 ... as are not in themselves strictly defensible: a man heated in talk, and eager of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail...  The Adventurer - Sida 921793Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 sidor
...defenfible : a man heated in talk, and eager of victory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceflions to which he...proofs likely to prevail on his opponent, though he know* himfelf that they have no force : thus the feverity of reafon 'is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1797 - 604 sidor
...defencible: a man heated in talk, and eager of viftory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceflions to which he...relaxed, many topics are accumulated, but without juft arrangements or diftinftion ; we learn to fatisfy ourfelves with fuch ratiocination as filences others;... | |
 | Mr. Addison - 1797 - 712 sidor
...advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceflions to which he knows he ha? no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himfelfthat they have no force: thus the feverity of reafon is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceffions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himfelf that they have no force : thus the feverity of reafon is relaxed,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceffions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himfelf that they have no force : thus the feverity of reafon is relaxed,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs...likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs...likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force: thus the severity of reason is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 596 sidor
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs...likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed, many topicks are accumulated,... | |
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