...Luke xiii. 6—10 ; John xv. 6. author of Waverley Novels knew to his cost, and left it on record, — Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive ! Or again, as Schiller more philosophically puts it, — This is the very curse of evil deed, That...

...Bartolo is cross-examining Rosina about the pen and paper, etc., I let him sing to a conspicuous phrase: Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!13 If Dr Bartolo had been an Englishman he might quite well have quoted those words in talking...

...in the United States restored the debate as a means of choosing leadership for the tribe. O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scoti Fabulla swears the hair she buys is hers; Does that place her among the perjurers? Marcus Valerius...

...And, after all, what is a lie? "Tis but The truth in masquerade. Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Scottish novelist, poet Most lies are quite successful, and human society would be impossible...

...convenience and humor became calls to mind Sir Walter Scott's cautionary words iMarmion, stanza 17): Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive. * The Ellenbogen reference in the 1836 Philadelphia City Directory could therefore match tiie burials,...

...But now I see I'm stuck with the lie, and will have to invent complicated explanations to cover it. Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! Mother's voice, lilting and ladylike, telling me that as a child. I can't remember what my sin was,...

...for as everyone knows, a benign deceit may very well become malignant, and as Sir Walter Scott warns, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!" My only point is that an abundance of benign deception will not necessarily be inconsistent with sustaining...

...assemblage of species represents Mullerian mimicry, Batesian mimicry, or both. Sir Walter Scott's saying "Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive" (Marmion, 1808) seems entirely appropriate. Nonetheless, even though the two types of mimicry may not...

...physical and biological sciences, but human behavior as well. For example, "once bitten, twice shy" and "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive", both express the psychological insight that differences multiply over time. Even the very subtle differences...

...of Gil-Martin's name, perhaps the web of deceit, perhaps an echo of the lines in Scott's Marmion — "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, / When first we practise to deceive" (Canto VI, stanza 17). Whatever the exact meaning of the net, Robert ends up in it in the same position...