| 单词 | confutation |
| 例句 | Some are, but others take place silently, as Boyle says, without anyone bothering to write confutations of the old theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One Simon Geddicus, a Lutheran divine, wrote a serious confutation of this libel upon the fair sex, in 1595, and promises the ladies an expectation of salvation on their good behaviour. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z At such times the sight of that road whence he had looked upwards to her window was a consolation, almost a confutation of her dreams. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Such a scrupulous confutation of self is to be expected as little from mystic visions as from arrogant dogmatism. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The idea of a revengeful God is likewise one of that sort, but this idea of divinity being borrowed from a savage nature, needs no further confutation. Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z The author of "The Rights of Man" may therefore be a confutation of his own dictum: "An hereditary governor is as inconsistent as an hereditary author." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z But Mr. George persuades himself that they would answer it otherwise, and devotes the next section of his book to an elaborate confutation of the false answers he supposes they would return to it. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Mr. Hammerton said that she was a confutation of the oak and vine theory, that he had stood and stood to be entwined about, but that she would never entwine. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z He returns to them again and again, analysing their sources, describing their characteristics, indicating the mischief they work, and offering a reasoned and solid confutation. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z This unexpected confutation from the sole survivor of the accused parties revived the dismayed Clarendonians. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The words italicized by us above illustrate the intrepid firmness of our author in staking the fortune of an opinion of his upon the risk of confutation by future fact. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z This is the only species of confutation which they ever forgive. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z It was in confutation of this position that the great English works on the evidences of Christianity of Butler, Berkeley, and Cudworth were written. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z If he had seen it or noticed the postscript and its date, he would never have exposed himself to such a confutation. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z Supply and demand, cost of production, the capitalization theory, the imputation theory—the general laws of the concatenations and interrelations of prices—are quite adequate for the confutation of the quantity theory. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z His preaching, as Sainte-Beuve well says, may be considered to have been, in the preacher’s intention, one prolonged confutation of Pascal’s immortal indictment. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z No institution could long survive so open a confutation, and it was annulled by the parlement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Arguments of those denying the Earth's motion, and their confutation. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The “Recollections” were afterwards reproduced as a volume, and in the volume the confutation of Haydon disappeared; whether because Clarke had eventually changed his opinion, or for what other reason, I am unable to say. Life of John Keats On grounds of Scripture and reason he at length declared for Protestantism, and wrote in 1634, but did not publish, a confutation of the motives which had led him over to Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" It is a confutation of democracy, because it sets limits to the exercise of the popular will, and substitutes for it a higher principle. The History of Freedom Only one idea was present in the whirlwind of her release from that hideous anxiety—the idea of striking home her confutation of the lie that had caused it in the face of its originator. When Ghost Meets Ghost The absurd rhapsody has been worth preserving, for the sake of the masterly confutation: no uncommon result of Warburton’s literary labours! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors He composed also some small poetical pieces, as a poem in commendation of Jesus Christ, for the confutation of Popish errors; with some short epigrams on different subjects. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies His ability is a singular confutation of the theories of Hunt and Blake about the inferiority of the negro; for we may challenge any white man to compete with him, in perfect safety. Music and Some Highly Musical People I look over the events of the last five years, and almost smile at the confutation of this statement which they supply. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I This short and easy confutation overlooks the fact, that in denying matter, Berkeley did not deny any thing to which our senses bear witness, and therefore can not be answered by any appeal to them. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive The preface contained the first declaration of his famous formula which was applied to the confutation of Blackstone. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Other examples in abundance, in confutation of his assumption, could no doubt be furnished. The Woman Who Dared Alas! that I should blot paper with the confutation of such fooleries. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) In terminating the confutation of Mr Debraw's opinion, I have only to explain what led him into error; and that was, his using queens whose history he was unacquainted with from their origin. New observations on the natural history of bees It is, however, of great service to point them out; for the doctrine of idols bears the same relation to the interpretation of nature as that of the confutation of sophisms does to common logic. Manhood of Humanity. The assertion in the "Cry from Ireland," that the peasant gives his manure, and pays 18s. an acre besides, is too ridiculous to require confutation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Further, the entire controversy is a complete confutation of the false allegation that between Catholicism and science there is a great gulf set. Science and Morals and Other Essays Thus, having both explained and confirmed the proposition of our present argument, I will make my next for the confutation of the answers which our opposites devise to elude it. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) It not only acts as a prohibition of any measures, but as an ipso facto confutation of any reasonings, inconsistent with it. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin This is often said in our own country, and we need not say what we advance in its confutation. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 This is a point which must be insisted on for the encouragement of the fearful, the confutation of the hypocritical, and the abasement of the holy. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) But his confutation was the factual confutation of experience. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 His preaching, as Sainte-Beuve well says, may be considered to have been, in the preacher's intention, one prolonged confutation of Pascal's immortal indictment. Classic French Course in English I left the confutation of the scoffer to Miss Moore. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Dr. Barlow's was not the worst, though his hearers regarded it as an admirable 'confutation' of the text. Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series The only confutation which the report received, was the conduct of Mr Rainscourt. The King's Own The third is a confutation of the heretics' objections against it. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March He had published his doubts in 1823, but his final confutation of the theory of parallelism is found in this Scholion. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology But even as he spoke the confutation of his opinion resounded in the woods. The Drummer Boy Her “Cité des Dames” is an elaborate confutation of the opinion that women are naturally more immoral and less capable of noble studies or high intellectual attainments than men. Illuminated Manuscripts But that he intended well, served his church and his Master, led thousands to self-examination, taught his nation that controversy was not the path to success or immortality, his whole career proves beyond confutation. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology He addressed, however, to the king an ample and modest confutation of Arianism, which we have under the title of his Three Books to King Thrasimund. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Before we get through our work, we shall meet with abundant confutations of this rash and uncomplimentary statement. The Friendships of Women I suppose now, that neither of them hath any patrons, and therefore need no confutation. The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet But, if a confutation were needed, it lies on the surface in the conflicting attitudes which Shakespeare and Bacon assume towards philosophy. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays These denials I supposed to be customary on such occasions, and considered the continuance of his visits as a sufficient confutation of them. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The four letters which St. Athanasius wrote to Serapion, in 359, out of the desert, in which at that time he lay concealed, were the first express confutation of the Macedonian heresy that was published. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March This affirmation rests on the credibility of certain reporters, we do not know whom, but who we shall find were no credible reporters at all: for to proceed to the confutation. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third He adds that Dr. George Kendal wrote a confutation of it at Oxford in the year 1657, under the title of Fur pro Tribunali, and that the dialogue is there inserted. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Nevertheless it has deceived many an uncritical reader, and has constantly found its way into print without meeting serious confutation. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Pulpits rang with denunciations and confutations of the new heretic, especially in his own country. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century "Paradise Regained" is in one point of view the confutation of a celebrated but eccentric definition of poetry as a "criticism of life." Life of John Milton For my own part, I give no credit to such vague and improbable stories, that carry their own confutation along with them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Williams was, accordingly, summoned to Boston in April, and subjected to confutation by the ministers, but positive action was deferred. England in America, 1580-1652 He regarded himself as a really good fellow, and in his own person he was a living confutation of Byron's dashing paradox. Side Lights A supposition, which, in our view, carries its own confutation in it. Sermons on Various Important Subjects The Romanists, in their confutation of the Augustana, called attention to this view, and wrongfully charged the Lutherans with holding it. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems I will show them therefore a shorter and a better way of confutation: Tit. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 On the tablet to Bishop Cumberland, 1718, are four Latin lines from Dean Duport's epigram upon the Bishop's confutation of Hobbes. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See A confutation of this sect was written in the year 1579; the privy council called upon the convocation of the year 1580 to notice it. Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 That of the Grecians hath the foundations in words, in ostentation, in confutation, in sects, in schools, in disputations. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 The term infiltration, which has been much employed for explaining mineral appearances, is too vague, imperfect, or unexplicit, for science, whether as the means of knowing nature, or the subject of confutation. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) I think the guess worth risking that the present performance may have been his, if only because the offer of the guess may lead to its confutation. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 To most persons this mode of confutation was by far too operose; but they might have confoundedly puzzled the philosopher in verbal disputation. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 484, April 9, 1831 The glory of mediaeval cathedral windows is a still living confutation of the belief that in those far-off times the human heart was sad. Architecture and Democracy Sterne's letter to Garrick was forwarded, it would seem, to Warburton; and the Bishop thanks Garrick for having procured for him "the confutation of an impertinent story the first moment I heard of it." Sterne To the millions of Europe, bigotry has been a confutation of all pious feeling. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed Must not confutations be, likewise, prohibited for the same reason? The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces As for the sect of the Anthropomorphites, who from hence ascribe to God the figure of a man, eyes, hands, feet, and the like, they are too ridiculous to deserve a confutation. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South They who can believe that nature has so capriciously distributed understanding, have surely no claim to the honour of serious confutation. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II We could not, perhaps, instance a stronger confutation of the vulgar error which opposes learning to genius, than the simple history of this remarkable man. Lectures on Art Such confutation was surely not needed; for the narrative is on the face of it a romance. Lays of Ancient Rome Must an inquirer after truth be debarred from the benefit of such confutations, unless he purchases the book, however useless, that gave occasion to the answer? The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces So surely will a fact of truth make head 'Gainst errors' theories all, and so shut off All refuge from the adversary, and rout Error by two-edged confutation. On the Nature of Things They are known to the world under several names; as disputes, arguments, rejoinders, brief considerations, answers, replies, remarks, reflections, objections, confutations. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Our Apology and Confession with great honour came to light; the Papists’ confutations are kept in darkness, and do stink. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther But Stapylton cared little for their subtle confutations and their loudly expressed contempt. Vivian Grey To this play is prefixed a very vehement defence of dramatick rhyme, in confutation of the preface to the Duke of Lerma, in which sir Robert Howard had censured it. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 But if we would have a more philosophical confutation of this theory, perhaps the two following reflections may suffice. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Here we also find the confutation of that false conception of sincerity, which maintains that the artist, in his volitional or practical life, should be at one with his dream, or with his incubus. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic It occurred to me that the scruple itself was its own confutation. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 His theory once met with an unexpected confutation. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey It is, surely, very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard, when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident, though the book to which he prefixed his narrative, contained its confutation. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 I do not know where to look for a more cogent and at the same time picturesque confutation of Socialism than in the Second Canto of the Fifth Book. Among My Books Second Series It is a complete confutation of Paine; but that was no difficult matter. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. I do not endeavor either by triumphs of confutation, or pleadings of antiquity, or assumption of authority, or even, by the veil of obscurity, to invest these inventions of mine with any majesty…. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform The pet texts of Socinians are quite enough for their confutation with acute thinkers. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Once settled there again, he turned himself to the confutation of his pamphleteer. The History of David Grieve Contradictions and confutations keep slanders and heresies above water, which the law of gravitation would dispose of if they were left alone. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark The errors that are quoted to be confuted often remain more clear in the hearers' minds than the attempted confutations. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV If any one, concerned really for truth, undertake the confutation of my Hypothesis, I promise him either to recant my mistake, upon fair conviction; or to answer his difficulties. Second Treatise of Government Arrogance is removed by confutation; and Socrates was the first who practised this. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion I suppose, I need not trouble the Reader, with so impertinent a delay, to attempt a further confutation of such ill grounded Reasons, than, thus, by opening the true state of the case. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments In senatorial debates, I have often known this method of easy confutation practised, sometimes with more success, and sometimes with less. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. Whenever a question can be clouded and perplexed, the opponents of the ministry are always mistaken, confuted, and, in consequence of the confutations, defeated by the majority of votes. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I Some errors likewise in this way may be most properly and most successfully confuted; such as deserve not, and hardly can bear a serious and solid confutation. Sermons on Evil-Speaking When the child died a few days after, the prophet was abashed, and quite unable to account for this summary confutation. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 There is no evidence that Wordsworth attempted any reasoned confutation of Political Justice. More Pages from a Journal Thus, my lords, might the murderer represent his case, perhaps, without any possibility of a legal confutation; thus might the most atrocious villanies escape censure, by the assistance of impudence and cunning. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. I hope he will, by this confutation, be warned against implicit credulity, and remember with what caution that man is to be trusted, whose pernicious counsels have endangered his country. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I The bare unfolding of this notion, and laying it thus naked and open, seems the best confutation of it.” Life and Habit Out of respect to myself I will, for such is the unsullied honor of Robert Bruce, that even the air shall not be tainted with slander against his truth, without being repurified by its confutation. The Scottish Chiefs From a hundred possible confutations let one suffice. Biographia Literaria What gave me pleasure that I felt, was the exquisite sense and wit of your Introduction; and your masterly handling and confutation of the Macphersons, Whitaker, etc. there and through your work. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Surely such arguments as these deserve not, need not a confutation. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I But, this notion of Matter seems too extravagant to deserve a confutation. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge It was evidently of no use to attempt a confutation of this, and the subject dropped. Timothy Crump's Ward A Story of American Life Mr. Saumarez's detection of the Braunonian system was no light or ordinary service at the time; and I scarcely remember in any work on any subject a confutation so thoroughly satisfactory. Biographia Literaria Sometimes, when the conversation turned upon intricate subjects, he practised upon him the Socratic method of confutation, and, under pretence of being informed, by an artful train of puzzling questions insensibly betrayed him into self-contradiction. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle To him her face was its confutation, and he knew how loose-tongued is calumny; but still—! Peg Woffington Some hold the Koranic passage to have been revealed in confutation of the Jews, who pretended that if a man lay with his wife backwards, he would beget a cleverer child. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 It made her bristle up again, so that even Rachel saw the impossibility of pressing it, and trusted to some signal confutation to cure her of her infatuation. Clever Woman of the Family There is no stunning confutation of his nonsense before men and angels. Essays — First Series One scarce knows how to be serious in the confutation of an absurdity that shows itself at the first sight. Essays and Tales For the confutation of this whole reasoning, it might be sufficient to ask: Has it produced these effects? Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces I can hardly believe it’s your poor friend E. P.” I placed the note before Niedermeyer; not exactly in triumph, but with the alacrity of all felicitous confutation. Eugene Pickering This romance rests on no evidence, and, though it has been repeated down to our own time, seems hardly to deserve confutation. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 A reply—rejoinder—confutation—and justification—followed in the columns of a Democratic Gazette. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Perhaps their indifference may seem wise, for such an opinion may appear to need no confutation. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies |
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