Citations:on the level

English citations of on the level

1809, Bartholomew Parr, The London medical dictionary‎^[1], volume 1, page 484:
Our countryman may not have borrowed the hint; but, in the present state of chemical science, it lay too much on the level for any one to plume himself greatly on the discovery.

1808, "Senior Warden's Song", Thomas Smith Webb, in The Freemason's Monitor: Or, Illustrations of Masonry in Two Parts
When the Senior Warden, standing in the West, / Calls us from our labours to partake of rest, / We unite, whilst he recites / The duties of a mason. / On the level meet, / On the square we part, / Repeats each worthy brother.

1825, William Latta McCalla, Discussion of universalism: or, A defence of orthodoxy against the ...‎^[2], page xx:
Your letter informs me moreover that we cannot again meet unless we are on the level; — unless I prove my Christianity; — unless I am virtually re-ordained; — and unless I give you the right hand of fellowship.

1888, William S. Speer, Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans‎^[3], page 200:
The rich litigant and the poor one met "on the level" in his court, and his decrees were accepted as the conclusions of a head and heart, well educated and thoroughly honest.
1905 April, “Popular Mechanics”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4], volume 7, number 4, page 470:
This is no get-rich-quick scheme, no "Frenzied Finance." You will be met on the level and treated on the square