| 单词 | sophistry |
| 例句 | It sounded to her like sophistry, or an explanation for its own sake. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I think that smacks of the worst kind of sophistry, frankly,” he said, exhaling smoke. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The fact that “sophistry” has a bad name these days is down to Plato. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z With such statistical sophistry, I can see why their campaign failed. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z He’s begun to keep tabs on the online world, alert to the multiplicity of life and language beneath the tantrums and sophistries. ‘Selected Poems,’ by Mark Ford, Covers a Career 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z He is, after all, a professional philosopher, and his training tells him that what cannot be translated into plain words is nothing but sophistry and illusion. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z Baraka’s poems are filled with tantrums and sophistries, stances and dances. ‘S O S: Poems 1961-2013,’ Works by Amiri Baraka 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z And even if I could, by some feat of cinephilic sophistry, separate those movies from Mr. Allen’s life, I can’t possibly separate them from mine. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z She is a vigorous advocate for inoculation; throughout the book, she reveals the rhetoric of the anti-vaccination movement for the sophistry it is. Eula Biss' 'On Immunity' is a beautiful shot of insight 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But that “something,” which exalts the notion of private property rights couched in libertarian sophistry, sets the very terms that herald the plundering of our public lands by exploitative interests. Who Owns the American West? And Who Should Profit From It? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps he believed that, but it sounds a bit like convenient sophistry. Take a ride through artist Salvatore Scarpitta’s works in Hirshhorn exhibition That’s a classic move in American culture: To see the unschooled and homespun as more authentic — and especially as more authentically American — than the sophistries of those decadent old Europeans. Early Works by Edward Hopper Found to be Copies of Other Artists 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z The philosophy, not far from the sophistries espoused by Hugh Hefner, is what passes in some Hollywood circles for maturity and wisdom. No Strings Attached ? review 2011-02-27T00:05:30Z Not content with getting the merchant off the hook through legal sophistry, she further twists the knife to strip Shylock of his property, citizenship and even his religious identity. Shylock, revisited, in Theatricum's 'Merchant of Venice' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z But one newspaper senior executive I've spoken to says "this is sophistry". Leveson Report: Analysis 2012-11-29T14:53:13Z Daub brings the same sharp eye for sophistry to other forms of palaver that move capital in Silicon Valley. ‘What Tech Calls Thinking’ Might Really Be Something Else 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z And he scoffs at the "sophistry" of the Supreme Court, going back for decades, as "a curse on the Bill of Rights." David Shipler's 'The Rights of the People': the erosion of American rights in the name of security 2011-05-12T19:22:03Z O' Be Joyful is a strategically planned artefact, and though it will get rave reviews in some quarters it reeks of sophistry and charmless artificial intelligence. New band of the day (Shovels and Rope No 1,459) 2013-02-25T16:35:13Z Here characters are permitted to use words like sophistry, and the belief in the viewer’s own sophistication is so intact that cameos by people like the Democratic strategist Joe Trippi barely carry any exposition. Critic?s Notebook: Dirty Politics: From Halls of Power to Hotel Suites 2011-05-18T05:50:00Z They choose foo-foo sophistry about “nuance” and “insight” and “metaphor” over literal truth and the clear, correct argument. The Zero Dark Thirty Argument: Why Deceptive Art Can Be Great 2012-12-11T16:10:11Z This one, by contrast, comes mired in sophistry and doubt. Autumn movie preview: how this year's Oscar contenders warn of America's fall 2012-08-09T19:00:00Z But then, as I increasingly saw what I thought was sophistry and lies, I thought: 'I can't abide this.' Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z Drama, the art in which perspectives are brought into collision, is a powerful antidote to the sophistry and sensationalism nullifying our capacity for intelligent debate. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Those who object to right-wing sophistry and racist tropes are attacked as advocates of "cancel culture" that disrespects freedom of speech and practices censorship. Antisemitism infects Donald Trump, Holocaust experts explain 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z All we have today is sophistry promoted by ideologues who have produced absolutely no evidence despite three years of trying. Column: Despite latest reports, there's still not a speck of evidence that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z This kind of sophistry is exactly what led to the inexorable collapse of the NCAA’s authority. Perspective | The NCAA stole Reggie Bush’s Heisman Trophy. It’s time to give it back. 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z And as if that weren't enough, they are also planning to re-run one of the great moments in "If he's for it, I'm against it" foreign policy sophistry of the past quarter-century. What will a GOP majority actually do? Almost nothing — but in the worst possible way 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Recall that Plato defined philosophy in opposition to sophistry. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z I still marveled at his clever use of words and imagery in an attempt to make his points, but this time his arguments sounded hollow and more like a master class in sophistry. Opinion | George Will too quickly blamed the FBI 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z After six years, countless sophistries and innumerable shell games with the math, U.S. Perspective | In its USWNT settlement, U.S. Soccer essentially made an admission: It was all true 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z There were contradictions, sophistry and duplicity in how he presented himself. Before Trump, Alex Jones and QAnon: How Robert Welch created the paranoid far right 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Notice FDR’s painstaking enumeration of the elements of his program, and his puncturing of his opponents’ sophistry. Column: Election day shows that the Democratic Party should make sure voters know how it's helping them 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z “To invoke alien law when it agrees with one’s own thinking, and ignore it otherwise, is not reasoned decision-making, but sophistry,” Justice Scalia wrote. Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Look Abroad in Abortion Case 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z But for a majority of the country, that will sound like so much sophistry. Column: The Supreme Court returns on Monday. How far from the mainstream will Trump's appointees take us? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z “My school, like so many others, induces students via shame and sophistry to identify primarily with their race before their individual identities are fully formed,” he wrote. ‘Demonizing White people for being born’: Headmaster describes school’s anti-racist lessons 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z “Instead of sophistry & putting onus on Iran,” he wrote that European nations should abide by their commitments and demand an end to Trump’s “economic terrorism against Iran.” Biden administration takes first steps to return to Iran nuclear deal 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “The article does not claim that plaintiff actually met with those officials,” the judge noted, adding that Page’s arguments regarding Isikoff’s description of the dossier and Steele were “either sophistry or political spin.” Judge tosses Page defamation suit against Verizon company 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z "No amount of sophistry can change what McConnell said then. And it applies even more so now." McConnell warns of 'dirty tricks' from Dems as Schumer says GOP has 'no right' to fill Supreme Court vacancy 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z In the post-colonial era, this offshoring of responsibility has left significant room for denial, distortion, ignorance and sophistry when it comes to understanding that history. What black America means to Europe 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z My wife, polite as ever, cheered me with sweet sophistries about how handsome and rugged it looked, but my boys, Lucky and Georgie, were laughing the whole time. Photos: Men are cutting their own hair in quarantine. It's not pretty 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z And the New York Times reported that one of the lawyers cited in Trump’s brief has called the White House argument “constitutional nonsense” and “sophistry.” Opinion | And the White House defense is ... well, there isn’t one 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Those "debates" are political theater, sophistry bordering on and often crossing over into outright buffoonery. I spent MLK Day reading Stephen Miller's racist emails. Here's why 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Facebook’s unprecedented corporate power, however, offers an answer to that: the fact that Trump may well beat whichever Democrat is selected to challenge him, using all the shadowy sophistry Facebook puts at his disposal. Trump’s greatest ally in the coming election? Facebook | John Harris 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z That kind of sophistry has led to the death of a billion animals. The fire this time: Australia's climate carnage is an urgent warning to America and the world 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The Obama administration’s shambolic intervention in Libya’s civil war, the costs of which are still mounting, proceeded unaccompanied by congressional authorization but swaddled in executive branch sophistries. Opinion | Congress whiffs on war powers 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Metaxas then accused Cuomo of "sophistry" for interpreting Christian religious liberty as "your ability to exclude other people because you don't like them." CNN's Chris Cuomo says Trump 'makes a mockery' of Christianity, 'doesn't practice humanity' 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z In a revolting exercise in sophistry, nonscientist Andrew Wheeler, Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, has turned the principles of science against science itself. Editorials from around New England 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The last time this came up on Twitter, I reacted with indignation: It seemed ridiculous that we spend so much time in our high-school curriculum on such sophistry. The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Pompeo “let loose a sophistry as if the sanctions are rendering the bilateral talks possible,” said the statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. North Korea says it won’t surrender to US-led sanctions 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z This is Grover Norquist–level sophistry: the government is not a business, and we are not customers who "buy" their services with our tax dollars. Beto O'Rourke's "war tax" is straight out of "Starship Troopers" 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Conservative government now seemed to be as much about sophistry as changing society. ‘A zombie party’: the deepening crisis of conservatism 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z “To invoke alien law when it agrees with one’s own thinking, and ignore it otherwise,” he wrote, “is not reasoned decision making, but sophistry.” Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Embrace It in Census Case 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z This innocence-by-absence technical sophistry is at best ignorant, at worst, dishonest. Why is the left blinkered to claims about Assange and sexual assault? | Nesrine Malik 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Ironically, the only antidote to all this sophistry is the humanities — the kind of critical thinking that they entail, and the kind of thinking that it is impossible for computers to do. Revenge of the nerd-kings: Why some in Silicon Valley are advocating for monarchy 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z And then days later, something else would come up and the circuit of sophistry would replenish itself anew. My dispiriting, infuriating – and illuminating – time as a political telemarketer 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z You certainly cannot say that amazing acts of sophistry – or “subtlety” — never entered this “deal guy’s” mind. Trump and Russia: The Weasel-in-Chief 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But despite this setback, Karunanidhi continued to be a master in political sophistry, often playing a critical role in federal politics as well. M Karunanidhi: The radical wordsmith who shook up Indian politics 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Get ready for the siren sounds of sophistry, in arguments for subsidy of the poor by the prudent. Opinion | Connecticut is drowning in debt. Should the rest of us have to pay? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Thus, he resorts to sophistry, blame-shifting, and obfuscation to avoid fully confronting the fact. GOP leader resigns after Trump-Putin summit: “A matter of conscience” and “duty” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z “Calling what the Soviets did a genocide is a lot of double-talk sophistry to turn all the victims into criminals, and all the murderers into heroes,” he said. Where the Genocide Museum Is (Mostly) Mum on the Fate of Jews 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Science is not a debate society where sophistry is more important than facts and evidence. Readers Respond to the October 2017 Issue 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Amid an ocean of corporate sophistry and doublethink, those words have the distinct ring of truth. Take it from the insiders: Silicon Valley is eating your soul | John Harris 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z None of your bargain-basement, third-rate “sophistry” or musings will ever persuade me otherwise. What If Our Current State of Affairs Is Actually ‘Normal’? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Now begins the sophistry from apologists for the gun lobby. Opinion | The blood of innocents is on our hands 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z There is something charming and elegant about the White House’s sophistry, both in Sessions’s backlog calculation and in the free-trade=spousal-abuse logic. Opinion | The White House says free trade causes wife-beating. Why stop there? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He goes on: “Beware the semi-erudite who thinks he is an erudite. He fails to naturally detect sophistry.” Understanding Trump: what can we learn from Newt Gingrich's new book? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z He said the editing “simply dramatizes the sophistry” of the gun rights activists. Judge dismisses lawsuit against Couric over documentary 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He works his schtick as the voice of erudition in conservative media, but sometimes this just amounts to a higher standard of sophistry. What conservative writers are saying about James Comey's firing 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z But it's sophistry and cherry-picking to only talk about the desired effects. Heart Attack Survivors Often Fail to Take Statins 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z To the untrained ear, much of what goes on in the courtroom sounds like sophistry – testing the strength of a legal argument, proposing and exploring hypotheticals, scrutinising language, semantics, technicalities. 'These are dangerous times': the man who sued George W Bush and the Iraq war 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z This act of diplomatic sophistry allowed trade to blossom and tourists to flock in both directions on direct flights. On Taiwan, Donald Trump Lays Down the Gauntlet to China 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z If history is a guide, they will embrace any sophistry to ensure that the Democrats do not take the steps required to broaden their appeal to working-class voters. How the Democrats could win again, if they wanted | Thomas Frank 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The FBI director lost the confidence of millions of Americans last summer by using semantic sophistry and bureaucratic legerdemain to exonerate Hillary Clinton from charges of mishandling classified information. Resign, Mr. Comey 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z I offer no sophistry about separating art from artist. Moral discord, a movie and a rape case 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Being chicken is to avoid danger at no cost to yourself — the chicken lacks the intellectual faculties to engage in the sophistry of imagining awesome scenarios that its life somehow lacks. The chicken is the most underrated member of the animal kingdom 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Enough with the constant legal sophistry coming out of Happy Valley. It’s time for other Penn State coaches to speak up about Jerry Sandusky 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z His argument that more than half of GOP voters favored someone other than Trump does not even rise to the level of sophistry, given that more than three-quarters of voters favored someone other than Rubio. Clinton should prepare to fight dirty against Trump 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Two months into 2016 and the presidential campaigns have littered half-truths, sophistry, nonsense, trick phone calls, fake voter violations, lies, made-up numbers, poor photoshop skills and ads about the US that show entirely different countries. South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus pit Trump v Cruz and Clinton v Sanders – live 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Or maybe he is just relying on the sophistry of defining the “object” of the bombing. The Republicans’ Principle-Free Presidential Debate 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z There’s a lot of sophistry to unpack in those two paragraphs. Ted Cruz’s junk science: GOP candidate denies climate change while citing debunked data and touting his inherited math skills 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines “sophistry” as “the use of reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false.” The Marriage 'Handbook' That Proves Gay Marriage Should Win 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “To invoke alien law when it agrees with one’s own thinking, and ignore it otherwise, is not reasoned decision making, but sophistry,” Justice Scalia wrote. Supreme Court Asked to Look Abroad for Guidance on Same-Sex Marriage 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Traditionally, Irish journalists have shown surprising deference to Adams’s sophistry about his role in the armed struggle. Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z I suspect that is unhelpful sophistry, which disguises the scale of the challenge to the West. Is IS on an inevitable path to destruction? 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z And no amount of sophistry about opportunities for workers changes that quid pro quo. Mexico's Harvest Of Shame Benefits U.S. Agribusiness, Consumers 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z And the sophistry of “voter fraud” has been punctured by the mounds of evidence showing such fraud is vanishingly rare. What's Really Behind the GOP's Voter ID and Voter Fraud Claims 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z So does his impatience, even anger, with the partisan sophistry that passes for much of fiscal and economic discussion in Washington. On fiscal policy, USC professor's viewpoint is moral and farsighted 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The sophistry of this position prompted Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner to ask why abortion clinics were the ones being regulated, instead of facilities that performed more dangerous procedures like colonoscopies or laparoscopies. Republicans Mask Anti-Abortion Laws As Concern for Women's Health 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The industry’s critics need to rethink the white vs. black hat sophistry. Internet policy shouldn’t pit service providers against content providers We cannot use judicial sophistry as an instrument of anti-democratic sabotage. A conservative judiciary run amok But online, through legal sophistry, such rights dissolve to nothing. Our citizenship can no longer protect us from state surveillance 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z And this is why we are getting this sophistry about passions running too high and the people being told how to be nice to each other after the vote. Scottish referendum: we won't need your peacekeepers after the vote 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Instead of talking about past government sophistry, Fernanda Vallejos, an adviser at the economy ministry, claims the change is based on several external factors. Inflation in Argentina: New data, old qualms 2014-02-14T14:22:45Z For that reason, law, like debate, is, in the end, about sophistry, not Socratic dialogue. Do Debaters Make Better Lawyers? 2013-10-03T21:45:00Z They want the rich to do the same, and no amount of sophistry will change their minds. The cracked argument for tax havens 2013-05-10T09:00:03Z But what’s desperately needed after all this sleaze is to clear the air of sophistry. America's Candidate for Pope? 2013-03-10T08:45:00Z In these converted living rooms, the sophistry on the menus is staggering and the price increases in accordance with the inscrutability of the dish. Andy Murray, please note: cheval à la Glasgow is hot to trot 2013-03-10T00:04:06Z But this year, as the line between acceptable political debate and sophistry has often been crossed, the accuracy of campaign statements has emerged as a campaign issue. Check Point: A Closer Look at What the Presidential Candidates Said in the Debate 2012-10-04T04:57:44Z Every four years there are lies in campaigns, and at times a blurry line between acceptable political argument and outright sophistry. Political Memo: Fact-Checkers Howl, but Both Sides Cling to False Ads 2012-09-01T01:22:06Z The Union now host their affiliate team Harrisburg in the quarter finals - prompting a little bit of sophistry from US Soccer as to why the two teams aren't technically affiliated. US Open Cup: Round 4 review and Quarter Final previews 2012-06-08T13:00:00Z State Representative Earl Ehrhart, a Republican who helped write the Georgia law, called that report “sophistry” and said that any abuses in the program were anomalies. Scholarship Funds, Meant for Needy, Benefit Private Schools 2012-05-22T02:37:18Z Worldly men, philosophers following “the sophistries of Aristotle,” worst of all, divines and theologians themselves, have corrupted the Gospel to the heathenish doctrine that “every man must first provide for himself.” Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z If the word is not too harsh, I shall call it sophistry, or mental gymnastics, to which men never resort except when straight reasoning will not help them. Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago 2012-04-18T02:00:15.717Z She might have been obliged to exercise a certain amount of sophistry even then, but she could have stood it. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The Marquis listened to his sophistry, eager to take any theme of consolation to his heart. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z All the arts of sophistry, all the refuges of lies, all their daring contempt of the very idea of a retribution on sin, are swept away in a moment. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Being fully convinced, by God’s grace, of the criminality of your act and deed, let no legal sophistry whatever induce you to plead not guilty. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Why, then, does he try by cloudy sophistry to blot the sun out of heaven? Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z It is therefore all the more important for those who defend the cause of truth to refute his charges against the Bible, and to lay bare the sophistry of his arguments. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 2012-03-23T02:00:31.587Z In calmer moments his mind would doubtless have pierced the cheap sophistry of the Count, and discarded it. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Facts are stubborn things, and they make quick work of sophistry. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z This is the broad, palpable fact, let sophistry disguise or evade it as it may. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z No bribery or privilege, no sophistry or legal cunning will avail, no concealment or distortion of the facts will be possible in that Court of final appeal. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Toby attempted to renew his sophistries, at Joe's succeeding visits; but felt, at length, thoroughly subdued under the heartfelt and persevering enthusiasm of a mere boy. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z True, there will be found, mingled with these strata of pure gold, veins of impracticability, sophistry, prejudice, extravagance, and violence. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Should the last be exercised and developed, while the first remains neglected, nothing can result but a facility in vain and endless refinements of sophistry. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z But he was too honest with himself to admit this sophistry. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z It must now depend upon other forces—upon persuasion, sophistry, ignorance, fear, and heredity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z They understand the sophistries of those who have governed. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It does not answer the arguments of those who attack, but resorts to sophistry, falsehood and slander. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z He knew the weakness of the will, the sophistry of desire—and "That pleasure and revenge have ears more deaf than Adders to the voice of any true decision." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z This train of subtle sophistry, which has taken up some space to detail, struck me like a flash of light on the instant I thought I was about to lose her. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z There is a vast deal of sophistry in hunger, and a good deal of persuasion in necessity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z With their congregations they relied on sophistry, and they answered their enemies with epithets, with misrepresentations and slanders; and yet their minds were filled with a vague fear, with a sickening dread. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z You know it; you know that the excuse you make for me is no more than a kindly sophistry. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z His propositions are luminous as stars, and each of his demonstrations is a Gibraltar, behind which logic sits and smiles at all the sophistries of superstition. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Here at all events was sophistry, but Mr. Wogan was less indignant at it than his anger with the Parson's subtleties would lead one to expect. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Among the most effective tricks of socialistic sophistry is, unfortunately, to caricature the correct principle: "labor is a commodity," into this other: "the laborer is a commodity." Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z And here observe the sophistry of this communication. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z And no logic can overthrow, and no sophistry can set aside these facts. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Yet, can one fall by the hand of virtue?—Alas! this is deceitful sophistry. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z It was full of ingenious sophistry and skilful argument. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z On the possession of this skill depends the whole art of sophistry and all finer fallacies; for logical fallacies such as mentiens, velatus, cornatus, &c., are clearly too clumsy for actual use. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z He never says what it was, but compares it to the subtle sophistry with which the serpent deceived Eve. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z It is a clincher which no sophistry can set aside, no reasoning can grapple with, and no logic overthrow. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z No amount of sophistry can disguise the fact that the church is primarily a doctrinal organization. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z How far it is desirable to decorate pots with such pictures depends on the sophistry of the craftsman. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z Such a piece of sophistry may be either an unbroken speech, or it may assume the strict syllogistic form, according to what is the weak side of the hearer. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z He sits in opposition to Hellenic sophistry, his power and wisdom derived from above. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z But let us look at this subject a little, and see if there is not some sophistry concealed in this dexterous coil of words. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z The sophistry and lack of ingenuousness which make it possible to present such an argument with a straight face can scarcely be characterized in parliamentary language. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z A pious sophistry which asserts that the highest morality is to bow to the will of the gods, even if they command a crime, helps him over the difficulty. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z And, in general, how is it possible that philosophy, degraded to the position of a means of making one's bread, can fail to degenerate into sophistry? The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z How this providence was exerted to bring about this result, was a proper subject to employ the cunning, the wisdom and sophistry of the Greek school. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z Let us see, however, if there is not some sophistry covered up here. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z The best influence over the Irish people is the influence of the clergy, and an ultramontane clergy is not proof against the sophistry by which men justify murder or excuse murderers. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z These assertions are almost all incontestible, and capable of a rigorous demonstration; and those who have attempted to shew their falsity, have, in general, opposed them only with idle sophistry. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Sir George was bewildered by the Beau's sophistry and argued no farther. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It is but a mere contention—“a bone,” as the Persian proverb says, “thrown to two dogs,” a palpable piece of sophistry. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z These confessions may further serve to shew us the inconsistencies, contradictions, absurdities, the sophistry and superficial reasoning, and disjointed ideas, which we meet with at every page of the writings attributed to St. Paul. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z He knew the weakness of the will, the sophistry of desire—and "That pleasure and revenge have ears more deaf than adders to the voice of any true decision." Shakespeare A Lecture 2011-11-24T03:00:42.050Z Eloquence and sophistry may reply to them and may obscure them; but time and experience will evince their truth. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z No man could detect a sophistry or perceive a scheme or a job quicker than he, and none possessed the power to expose it more effectually. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The sophistry that would make an evil to be no crime unless found out, he denounced with all the fiery ardour of his fervent nature. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z They display all the cunning of dishonest sophistry in their arguments to prove that the element of subjective satisfaction which moral action yields is non-existent, and that, therefore, the Hedonists and Eudæmonists are wrong. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The correspondence and public papers which were either written or dictated by him, fully displayed the sophistry by which he changed defeats into victories or converted criminal faults into philanthropy. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Unwritten law became written law and jurists succeeded in concealing under their sophistry and verbiage the primitive intent of natural legislation. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z This answer is a little gem of sophistry. Herman Cain: A Man With a Hollow Plan for Iran 2011-03-07T06:55:00Z He saw that by arguing with his countrymen, by always opposing their doubts with sophistry and argument, would be of little avail—useless, in fact. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z As she repeated the old sophistry a gleam of hope lighted her eyes and she returned again to the fire. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Thus the scalpel silences the argument, the reasoning of sophistry. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The wisdom of his words is too much for the cunning sophistry of his enemies, and an eloquence of sublime simplicity forces conviction upon unwilling minds and takes the hearts of thousands captive. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z No barrister, whether counsel for the plaintiff or the defendant, ever attempts to bias their decision either by sophistry or appeals to their passions and prejudices. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z By no sophistry could I clear my conscience of the ties imposed upon it. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The destruction of the old husks, and the transparent sophistries, of the disputatious Brahmins, is one of the great marvels achieved by the rapid diffusion of Western knowledge. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Disguise this as they may, entangle it as they can, in Popish sophistry, the fact is not the less true. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The tricks, sophistry, and eloquence of the monks having failed to convert the Saxons to the church, the pope was disposed to try the efficacy of the sword. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z And indeed if we consult the opinions of men, where they are least likely to be warped by sophistry, we shall find that disinterestedness is the universal criterion by which moral worth is measured. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z His analysis exposed the glittering sophistry of the man who enraptured the Northern statesmen in the solemn Senate. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z The sophistries of these evil spirits are scarcely inferior to those in "Faust." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z “I could not blush that my tender mind was entangled in the sophistry which had reduced the acute and manly understandings of a Chillingworth or a Bayle.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Tom did not attempt to refute the sophistry of this argument as he was aware that it would be useless. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z After plastering him with sickening sophistries as to his "sweetest recompense," it gives the utterly unnecessary monition, "March! no fatal repose, there are still laurels to gather"! Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z His ingenious sophistry turned popular sovereignty into a seeming contest for a principle and Illinois was being carried away by his triumphant oratory and logic. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Oh born to shew, and prove the perfectibility of earthly happiness, and the falsehood and sophistry of the ignorance and superstition that deny it! The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Oh Harleigh! what vain prejudice, what superstitious sophistry, robs me of the only solace that could soothe my parting breath?' The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z Teleki was prepared for some such answer, and summoned to his aid all the sophistry of which he was so perfect a master. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z And thinking not a little of her own justification, she invented a small sophistry with which to defend herself as occasion might arise. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Ah, beautiful dreamer of dreams, bewilder me no more with your lovely sophistries. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The infidel cast it overboard in a tempest of sophistry and sarcasm—but it rode gallantly upon the crest of the proud waters. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z “One can argue down anything with that kind of sophistry,” Matheson contended. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Its leadership thrives because its impracticability prevents the experimental tests that would expose its sophistry. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z But the heart starves on sophistry with nothing to it; and with Christina the voyage dragged cruelly to its end. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z To all the shallow sophistries or sottish errors, that tended to falsify his glorious dream of world-wide British unity, Franklin presented a merciless intellect. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z No other interpretation can be put on such expressions as the following, couched in terms whose meaning sophistry itself could not hide. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z This is what may be called the sophistry of the heart. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z She was told not to act on any such miserable sophistry—that things were to be done right, and kept right—no matter whether any one noticed them, or not. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z The struggle for existence was between races equally defective to all appearance in that quality; and it must be a sophistry to signalise its absence in one as the cause of its disappearance. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z The philosophy, or sophistry, therefore, as to looking upon death as the inevitable visitant to others, but as something which must miraculously pass him by, did not exist in his mind. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The sophistry of this reasoning was easily seen through. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z This self-depreciation, in order to avoid the responsibility of using his faculties, is often but a subterfuge and the sophistry of indolence. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z As for Ellen’s calm acceptance of Alec’s devotion, she used the sophistries with which women from all time have accepted the sweet, undimmed love of those whom they consider boys. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z But he well knows that the grace of faith was meant for all, though all have not the learning or the power to unravel the sophistry of error. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.007Z Thus, in our strange, delusive sophistry, even if we think of death, we seek to alienate the idea from ourselves. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z This kind of sophistry, of course, could serve as any bad guy's canned defense. Poor Goldman CEO is just "misunderstood" 2011-07-28T17:01:00Z By focusing their thought on their special belief, they bring together sophistry, argument, example and so-called proof that gives them facility in arguing the case or expounding their doctrine. Think A Book for To-day 2011-07-27T02:00:35.180Z Against the burden of such a fate, no parade of sophistry, no petty concealments or prevarications will be of avail. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z It was plain wool and flax which they spun and wove thus innocently, nor suspected the web of sophistries that was to be twisted and coiled about the countries' liberties from a coming rival. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Be ever wide awake to see through any veil of sophistry and cant; nor by the agency of words be made the dupe of critic or lawyer, of priest of politician.'* A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z For, gentlemen, there is nothing else that even the subtlest sophistry can conjure up to justify you. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z How many an innocent, womanly heart has already been led astray by this will-o'-the-wisp of tender sophistry! A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The sacristan was also an imposing figure as Nathanael, the second high-priest, who, with all the power of Pharisaical superiority and sophistry, appeared as Christ's accuser. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Such a web of sophistries, in fact, had he woven, that it had been difficult for a hearer to disentangle the truth. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z He did not attack Lamachos, but war’s representative; not Cleon, but flattery of the populace; not Socrates, but the pernicious seed of sophistry, whereby youth was perverted to chop logic and worship whirligig. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z "I think that a very few words may be able to prove to you the sophistry of such an argument," returned the vicar. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z But with you I am disappointed and embarrassed, for your face promised something better, and I cannot enter into your delicate sophistry. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z He drew her towards him, and went on with all a lover's sophistry. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z The romantic sophistry that had comforted her was gone, and nothing could stay her desperate longing to be honest. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z He is full of sophistries, and an adept in the art of making the worse appear the better reason. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z And who has not experienced the wiles of the serpent when he approaches the soul in some charming seduction, in some fascinating crookedness, in some wriggling sophistry, in some twisted excuse, in some winding compromise? The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z This, however, is a point which the worldling labors in vain to prove by the most skilful use of religious sophistry. A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing 2011-07-10T02:00:22.780Z Worthy sirs," interrupted Master Petrus, gravely, "talk not of spiritual things with sophistry, or in an angry spirit; least of all of our blessed Lady, who is truth and heavenly calm itself. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z With all his accumulated testimonials that I am insane, and all his sophistries and reasoning upon false premises to establish this lie, he cannot silence this accusing monitor within himself, testifying to the contrary. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z The poet replied that his “fancy was to show morally how a Don Juan might justify himself partly by truth, somewhat by sophistry.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He entangled himself in a system of sophistry which he regarded as the firmest truth. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z By some curious freak of sophistry she had even managed to persuade herself she was never to see him again. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z I know that she does not believe this, and almost hate her for thinking that her sophistry can reconcile me with myself. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Beguiled by the almost omnipotent sophistries of interest and passion, they have nevertheless adhered in loyal faith to their time-honored doctrine of free government. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Death makes things so real in its presence, masks drop off from souls’ faces, and truth can make her voice heard above the contentions of sophistry. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Sound manly sense soon sees into this; it is only the passion for innovation, and an idle sophistry, soothing itself with false hopes, which will not see it. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Fine sophistry! the valour of the tongue, The heart disclaims it; leave this pomp of words, And cease dissembling with a friend like me. The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z Jefferies had lived so little in towns and among men that he did not know any sophistry of trade custom, and when he heard of these customs his soul flamed up. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z All rot, Treplin; all silly sophistry which weak men have built up to protect themselves from the strong! The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z He stripped them one by one of their “cant-clothed abuses,” exposed the sophistry of their excuses, and left their vices without a leg to stand upon. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He was too conscious of his own sophistry to be eloquent. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z No sophistry, no vain surface-logic detains him; quick, resolute, unerring, he pierces through into the marrow of the question, and speaks his verdict with an emphasis that can not be forgotten. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z It leads you to great depths of thought and sometimes to sophistries and arguments that depend entirely on cleverness for their establishment. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z But his powerful understanding soon saw through the sophistry of that species of dramatic heroism, by which a man escapes "with a bare bodkin" all the duties and responsibilities of his being. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z This is probably to the censorial mind nothing but the base compromise and sophistry of "moderate drinking." From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z But beautiful as was the language, he turned from them with disgust, so full of sophistries did they appear. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z The law will not accept such sophistry as palliation for crime. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z It is invested in a flood of light, which can neither be increased by argument, nor obscured by sophistry. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z This claim to upset historical truths by dint of sheer sophistry is a downright mockery of common-sense. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z O how gradually but surely did my silly heart yield to this sophistry! Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Jovinian soon discovered the tendency of the works his uncle gave him, and as he read he sought for grace to refute their sophistries; nor did he seek in vain. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Such is the sophistry with which he enters upon the task of extenuation. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z What scope is thus allowed for the sophistry of the passions! An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z There is no greater sophistry than that women need the vote to protect themselves and one another from evil men. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z It was a slight peep the penetrating eyes caught through the partially opened door ere the power of self-control returned to close it, but no sophistry could dispose of the horrors thus revealed! Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z No subtle sophistry could blur in her mind the clear line dividing right from wrong. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Just now the fireworks of sophistry and rhetoric drown out the familiar tune and what is heard is the buzz-saw of political machinery. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z And if he had formed the express design to envelope the whole subject in a cloud of sophistry, he could not have taken a better course to accomplish his object. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z You may insult the understanding of Englishmen, as you repeatedly do, with your wordy sophistry, and mystify the masses, who ‘run as they read.’ Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z No—she would not allow her mind to be cheated by female sophistry; nor yet by the male casuistry of, "The end sanctifies the means." Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z The speech was a mixture of sophistry and implied menace—now uttered in the tones of a petitioner, anon assuming the bold air of the bully. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Thus accustomed to free thought and reflection, citizens will be protected against the sophistries of the capitalistic and clerical reaction. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z The reply to that sophistry—no, it is not even sophistry—it is simply an inaccurate, not to say untrue, statement. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z The ingenious sophistry by which our author seeks to shift the burthen of proof from his own shoulders, may be exposed more clearly by the following illustration: God alone exists from eternity. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z But that's false reasoning; for how many men there are who feign to themselves for their own satisfaction, bribing their consciences with sophistry! 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Then she was beset by the realization of the sophistry of circumstance. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Such being really the case, I am bound to expose Knight’s sophistry on this point. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Misconceptions of the work and laws of God constituted its foundation; and the folly, sophistry, ignorance and vain ambition of—to be charitable—mistaken men, comprise its superstructure! Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z Lured by false reasoning, I yielded to the fascinations of a specious sophistry, and for awhile my soul languished under the iron bondage of a powerful and glittering falsehood. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z But I force myself to remember your father's determined tone, his cold-blooded sophistries. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z This art of reasoning, however it may lead them into discussions as full of sophistry as ingenuity, may be the means of converting some of them to Christianity. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z I have now only to expose the sophistry which Payne Knight has employed upon this subject. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In this strain Lyle proceeded; Gray paid but little heed to his sophistry—his mind was intent on casting aside the thraldom under which he writhed; but fate seemed against him. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The ingenious sophistry of Arnold allayed his apprehensions, and in an upper room of Smith's house, the plan of operations was determined, and there Andrè passed a day of great solicitude. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Cheyenne Harry's stock of sophistry would give out, as well as his stock of patience. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z I did not need all this sophistry to satisfy the whisperings of my conscience. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Beware the sophistry of budget talking points -- especially those seeking to deter any criticism of defense spending. Auschwitz decays, prompting preservation effort 2011-02-04T16:32:00Z All the sophistry in the world could not veil the sin he had committed against the helpless, unoffending infant, the melancholy legacy of his ill-starred Mary. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z No sophistry I could summon was sufficient to assuage the poignancy of this sentiment. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z In like manner, there is a certain general correspondence between magic and miracle, obstinacy and faith, insubordination and zeal for religion, sophistry and argumentative talent, craft and meekness, as is obvious. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z It is a just recognition of a patent, unmistakable, and incontrovertible fact, which no humanity can amend and no sophistry can disguise. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z And with the coalition's version of a green investment bank, testing each word is an education in sophistry. The green investment bank: neither particularly green, nor a bank 2011-01-27T11:54:29Z She listened eagerly to her sophistries, trying to persuade herself that they were true. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z So dubious was this sophistry that the period was known as the Lochner era. ‘Socialized Medicine’ Will Start With Judges: Michael Waldman 2011-01-24T02:39:42Z I suppose no sophistry could convince us that the incidental fact of a personal friendship should in reality make the slightest difference as to what your duty would be. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z It is sophistry to pretend Olympic stadiums are traditionally handed over to track and field in perpetuity. Tottenham's Olympic stadium plans make sense ? for athletics 2011-01-16T00:08:02Z As for Uros, his friend's reproaches were not half so keen as those he made to himself; but love had a thousand sophistries to still the voice of conscience. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Thus giving himself the opportunity of changing his mind, for there always remain in the conscience some of those sophistries which we pour into it ourselves. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The latter has written an elaborate work on the Constitution, full of sophistry, and not always very reliable as to its facts. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z But she impatiently cut me short by a wave of the hand, as if she were determined to believe in the warning character of her dream, despite all my sophistry. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z This is dangerous sophistry, however, for a fair maid to indulge in. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z It was Michelet's "Woman," my boy, that suggested this letter; yet I did not intend, at the outset, to devote so much space to his unwholesome sophistry. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z At moments during this hourlong dialogue, contentiousness morphed into a place where low comedy meets sophistry. The Haggler: The New Car With Mystery Add-Ons 2010-12-25T17:46:36Z Sophistry will sometimes overlie reason and blind men’s judgment for generations; but sophistry, with all its ingenuity, cannot hide a fact. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He was anxious to clear away those sophistries and impostures of which he was particularly apprehensive, in view of the somewhat foreign character of his culture and religion. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z And first of all I began to realise that my choice involved me straight away in that very web of sophistry and dissimulation that I had wished to avoid. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Might we hear a little less sophistry about fairness from David Cameron and Nick Clegg? Benefits cut, rents up: this is Britain's housing time bomb 2010-10-25T20:00:00Z Their mendacious sophistry creates an atmosphere in which Enright felt his rage is normal and acceptable. Man Is Held in Anti-Muslim Stabbing 2010-08-25T16:49:00Z Goldman’s settlement helps to establish a precedent that such sophistry must end. High & Low Finance: At Consumer Bureau, Elizabeth Warren Would Be Bane of Banks 2010-07-23T00:40:00Z The real offense is the Church’s theological sophistry. The Vatican and Women: Casting the First Stone 2010-07-19T15:30:00Z The second great investigation into BP's desuetude, once the gushing is over, will surely spread new slicks of sophistry far and wide. BP's theatre of the absurd 2010-06-20T19:00:00Z The existence of such a buddy system seems utterly at odds with common sense — it’s the sort of sophistry that made Poincaré recoil. The Hilbert Hotel 2010-05-09T21:00:00Z He points out a couple of new schools built using the financial sophistry of PFI. Gordon Brown's ghost town 2010-04-08T04:00:00Z The ruling also labeled the blight designation obtained by the state agency “mere sophistry” that was concocted years after Columbia developed its plans. 2010-01-20T02:10:00Z Whatever may have been the sophistry to which he yielded, he knew that those who now promised him the crown had the power to make their promise good. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies That were your ears not stopped with sophistries And Jesuitry you would adjudge divine! Porzia With the airy nonchalance of practised sophistry, these apologists of swearing conceived a device that to themselves at least proved eminently satisfactory. A Cursory History of Swearing A hoarse laugh from the crowd showed that the sophistry did not pass unheeded. The Great Mogul On one side he places science and philosophy, on the other dialectic and sophistry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The sophistry was too palpable; the truth too black a lie. Idonia: A Romance of Old London Is there any amount of sophistry which can reconcile such incongruities? The Story of Malta "But it is not sophistry," she cried, with an energetic stamp of her foot. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The reply of Mr. Adams was an exposition of British wrongs and American rights, so clearly presented that no sophistry could impugn—no logic confront. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But even at this early stage there was something stalwart and self-reliant in his cast of character that resisted the cunning sophistry; vicarious relief woke resentment in him; he meant to face his troubles alone. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath His ignorance, his falsehoods, his sophistry, have been sufficiently branded; yet, spider-like, Destroy his slander and his fibs—in vain, The creature's at its dirty work again. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion The people were saved from becoming blas�, and from subtle formalism and sophistry, by warmth of heart, vigorous resolution, a solid understanding, which was little accessible to over-great refinements, and a pleasant good-humour. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. "There's a card inside, sure, and perhaps a name," she argued, with easy sophistry. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life He then issued an artful tirade of insulting sophistry for the purpose of inducing others to plunge into the same quagmire of disgrace with himself—calling it a proclamation with the following caption. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In a paper of this sort you must take a text, and with sophistry draw your deductions. A Yankee from the West A Novel Sometimes he was conscious of his sophistry, and felt ashamed of it afterwards. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel One of Lord Henry Wotton's specious sophistries was this: "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Has your last word of sophistry been said, O cult of slaves? Poems of the Great War Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund No sophistry can controvert it—no casuistry entangle it. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In masses the sea swallows them up, trenches are filled with them, but however much we try we cannot narcotise our hearts by sophistries. The Great Discovery But with a howl of horror the wretched victim of party silliness and factious sophistry pitched head-first amidst the pile of papers—MAD!!! Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 A seed dropped from the flattering tongue of Lord Henry Wotton, tended and skilfully fostered into a surprising precociousness by his insidious, worthless cynicisms, and oracular sophistries. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Finally, understanding that she was not to be won back by sophistries, he offered to leave her in peace if she would give the child to him. Life on the Stage Yet we often see those of high attainments rush into the whirlpool of inconsistency with a blind infatuation that the fine spun rules of the acutest sophistry cannot justify. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It is either a case "of pre-engaged affection" or some secret influence on the score of family and fortune; and even this sophistry lends its balm to wounded self-love. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) This incommunicable gift supplies an element of sincerity to Chateaubriand’s writings which goes far to redeem the artificial effect of his calculated sophistry and set declamation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" It is always acceptable to my mind, and, stripped of all sophistry and oblique conditions, it would appear the same to every mind. The Speech of Monkeys Right opinion may be produced by persuasion and sophistry, by the arts of the orator and rhetorician. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy With other thought, mark also the Abbé Maury; his broad bold face, mouth accurately primmed, full eyes, that ray out intelligence, falsehood,—the sort of sophistry which is astonished you should find it sophistical. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The demon called sophistry was ever telling me: 'You could have been of no use to your children. On the Heights A Novel The considerations derived from natural theology are but commonplaces rendered dazzling by the magic of style; and the parallels between Christianity and antiquity, especially in arts and letters, are at best ingenious sophistries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The defence which Madame de Stael felt called upon to put forth is weak, inconclusive, and abounding in sophistries. Lives of Celebrated Women The patron may justify the gift from sentimental considerations, of pride, generosity or fear of violating a social convention, but no sophistry of reasoning can prove that a substantial value has been received. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America By means of this sophistry Sancho was made to endure hunger, and hunger so keen that in his heart he cursed the government and even him who had given it to him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Since joys of sense can’t rise to reason’s taste; In subtle sophistry’s laborious forge, Wit hammers out a reason new, that stoops To sordid scenes, and meets them with applause. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes She wanted to rush out and wipe the slates of her friends clear of their comfortable sophistries. Thirty And, indeed, there lies the sophistry of his argument. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 That were especially baneful to the artist, it seemed; by his very temperament was he exposed to their blandishing sophistries. Ewing\\'s Lady He knew the sophistry of the world, and how accessible to such sophistry is a heavy heart. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I thought and thought and could not escape my mood by any sophistry. Above the Battle As he walked home, he analysed its meaning, and tried to disguise it in sophistries. Thirty Teleki was prepared for such a reception and summoned his usual sophistry to his aid. The Golden Age in Transylvania It is not worth while to answer this sophistry. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 But the Church grants indulgences; the State, rights of primogeniture; sophistry, moral exemptions. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine And arguments to the contrary, however clever-sounding or philosophical, are in fact sophistry. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition Let an end come swiftly to the invention of sophistries to prove the contrary. Religious Perplexities Real abilities were indeed possessed by a Duns Scotus and a few others; but these were lost in the most trifling subtleties of a sophistry which they dignified with the name of casuistical divinity. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Though the sophistry of passion in these books disgusted me, flowers of purest hue seemed to grow upon the dark and dirty ground. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) I will say this for you—that for sophistry undiluted, a woman of the present day who stands where you do, can out-Greek the ancients. The Mountain Girl There is, we must confess, a good deal of such sophistry to-day in the use of arguments drawn from the current philosophy of necessitarianism and the idea of heredity. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition They are no dealers in sophistries, these wide-mouthed wolf-dogs, with their wicked teeth, and would fight against the stars in their courses. Seeds of Pine Not for an instant did she cheat herself with sophistries of an eventual recovery. The Torch Bearer So, with the unstable sophistry of passion, Mataswintha accused the unhappy man, who suffered more than herself; who had sacrificed not only her happiness, but that of his well-beloved wife, to his fatherland. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) He had a wry, secret smile for his specious sophistry. The Destroying Angel But Mr. Mann's own brave career was never deflected by the sophistries of the timid. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 They are among his baldest paradoxes, are conveyed in his heaviest style, and are supported by his feeblest sophistry. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition A horrible light breaks upon them, and sophistry finds no longer any clouds to darken it. Priests, Women, and Families “He shakes his serpent tongue that lies, Wins trust for poisoned sophistries And stabs me in the dark, and flies, The assassin!” Songs of the Army of the Night Grinning with amused toleration of his own perverse sophistry, he turned over on his side and struck out in the wake of the motor-boat. The Destroying Angel Not only cold insidious sophistry Comes, blinking with its taper-fume, to light, If so he may, the sun in the mid heaven! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 At first I refused point-blank, but at last resigned myself to his sophistry, and the bargain was closed. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It was true there were moments when all the sophistry gave way, and her affections flowed full and strong in the deep channels of her heart. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The sophistry of thinking him 'no worse than his set' will serve no longer. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Oh, the cunning sophistries by which we cover up our real feelings in this life, smothering every healthy impulse and every generous aspiration, under the guise of some "conventionality." Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The assertion intended, if presented according to its intention and without sophistry, would run thus:—“The mind admits the idea of limitless, through the greater impossibility of entertaining that of limited, space.” Eureka: A Prose Poem Epicurus criticised the Stoic doctrine of paiderastia by sententiously observing that philosophers only differed from the common race of men in so far as they could better cloak their vice with sophistries. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion The narrow trends of shipboard life give licence to a conservatism that out-Herods Herod in intensity, unreason—in utter sophistry. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Something of this was passing through his mind now, but somehow it savored of sophistry and he knit his brows. The Song of the Wolf What this novel path was to be, and where to lead, I cannot say; nor am I able now, in looking back, to guess by what sophistry I persuaded myself into this belief. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II No. Commit it then to the flames; for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.” The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse How different from the soliloquy of the dark and treacherous Bernard, seeking in the sophistry and casuistry of philosophy to justify his selfishness, were the thoughts of his noble victim! Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Otherwise the imposing form of the argument is a convenient mask for sophistry. Logic, Inductive and Deductive He denounced President Buchanan's distinction between "coercing a State" and "compelling the citizens of the State to obey the laws of the United States" as a "transparent sophistry." The Struggle for Missouri Here was the art of the demagogue, blinding the eyes of the people with sophistry and false pretences in order to secure by indirection that which could not be obtained by fair discussion. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 He was accused of sophistry, of unwisdom, of want of patriotism, of lust for power. Studies in Contemporary Biography That day chanced to be one of his despondent, hypochondriacal seasons, and after some persuasion on my part, and much sophistry from his nephew, the weak old man yielded. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part It had beguiled him into a natural sophistry. Old Crow He was fascinated with her, it is true; but it was with her beauty, flattery and sophistry, not her heart. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Philosophy had degenerated into sophistry, art into dilettanteism, oratory into rhetoric, poetry into verse making. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive One section of the nation accused him of sophistry, of unwisdom, of a want of patriotism, of a lust for power. Studies in Contemporary Biography If the physical speculations of Greece had ended in sophistry and atheism, ethical investigations, it thus appears, had borne no better fruit. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It is time the world had done with these miserable sophistries, and these spurious distinctions between murder by wholesale and by retail, and it soon will have done with them. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror I have not the genius for such sophistry. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence In the private judgment of the writer, the thinking of the Middle Ages was sophistry and their belief superstition. The History of Freedom No amount of sophistry could make her believe herself guiltless of this terrible deed. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday Is the press but a more effective engine for promulgating sophistry, owing to its ready corruption? A Morning's Walk from London to Kew Light triumphed over darkness, science over sophistry, calmness over passion and stubbornness, the church over the sect, and the friend of reason and order over the demagogues. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Gentlemen, what do mankind say to such sophistry? The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Do not write to me any sophistry on this subject; do not try to blind my eyes again; to deceive me to my ruin. Ellen Middleton—A Tale To impair the force of this exposition, the ardent advocates of the Colonization Society will undoubtedly attempt to evade the ground of controversy, and lead uncautious minds astray in a labyrinth of sophistry. Thoughts on African Colonization He indeed provoked his antagonists into the toils by the very extravagance of his assertions, and the teasing sophistry by which he rendered them plausible. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Let no one undertake to contend here with sophistry or trifles, but let him come with the Scripture. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Senator Dolph, of Oregon, followed in a clear, concise argument, brushing away these sophistries by showing that such evils did not exist where women were enfranchised and voted at every election. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The two miraculous Draughts of fishes,—the Stater found in the fish's mouth,—the stilling of the Storm,—might perhaps, by a little rhetorical sophistry, in unscrupulous hands, be so disposed of. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Their instincts are more than a match for the specious sophistry and learned sense of colonizationists: they meet them on every point, and on every point achieve a victory. Thoughts on African Colonization In her overwrought and harassed condition, the sophistry illuded her; she was sensible only of the menace his words distilled. The Bandbox The unsophisticated acceptor of current sophistries or the apologist might reply that all this money came from legitimate business transactions, the natural increase in the value of land, and thus on. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Once, I remember, he defended himself more at large and had some curious sophistries, worth repeating, for a light upon his character. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) I have transcribed this passage to illustrate the miserable sophistry of the author. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford It is such sophistry as is contained in the foregoing extract, that kindles my indignation into a blaze. Thoughts on African Colonization In that way the problems reach us when we are cool, and not warped by the sophistries of an instant passion. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Whatever in the line of business yielded profits, that act, whether cheating, robbing or slaughtering, was justified by some sophistry or other. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times We may seek to escape their teaching by reasonings touching the good which is wrought out of all evil; but it is vain sophistry. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) English manliness,—will, to any extent be led astray, by sophistry worthless as that which we have been exposing. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford They are most strangely mistaken if they suppose that it is an easy matter to win them, either by sophistry or force. Thoughts on African Colonization The system of Aristotle, as above stated, is throughout a mere complicated blunder, supported by sophistry, 339 the laboriously developed mistake of Temperance for the essence of the virtues which it guides. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Somerset was a young man of a very tolerant disposition and by nature easily amenable to sophistry. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) All the sophistry about the non-natural meaning of terms was held up by p. 68Borrow to ridicule, even contempt; and the clergyman was beaten at every point. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations What philosophy or sophistry can reconcile a man to such buffets from the hand of Fate? Wunpost I close this work with a specimen of the sophistry which is used to give eclat to the American Colonization Society. Thoughts on African Colonization Any electoral defeat which "sheer fudge" can extenuate, or party sophistry explain away. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 When a man’s heart warms to his viands, he forgets a great deal of sophistry, and soars into a rosy zone of contemplation. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) But it was a man’s face, with honor in it; the sun found no weakness there, no shame concealed under the sophistries and wiles by which men beguile the world. The Rustler of Wind River Words which declared a truth since tested by every possible subtlety and sophistry which the ingenuity of man could suggest or devise, but which has stood firmly through every ordeal. Hydesville The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism This book will doubtless increase the rage of my enemies; but no torrent of invective shall successfully whelm it, no sophistry impair its force, no activity destroy its influence, no misrepresentation defeat its usefulness. Thoughts on African Colonization For you must have observed he uses it as a sort of taunt, in the sense of to ergotise, implying, as it were—the poor, dear fellow!—a vein of sophistry. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) At last, however, it occurs to Jachin that he can easily embezzle part of the usual monthly offerings while saving his character in his own eyes by some obvious sophistry. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Mr. Adams said he had no time for maudlin sentimentalism or petticoat sophistry. Carmen Ariza But he has gone away, and all those arguments now seem to me worthless—a tissue of words, lies, entanglements, and sophistries. Pepita Ximenez The miserable sophistry contained in the foregoing extracts scarcely needs a serious refutation. Thoughts on African Colonization No form of words can cover up the falsehood; no sophistry can hide it; no lapse of time wash it out. The Vote That Made the President I encountered in every page wit struggling with its own sophistry, and learning confused by the multiplicity of its views. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare In her low-voiced words he found no trace of banter, of sophistry, nor of aught that he might in any wise misinterpret. Carmen Ariza Such are the precise unmistakeable words of Scripture, which no sophistry can explain away. Bible Romances First Series Resolved, That it is our firm belief, that the Colonization Society is replete with infinite mischief, and that we view all the arguments of its advocates as mere sophistry, not worthy our notice as freemen. Thoughts on African Colonization After admitting Paul's ability, persistence, courage, and other virtues, he remarks—"But these are accompanied by what in an uninspired man would be called pride, jealousy, disdain, invective, sophistry, time-serving and intolerance." Flowers of Freethought (First Series) But it must be considered, that, at this time, a fondness for subtle disputations so generally prevailed in Greece, that excellence in the arts of reasoning and sophistry was a sure path to fame. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." It does not demand much acumen to unveil such impudent sophistry as this. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 He would have none of their sophistries, none of their fears, none of their old-fashioned absurdities. Marion Fay Women who had never made a public speech had to meet their eloquence and sophistry. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI This is pretty strong; and "sophistry" and "time-serving" are only euphemisms for lying in preaching and practice. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Only the promise to await Saurez’ death, troubled Martinez, and with a convenient sophistry he decided that an agreement not to print the narrative in a book did not extend to using it in court. In the Shadow of the Hills But thou who feedest on dreams dost prefer the sophistry and subterfuges in matters of importance and uncertainty to what is certain and natural, though of lesser magnitude. Thoughts on Art and Life Their minds once settled, neither sophistry, logic, rhetoric, pleading nor tears will move them from their purpose. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Mary hated her stupid sophistry about commercial nuns, novitiates and all, her plain gray-eyed spinster self doomed to a Persian cat and a bonus at sixty. The Gorgeous Girl Out on it! out on it! what sophistry. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 But even as he meditated, he felt the sophistry of this last argument, while through his brain ran the undercurrent: “He has wooed her––won her, perhaps!” The Strollers Fire destroys all sophistry,—that is to say, deceit,—and preserves truth alone, which is gold. Thoughts on Art and Life That's elementary sophistry, but I invented it, and I'm strong for it. Nobody It took some time to persuade Phillips to go on; and all Gorman’s sophistries would not induce the boy to say another word about the cisterns in the cave. The Island Mystery The sophistry of the plea in behalf of an insincere renunciation of faith is too palpable to influence any mind but one eager to be convinced. Henry IV, Makers of History In its last conclusions this perverted realism harks back to the sophistry of Protagoras who held that “man is the measure of all things.” Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Fire must represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies, and the mask is for sophistry and lies, which conceal truth. Thoughts on Art and Life But it was not merely the vulgar among freethinkers who then substituted sophistry and declamation for honesty and sense. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 He was a man whom danger could not daunt, Nor sophistry perplex, nor pain subdue; A stoic, reckless of the world's vain taunt, And steeled the path of honor to pursue. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose But the song always changed to tears, the tears to anger, anger to sophistry, and all in turn to a dull pain at the heart, making her almost wish she were dead. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties “That,” said Mephistopheles, solemnly, and with no pretense of sophistry, “is the string of death, and he who plays upon it dies at once.” The Fifth String Fire destroys falsehood,—that is to say, sophistry,—and rehabilitates truth, scattering the darkness. Thoughts on Art and Life Then hour by hour for those twenty-four days they wove their webs about her, webs of wonderful sophistry which have entangled keener brains than hers. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India It is not likely that the sophistry of railroad hirelings will triumph over the practical logic of an intelligent public. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses With such poor sophistry did she try to convince herself that she was indifferent. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Admirable sophistry, that can shield cowards and traitors, under a mistaken principle of civil government! She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa Fire must be represented as the consumer of all sophistry and the revealer of truth, because it is light and scatters darkness which conceals all essences. Thoughts on Art and Life This miserable sophistry only showed the weakness of the government which employed it. Pius IX. And His Time "You are talking sophistry," said I, though I don't suppose she knew what I meant, as I believe she thinks in French. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Mr. Madison came to the help of his colleague, and brushed aside the sophistries of the New England allies of the slave traders. James Madison He despised chicanery of all kinds, and formed independent opinions upon broad grounds instead of being at the mercy of ingenious sophistry. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The most —— reasoner may be deluded, when he practises sophistry upon himself. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions With no better stay than sophistry and inconsistency, its weakness became apparent, and, as had been for some time clearly inevitable, it fell. Pius IX. And His Time "We cannot answer these sophistries," we were exasperated into replying. Imaginary Interviews An honorable man would have nerved himself to bear her loving reproaches; would have turned sadly and firmly from her confused, girlish sophistries, and reproved them with a word. Wee Wifie Young people should not be ignorant, however, of these boasted forms of argumentation; and it may, as they advance in the knowledge of words, be a useful exercise to resist the attacks of sophistry. Practical Education, Volume II The sophistry was so —— as to disgust the assembly. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions To silence a child in argument is easy, to convince him is difficult; sophistry or wit should never be used to confound the understanding. Practical Education, Volume I It is indeed a tax of sophistry, a tax of pedantry, a tax of disputation, a tax of war and rebellion, a tax for anything but benefit to the imposers or satisfaction to the subject.... Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The scoffs and sarcasms and sophistries of infidels are not from a love of truth. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 10. October, 1880 It was read to S—— a few days ago, to try whether he could detect the sophistry: he was not previously told what was thought of it by others. Practical Education, Volume II Let the dull brute civilized herd sweep by, all its moralizing and sophistries could not arouse so much as a single heart-beat where sentiment was concerned. When Dreams Come True Possessed of this conviction, and provided with substantial arguments in its support, young people will not be exposed to danger, either from sophistry or ridicule. Practical Education, Volume I No specious sophistry or vain delusion—no time-honored tradition or untenable doctrine can evade her searching investigation. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III If he were a very subtle sophist himself, he was himself one on whom no sophistry could impose. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 There are lectures to tire, and good lodgings to hire, To all who require and have money to pay; While fun and philosophy, supping and sophistry, Ladies and lecturing fill up the day. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Argue and theorize as we will, our sophistries count for little when we are brought face to face with the realities of life. When Dreams Come True The "steel-cut" idea is another of those sophistries for which American advertising methods have been largely responsible in the development of the package-coffee business in the United States. All About Coffee No crafty words shall mar, Nor sophistry distract; No parrying counsel jar With the eternal fact;— Keep watch, my soul, in fear, The Judge of men is near. Hymns from the East Being Centos and Suggestions from the Office Books of the Holy Eastern Church He never met a position, nor answered an argument, but threw around them the mist of sophistry, and thus weakened their force. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Fun and philosophy, supping and sophistry, There's nothing in life that is out of his way. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Those who become interested in a cause laboring so heavily under the pressure of present unpopularity, must expect to be assailed by every form of bitterness and sophistry. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans This is only a ready sophistry to allure the soul. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Nor is Colonial work, industrial activity and commercial thrift disturbed by bureaucratic sophistry or immoderate fiscal pretentions, that so frequently suffocate the most promising and audacious undertakings in other places. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) But don't let us talk sophistry and silliness," she proceeded, "nor the kind of abstract that serves as a cover for unrighteousness. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius There, too, sans apology, tea, tarts, tautology, Are given with zoölogy, to grave and gay; Thus fun and philosophy, supping and sophistry Send all to England home, happy and gay. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Why should we be deceived by the sophistry of those whose interest it is to gloss over iniquity, and who from long habit have learned to believe that it is no iniquity? An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Such have no examination of their lives, and should they have they use some satanic sophistry to gloss their sin. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity In this species of political sophistry Hamilton was a master. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy But there was never any great wrong righted that was not intrenched in sophistry—that did not plead an immemorial antiquity, and what it called the universal consent and "instinct" of mankind. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Lucretia Mott followed him, and ably pointed out his sophistry and errors. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Power, wealth, talent, pride, and sophistry, are all in arms against them; but God and truth is on their side. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans There are those who are and desire to be considered powerful theologians, though they extenuate original sin by sophistry. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Hence, we have the word "sophistry," which means fallacious reasoning. History of Education It encounters, indeed, the most ancient traditions, the most subtle sophistry of men's passions and prejudices. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II His reply is a curious mixture of truth, political sophistry, false assumption, and blind selfishness. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I They support it with loud bravado, or insidious sophistry, or pretended regret; but they never abandon the point. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans But it is sophistry, and not reason, that leads the human mind astray; and we believe that reason, in all cases, is competent to detect and expose the impositions of sophistry. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory All the sophistry about the non-natural meaning of terms was held up by Borrow to ridicule, and the clergyman was beaten at every point. George Borrow in East Anglia Two very brave young Kentuckian sprigs of the law had the courage to argue or present sophistry on the other side. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Whenever one rebels at the injustice the world is there with this sophistry, feeds him with it as a nurse feeds pap to a crying child, until he’s full and temporarily comatose. The Dominant Dollar In the 'New Atalantis' Mrs. Manley certified that the fair victim was first persuaded by his lordship's sophistries to regard polygamy as accordant with moral law. A Book About Lawyers With the light of this distinction in our minds, it will be easy to follow and expose the sophistries of the necessitarian. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory To live, and see arise, Alternating with wisdom's too short reign, Folly revived, re-furbish'd sophistries, And pullulating rites externe and vain? Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Confronted with an uncongenial task, you slunk away from it and shielded yourself behind the sophistry that the work was unworthy of you. Master of the Vineyard He does not make sophistry to consist in holding wicked opinions; he represents them as only too orthodox in general, 906 but capable of giving utterance to immoral paradoxes for the sake of vanity. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles It was defended only by patent sophistry, and its advocates argued from the fact to the right, inventing the latter to sustain the former. A Manual of Moral Philosophy His reply is not only incomplete, in that it does not expose the sophistry of the atheist; it is also unsound. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory It just comes to this, and no sophistry can get over it—you obtained my consent under false pretences?' The Giant's Robe He began to weave sophistries whereby he proved to his own satisfaction that Rufus cared not for his cousin, that she disdained him, and consequently was fair game for himself. Border Ghost Stories Be silent—no sophistry of yours can hide the brutal truth. The Slave of Silence Mabel felt there was sophistry somewhere in the argument, but could hardly point out where it was. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour It was not until the scientific sophistries began that brotherhood was really disputed. What I Saw in America All the eloquence—all the sophistry—all the persuasion of Sister Alba, who presided over the department of the penitents, failed to make her believe that such a step was necessary for her eternal salvation. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf That there was something belonging to it, which, aided with his sophistry, served to diminish the guilt of it in his eyes, is pretty certain. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 He is able to throw the glimmering mantle of his own elaborate sophistry of the senses over comparatively fleeting, unarresting objects. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions But in the ears of all genuine and earnest Lutherans their sophistries and apologies rang neither true nor sincere. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church He had no time to accommodate himself to the situation, no time for sophistry. The Pools of Silence “Of what am I accused? and wherefore am I brought hither?” asked Flora, beginning to feel bewildered by the sophistry that characterized the nun’s discourse. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf It is one thing to see a sophistry, and another to take to pieces the filmy threads of which it is composed. The Chautauqua Girls At Home |
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