the way of honesty,’ remarked the defeated raider. < as lemmas |
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