| 单词 | special pleading |
| 例句 | Only by the most special pleading could I imagine the polynucleotide backbone bending enough to accommodate irregular base sequences. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But this last alternative seems to me to be special pleading: I am, reluctantly, a self-confessed carbon chauvinist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They will only do that if they feel connected to culture, and know that artists are not a breed apart who feel entitled to special pleading, but a genuine part of their communities. Let's make arts cuts today mean stronger theatre tomorrow 2013-01-08T16:37:36Z This isn't about special pleading for minority interests or finding excuses for broadcasting no one wants to watch. We need more religious broadcasting, not less 2013-05-15T12:42:13Z Viewed cynically this may all seem like special pleading. Reading group: Sons and Lovers is getting me down 2013-06-13T08:58:55Z In the second half of GBFR, James Martin made the case for watercress, but it felt less an impassioned defence, and more like special pleading. TV review: DCI Banks; Great British Food Revival 2012-10-10T21:00:01Z Saint-Saëns’s “Henry VIII,” on the other hand, may need more special pleading. ‘Saint-Saëns and His World’ at Bard 2012-07-20T17:08:16Z The poem doesn't go in for special pleading. Poem of the week: Interstate by Anne-Marie Fyfe 2011-04-11T09:39:57Z But sadly things unwind and the movie loses power with covert special pleading for the wiseguy protagonist, who is supposed to be morally superior to obviously vindictive white cops or evil drug dealer rivals. Film review: Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema 2010-07-08T22:05:00Z He said that complaints about the show’s accuracy were “special pleading” from royalists. Watching ‘The Crown’ With Britain’s Anti-Monarchists: ‘I Feel Queasy’ 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z It is a rare encounter with the great musical revivalists Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra that does not involve a lot of scholarly baggage or special pleading for a forgotten composer. Review: American Symphony Orchestra’s George Perle Centennial Tribute 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z But they will lose the argument if they fall back, as arts campaigners are doing, on quantifiable popularity, on jargon, special pleading, job protection, "economic return" and political correctness. We all care about beauty ? why don't politicians? 2010-04-08T07:06:00Z Orientalist special pleading doesn't get a look in. After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies by Christopher M Davidson 2012-12-28T22:55:04Z It sounds odd to hear, in “The Music of J. S. Bach,” special pleading for a composer who is now so widely beloved. 2010-02-15T16:59:00Z But a fine performance of a masterpiece needs no special pleading, and the veteran pianist Rudolf Buchbinder played the solo part with a sure sense of structure and considerable flair. Music Review: Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic, Collegiate Chorale at Salzburg 2012-07-27T21:23:47Z There’s no lecturing or special pleading in “Accolade.” ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Punished By Fame 2011-02-25T16:44:55Z This is probably special pleading, but both Judaism and Christianity emphasise the importance and sacredness of the family, and the authority and status of women within the home. The Book of Genesis, part 6: Patriarchs and others 2011-01-18T12:37:35Z Logan is both a world-class grumbler with a crotchety disdain for what used to be called multiculturalism and a stiletto-sharp stylist with appealing allergies to cant and special pleading. Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z At the time, Applegate, an actress with an aversion to special pleading, didn’t make excuses. Christina Applegate Pours One Out for ‘Dead to Me’ 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In a culture that had similarly failed to “legitimate” painting, he also resented the special pleading he had to do on the medium’s behalf. Review | Quiet, please. At the Louvre’s ‘Léonard de Vinci’ exhibition, you’re in the presence of genius. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The stated desire for more, better or different kinds of movie representation, like other forms of feminist advocacy, is often met with defensiveness, or heard as special pleading. The Carpetbagger: Box Office Heroines 2012-12-07T15:00:34Z But when Ms. Eisenberg’s Judy brings her patrician detachment to an account of a mass arrest at her father’s house, the effect is all the more devastating for its lack of special pleading. Theater Review: ‘The Designated Mourner’ by Wallace Shawn, at Public Theater 2013-07-22T02:00:02Z If anyone can make a case for Elgar outside Britain, and without special pleading, it’s Daniel Barenboim, returning to conduct this British composer’s works. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Yet there’s no melodrama, sentimentality or special pleading. The Model Apartment: A Great Play Rediscovered 2013-10-16T12:00:01Z Now almost every recording ever made is buyable or poachable online: easy come, easy go, and therefore no music needs protection or special pleading. Arts & Leisure Preview: Ultimate Box of Jazz? Not Exactly 2011-03-17T17:46:52Z You might think special pleading would no longer be needed. Music Review: Tribute to Composer Alban Berg at Bard Music Festival 2010-08-16T21:54:00Z The symphony, one of Mozart’s mature masterworks, needs no special pleading, but here a thoughtful context and vivacious playing made it sound especially commanding. 2010-02-15T05:07:00Z She doesn’t need the moniker, the special pleading. Jeremiah Tower, a Forgotten Father of the American Food Revolution 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Its special pleadings are all over the map. ‘American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally’ Review: Prosecuting a Propagandist 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z "Solitary Man" is as warm as a comedy about a screw-up can be without resorting to special pleading. Michael Douglas: The last great antihero 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z So there is inevitably an element of special pleading when works by other members of the Bach dynasty are performed. Music Review: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Performs at Zankel Hall 2014-04-09T20:18:43Z The play is shaped with compassion, but there is never even an echo of special pleading. | 'This Wide Night': Edie Falco and Alison Pill as Reunited Ex-Cons 2010-05-17T02:15:00Z “We’re here defending democracy. I found the special pleading for sportsmen quite sickening.” European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Barnes captures the language of adoration with exquisite poise, the devoted student’s endless cycle of qualifications and special pleading. Review | Julian Barnes is back. But where’s the magic? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Like that earlier piece, Bowles employs exaggeration and special pleading to make her case. Column: Progressives have ruined San Francisco. Just ask this heiress 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The preponderance of Civil War and Robert E. Lee memorabilia in the Richmond time capsule suggests not just items pertinent to a statue of Lee, but at least a little special pleading. Perspective | Time capsules are more popular than ever, as Americans take history into their own hands 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Embassy or other U.S. government agencies, or those for whom special pleading in the United States has succeeded. As evacuations from Afghanistan slow to a trickle, some ‘at risk’ allies may face long road to the United States 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z It has clear biases, telling you that America is “good” and that Somalia is “dangerous”; and it’s amenable to special pleading, noting that eating babies is “okay” as long as you are “really, really hungry.” The AI oracle of Delphi uses the wisdom of Reddit to offer dubious moral advice 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z All these features do exist in California, though some of the complainants Friedersdorf quotes are plainly engaged in special pleading. Column: The Atlantic says 'the California Dream is dying.' So what else is new? 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z There’s the aspect in these petitions of special pleading — Khan appears to be un-capturable, which is why her targets have the knives out. Column: Facebook and Amazon launch a personal attack on a worrisome regulator 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Maybe if all that changed, women would find it easier to manage menopause on the job — with no special pleading required. Opinion | Is menopause really driving women out of the workforce? 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z That was special pleading - the "mercantile community" just wanted to preserve its mark-ups. Are things only worth what people will pay? 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In other words, his prominent position gave rise to special pleading for which he received special treatment.” Police and politicians ‘turned blind eye’ to Westminster child abuse claims 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z These studies are distorted and biased and misused in the regulatory and legislative and regulatory process, lending an air of legitimacy to corporate special pleading. AOC: "I was sent to here to protect people," not private equity profits 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z "This is not about special pleading for Christians, but making up a significant deficit," the bishop wrote. Hunt backs stronger protections for Christians worldwide 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The editorial did a disservice when it dismissed the real and growing needs of veterans, seniors and the disabled in small towns as “special pleading.” Opinion | Focusing on profits misses the point of Amtrak 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But to any honest theorist, such made-to-order scenarios smack of special pleading. How Old Are Saturn's Rings? The Debate Rages On 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z My son got the IV pain control, but it was very much a case of special pleading. Managing Children’s Pain After Surgery 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z This rhetoric is special pleading in its rawest form, framing these men — by virtue of age and by implication, of status — as less answerable for their crimes than other Americans. Surrounded by foes, Emperor Trump moves to put himself above the law 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Most of them are destined to remain historical curiosities, but “Huguenots” requires no special pleading. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z To be fair to Ansari, this doesn’t come across as special pleading, nor remotely peevish. Aziz Ansari suggests 'wokeness' can go too far at surprise gig 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z That might be dismissed as special pleading by a religious leader but it should not be; the risk he describes is real. The importance of rethinking religious education 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z This sounds suspiciously like special pleading by an intellectual elite that wants to indulge in social criticism at the expense of the criticized, in both figurative and literal senses. Opinion | Elite colleges are making it easy for conservatives to dislike them 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z After a strong opening in West Africa and his account of crossing to the West Indies, Equiano’s personal story becomes fragmented by Abolitionist special pleading. 100 best nonfiction books: No 79 – The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano (1789) 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Neither is it special pleading: they are culpable, regardless of their later regrets, or of how loving they were to me and others. Rachel Seiffert: ‘My grandparents were Nazis. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know this’ 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Bailey’s swipe last month at fund managers – just one of many financial industries now at risk – and their “sustained, high profits” showed that he is not yet ready to listen to special pleading. Donald Trump has a handy scapegoat when economic clouds appear 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Broadly speaking, special pleading is how we wound up in our current cheese predicament to begin with. America can’t eat its way out of this massive cheese problem 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Lady Anyone using the word “complicated” to describe a male musician who looks down on or is violent towards women is, at best, indulging in some kind of dishonest and slightly grubby special pleading. Fela Kuti – 10 of the best 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z When such arguments are made in realms other than our own, we tend to regard them as the special pleading of an interest group. Why Big Business and Big Government Haunt America 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z A confidant, even audacious first feature by Hungarian director László Nemes and winner of the grand jury prize at Cannes, the film completely avoids special pleading and sentimentality. 'Son of Saul' is a terrifying glimpse inside Auschwitz-Birkenau 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z You have to stand up for others, or everything you say is going to look like special pleading,” he said. When Muslims are the target, prominent religious freedom advocates largely go quiet 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Google and the cable guys are simply engaged in competitive special pleading. Obama’s Next Broadband Blunder 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Finally, though, free-floating resentment against Heller and other figures casts a shadow over everything, and scenes of special pleading and self-justification inflate the running time to no dramatic purpose. N.W.A film 'Straight Outta Compton' starts fast but runs out of gas 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Most of the remaining disputes stem from classic protectionist special pleading. Pacific Trade Brinksmanship 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z It was a fabulous cheap shot followed by excellent special pleading. Fireworks at the Republican Debate 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Then he noted that Lord O'Donnell presented no evidence: it was just the special pleading of a high priest of the mandarinate. Is this the end for the Freedom of Information Act? - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But he would rather find a mechanism besides a more recent impact event, which he calls “special pleading.” Pluto is alive—but where is the heat coming from? 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Like Aquinas, he descends into special pleading, without admitting to the reader or perhaps to himself that he is rigging the debate. Pope Francis a liberal free thinker? Don’t kid yourself | Nick Cohen 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z It is enough for stylish anchors to project a knowing cynicism, cutting guests off the way Israelis like to drive, so that discussions of the Palestinian issue descend into raised voices, special pleading, and spectacle. Netanyahu Plays the Media 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Working harder to abolish the death penalty rather than just winning a reprieve for sentenced Australians would shield Australia from accusations of hypocrisy or "special pleading", says Lowy executive director Dr Michael Fullilove. Australian campaign to abolish death penalty - BBC News 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Calls to repeal the medical device tax reflect industry special pleading, all of it based on misinformation and exaggeration. Don't Fall for Medical Device Tax Misinformation on Jobs and Innovation 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Politics goes on - the same mix of largesse and penny-pinching, tough talk and special pleading, promises, promises, promises. French voters ring changes and turn right 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z This whole article is an exercise in special pleading. A License to Say Anything? 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z "Despite all their special pleading, the aviation industry still enjoys significant exemption from taxes, including VAT and fuel duty. " Charity defends airport green tax 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z There are always suspicions in Whitehall of special pleading by hospital bosses, some of whom might need more encouragement to increase efficiency. NHS finances - pressures, deficits and challenges 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The biggest challenge is for the state to incubate new higher-value industries—without falling prey to special pleading. Latin America’s Korean dream 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z His intensity is not merely the product of Chaldean self-interest, of special pleading. As Iraqi Christians in U.S. Watch ISIS Advance, They See ‘Slow-Motion Genocide’ 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z So, the predictions of that car dealing industry are not just odd, or industry special pleading, they’re actually insane. The Australian Car Industry Is Deeply Confused About Online Car Imports 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Bosses exchange horror stories about being herded in for photo-opportunities or being invited to the White House to suggest policy ideas—only to find themselves accused of special pleading. Stop whining, I’m your friend 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The West’s political leaders have to put principle above the special pleading. The West must hold Russia to a real withdrawal from Ukraine Calls for regulatory action to be watered down because of legal differences and concerns about knock-on impacts in European countries, although understandable, do sound very much like special pleading. BNP Paribas: Sanctions, Fines And Politics 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Worse, if you assume private property many of the objections of social democrats and adherents of the welfare state come down to special pleading: "society would work better if...." Inequality: A defining issue, for poor people 2013-12-16T18:23:07Z But let's not have anyone who needs special pleading or an explanatory essay. Does Jane Austen deserve a place on our £10 notes? 2013-06-29T23:04:24Z King's contempt for the special pleading was admirable. Sir Mervyn King's great Bank of England myth 2013-06-28T23:01:06Z I am glad to see that the chancellor ignored the distractions of polling and special pleading. Budget 2013: Osborne's 'small beer' fails experts' taste test 2013-03-20T18:50:34Z We are not against change, nor are we interested in special pleading. £3m farewell to KPMG chief in financial regulator's chair 2012-12-17T00:01:04Z Where else had I recently heard such special pleading from an industry which is often recklessly indifferent to the destructive consequences of its own behaviour? Leveson: special pleading and Stockholm syndrome on Fleet Street 2012-11-28T14:56:41Z It is all special pleading of one or another, mostly intended to rip off customers or taxpayers or, ideally perhaps, both. Economix Blog: Simon Johnson: Lie More, as a Business Model 2012-07-05T09:00:44Z Here the government has failed – its natural affinity to business has allowed it to be persuaded by the special pleading of the investment bankers who are now running many of our banks. Traders are the ruin of retail banking 2012-07-01T21:00:01Z There were no evasions, no special pleadings, no attempts to browbeat witnesses, or to sail off on side issues. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Of course he could fall back upon all that special pleading ingenuity and self-love will supply about his own misfortunes, the crushing embarrassments that befell him, and such like. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The special pleading has been awful, and has served simply to remind everyone that the newspapers want everyone to be independently regulated except itself. Leveson: special pleading and Stockholm syndrome on Fleet Street 2012-11-28T14:56:41Z The fact is, that the indefinite-period hypothesis does not, after all the quirks and special pleadings, overcome the difficulty. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z What has just been said about Mr. Browning’s special pleading indicates the chief fault to be found with his poem. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The essay in question is a piece of skilful special pleading in defence of Mme. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Such a sweeping statement is incredible and has not—nor will it have—many advocates, despite the brilliant special pleading of its originator. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Notwithstanding my endeavours to be perfectly "judicial," and to give what I believe to be an impartial account of the subjects which I describe, I have been, by certain critics, accused of special pleading. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z For if I were, my lady's looks And all my lyric special pleading Would be in all the future books, And called, at college, Required Reading. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z It would seem that Mr. Symonds, himself, does some special pleading here. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Yet flaws there are, and serious ones; indeed, Mr Laing’s book is altogether a piece of special pleading, not of unprejudiced history. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z The mother's whole soul seemed drawn out in special pleading for her children, that God would make them His own, and would care for them if she was taken away from them. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z His chief study, however, was the common law, and more especially that part of it which relates to the now unfashionable science of special pleading. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Not being a Catholic, and all my people being Protestants, I have no fear of being suspected of special pleading in the matter. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Yet students may fairly accuse him of some special pleading in favor of his friends and against his foes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Laing is another and still later writer, who has produced a very able piece of special pleading against Mary, in which a false colouring is continually given to facts. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z "Your special pleading does tend to magnify their position," he assented. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z "With unfeeling arguments! with special pleadings that freeze the blood at my heart!" she pursued, unappeased and desperate. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z So far, this is a manifest piece of special pleading by Hunt on Lamia’s behalf. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He does not slur facts, still less does he falsify, but his arguments have sometimes the character of special pleading. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Our passions have various methods of special pleading. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z The consolations that look like the special pleadings of affection become, as it were, the mere expressions of impartiality. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z At the risk of being again taken to task for special pleading, let me say that he is, in my estimation, as nearly faultless as mortals ever grow to be. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z This counter-statement has the air of special pleading, and all the information that we have obtained by communication with various ex-members of the Mountain Cove Community, goes to confirm the substance of the preceding charges. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z I am not going to apologize for our hero, nor am I going to gloss over his faults with any specious special pleading. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Which, in the last analysis of things, in spite of all special pleadings to the contrary, leaves responsibility for moral Evil with God? Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse 2011-02-24T03:01:00.270Z She has rights—actual rights—that no special pleading on the score of intentions or good wishes can satisfy. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z But it would be wrong to think of Lambert as engaging in mere special pleading. Richard Lambert's home truths have the power to hurt 2011-01-24T21:05:47Z But she could not rest on this special pleading. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The US was a creditor nation of enormous proportions and saw Keynes's arguments as special pleading on the part of Britain, desperately trying to stave off the reality of economic decline. IMF annual meeting fails to halt slide to currency war 2010-10-11T06:00:00Z "There were all sorts of special pleading and requests for opt-outs, we had to be ruthless," added Barker. High street stores to advise government on energy and emissions 2010-08-05T05:59:00Z Ms Harman moves on to talk about the "surveillance society" - but Mr Cameron goes back to the previous question, saying there was a "whiff of special pleading" about her question. Live: Prime Minister's questions 2010-06-09T10:42:00Z Instead, he goes on putting himself through torment while occasionally making outsiders wince at his special pleading no matter what wrongs or lapses have occurred. Arsenal and Barcelona share passing philosophy but grit may be the key | Kevin McCarra 2010-03-31T06:00:00Z Some of the complaints of London’s financiers are special pleading. 2009-12-17T06:33:00Z But while standing in the position I did, it was useless to decry the ointment or exalt my own treatment, since it would have been regarded as merely special pleading. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician He assisted in the reforms of special pleading at Westminster, and had a recognized place with Brougham and Lyndhurst in legal discussions in the House of Lords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" They did see, for a shout of acclamation hailed this young casuist’s special pleading. Haviland's Chum It is the special pleading of these records that makes them so valueless; the writer always is bent on making out his case. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Her special pleading for him was so familiar to him. The New Warden It may be said all this is special pleading, but when we have knocked at the door of certain truths in vain, we should try and get into them by the window. Maids Wives and Bachelors Now this is ingenious, but Mr. Poe here gives us a bit of special pleading and a curious anomaly at the same time. An Artist in Crime To this same defect of intellect must, in charity, be attributed many of the wretched cases of special pleading which we continually hear from the pulpit. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) It would be foolishness for me to attempt any special pleadings for my own opinions. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy To some historical readers the word "Darien" only recalls the bitter prejudice entertained against William III, our "Dutch King," notwithstanding the special pleading of Lord Macaulay and others. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West A commission has been issued, preparatory to a reform of the system of special pleading. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Theory-ridden Zola's polemical writings, like those of Richard Wagner's, must be set down to special pleading. Ivory Apes and Peacocks In a tentative way, not exempt, perhaps, from a touch of special pleading, we advanced certain considerations which seemed to suggest that his decision to kindle the torch of life might, after all, be justified. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' But I could not extend the same tolerance to the special pleading of the newspaper editor. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Once it was the Star of Bethlehem first, and the rest nowhere; now it takes millions of money, and endless special pleading, to keep its name on the list. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Volumes of special pleading have been written on the subject; pamphlets have been published; laboured articles have been inserted in widely-spread reviews; statistical accounts have been watched over with the most careful surveillance. Leading Articles on Various Subjects The year 1852 was memorable for the Act which altered the old system of special pleading. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice It is therefore evident that his account of the case is to be regarded as a piece of special pleading, and as such must be received with critical caution. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters But ingenuities, plausibilities, special pleadings, all that make the stump-orator great, must be brushed aside by the banker. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The parson put his arm around her as he said, "I hardly think we can scold Rob now, after special pleading so eloquent as this; what do you say, mamma?" Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly It is not even necessary to resort to this kind of special pleading; for nothing can be more evident than that the bravado is not very serious. A History of Elizabethan Literature All this special pleading is totally flung aside, and the defence stands on a basis of the most uncompromising sort. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) But it is not on such beggarly special pleading as this that the claim shall be founded. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Elijah on Carmel is a striking example of power in this special pleading. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God In spite of all sophistry and special pleading with himself Walter knew he had caught the idea of the electrodes from Bauer's drawing, which suggested the secret. The High Calling His lord then sat to hear the trial: The mastiff pleaded his denial; The cur then, special pleading, stated The case—unduly aggravated. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Braithwaite, whether he knew it or not, had been doing a piece of special pleading for himself. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel It treated the whole as a piece of special pleading. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography I shall attempt no special pleading for Ogilvie here; he is and shall remain a minor neoclassic theorist. An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients No such special pleading was attempted by leaders of thought of that period. William Pitt and the Great War He had heard some of these arguments before, but had ignored them, thinking that they were mere special pleading from interested merchants. Millennium There are occasions, sir, in the history of nations, when men should rise far above the rules of special pleading. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 This was largely secured by the special pleading of Mr. Baldwin. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 But so specious a piece of special pleading cannot serve Clive's turn. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II A curious thing, all the same, this special pleading against marriage, by a married man, who is happy in being so. Artists' Wives But the argument is none of the soundest in itself, and may fairly be set aside as a piece of desperate special pleading, the work of counsel at their wits’ end for matter of defence. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation The result is that kind of insincerity and special pleading which has been the curse of Irish or Anglo-Irish literature. Irish Books and Irish People There is no theorizing or special pleading to distract our attention from the unvarnished story of the Confederate soldier. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson But it is so obviously a piece of special pleading on self-created lines that other explanation is needed. Folklore as an Historical Science I again say, let no one think by these statements that I am making a special pleading for the Indians, or that I sanction their butcheries. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Now, Macaulay was the genius of special pleading. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation No current of popular prejudice, however strong, swerves him from his righteous path; no opportunity for glitter or oratorical display ever misleads him; no special pleading bewilders his readers; no 'might is right' corrupts them. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. In her special pleading for the Negro, she did not forget women. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian And this, too, Mr. Parton has set in full light, not by the special pleading of the apologist, but by the documentary researches of the historian. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 To the broad field of diplomacy had succeeded the intricate and narrow windings of special pleading and local laws. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. My concern is with method rather than with special pleadings. A Preface to Politics Surely this is special pleading and not very plausible at that. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Judge Prescott, whom I never saw, was a good lawyer in his time, especially in the department of special pleading. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 It was in the time when special pleading often brought the issue to be decided into a narrow compass. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 And, essentially, the histories of the Revolution produced by these writers were special pleadings for a defeated cause, springing up in the year 1848 to a new assertion. The French Revolution A Short History No man in the House of Commons is more fond of special pleading than Sir Roundell Palmer. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Such special pleadings, however, will have slight weight with a sincere inquirer after the truth. The Friendships of Women In this specious bit of special pleading, unwarranted postulates are assumed and much confusion of thought is displayed. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He was specially indignant at the abolition of special pleading. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 This was not merely special pleading: it contains a profound truth. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Her confusion about war news was common to the whole country, which heard the special pleading of both sides without any cross-questioning by an attorney. My Second Year of the War This special pleading of exceptions, the necessity of the case, and improbable suppositions, springs more, I think, from the position of the individual than from the importance or truth of the arguments made use of. Life of Father Hecker It would be apt to be a piece of special pleading, for or against, as egotism or conscience happened to be strongest. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel Judge Story was succeeded by Chief Justice Joel Parker of New Hampshire, a very eminent jurist, who was saturated with the old learning of special pleading and real property. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The claim that in an empire the various races could learn much from one another he considered a bit of special pleading on the part of Imperialists. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Our boasted liberty is the dream of imagination, and no longer the characteristic of our country, if its bulwarks can thus be thrown down by colonial special pleading. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave No keener and subtler special pleading has ever been written, in verse certainly, and possibly in lawyers' prose; and it is poetry of the highest order of dramatic art. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Some difficulties are imaginary, the inventions of special pleading. Companion to the Bible There is here some confusion of thought and some obvious, but possibly unconscious, special pleading. Ancient Art and Ritual Yet they appear to us like special pleading. History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China I concur in all your views about the necessity of throwing overboard the whole system of special pleading, and have been amused with Sir J. P. Grant's horror of your proposed innovations. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II The passage in which he expounds his views on this subject is a most transparent specimen of special pleading, and the extravagant recommendations it contains sufficiently attest that he had taken up a false position. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution I am now going to do a little special pleading for my Henri VIII, which, it would seem, is not in the proper manner. Musical Memories Nor can the poet's "special pleading" for such types, however ingenious it may be, whatever philanthropy of soul it may imply, be regarded as justification. Browning's Shorter Poems The appeal to prejudice is effective—though not often, if ever, justifiable; yet so long as special pleading endures this sort of persuasion will be resorted to. The Art of Public Speaking But it is a good piece of special pleading, an excellent piece of writing, and one of the very best and most consummate literary causeries in English. Matthew Arnold At first blush it may seem to be a bad example of special pleading to attempt to discover the reason for his opposition to vaccination in his idealism. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 And all this would be very much to the purpose; but it is not upon any such special pleading that the case ought to be made to rest. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Yes, sir, I acknowledge that it is very special pleading. Ishmael Or, In the Depths The North has arraigned the South, and the South has hurled defiance at the North; or, if the former set up a defense, it was little better than special pleading. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery I know what they say in self-defence, for I have often listened to their special pleading. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South There is a large amount of special pleading. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 The demure lines of mouth and chin, that could always be relied upon for special pleading when sentence was about to be passed on the dimple by those who disapproved of dimples, drooped with disappointment. Judith of the Plains No special pleading on the part of the Government can alter the fact that the 490,000 holdings given by the census include all the lands under crops and grass and two-thirds of the waste. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union This notion has been recently challenged by Mr. Coulton, who, angered by the special pleading of Cardinal Gasquet and other professional apologists, hotly denounces the exaltation of the Ages of Faith. Recent Developments in European Thought The nomenclature of certain of these Temple courts possesses a breezy, countrified sound, utterly unsuggestive of musty tomes and special pleadings. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 And who can get over the idea that it has all been a bit of clever special pleading—such as one could hear in half-a-dozen courts of law any day of the week? Sketches in the House (1893) The Congressional debates were on both sides merely a matter of legal special pleading for the purpose of justifying a preconceived decision. The Promise of American Life Nay, in a general view, it has forced her to defend herself; though, with her true sense and her pure taste, she stands above all special pleading. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time One cannot characterise this attitude otherwise than as a piece of special pleading. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement But special pleading so palpable only aggravated the prevailing resentment to the dish. The Siege of Kimberley There is the case for Britain, and despite his special pleading for Germany, Mr. Shaw can show no flaw in it. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Being essentially a bit of special pleading, intended to save his own neck and the necks of his companions, it has rested always under the suspicion that Purchas cast upon it. Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements I seem to hear someone say that this is a mockery, a piece of special pleading, a giving of stones to those that ask for bread. The Humour of Homer and Other Essays Meanwhile we indulge our sneaking desire for the forbidden locution by the use of the “who” in certain twilight cases in which we can cover up our fault by a bit of unconscious special pleading. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech As biographies they will not be remembered, but as instances of labored learning, of careful special pleading, and of brilliant rhetoric. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 But this contention savours somewhat of clever special pleading in order to evade the force of opposing evidence. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study But the 'History' is far more and higher than a piece of special pleading. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Browning in substance is Euripidean, being individualistic, psychologic, problematic, with special pleading; classicism had departed from him, and left not even the style behind. Heart of Man This is the special pleading that I have referred to, and it has a certain logic on its side. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Ranney had no idea of letting him off on definitions and general rules, and he plunged at once into special pleading, as presented by Chitty, in his chapter on Replications. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio The Broad Church arguments appeared to me to be of the nature of special pleading, skilful evasions of difficulties rather than the real meeting and solving of them. Annie Besant An Autobiography In the investigation of character there is nothing to be said for being a partisan and for indulging in special pleading, so as to minimise faults and magnify virtues. The Silent Isle They are engaged in answering the special pleading of the Germans and in writing monographs, appeals for recruits, explanations of why England is at war. With the Allies Exactly how and why I killed him, and how and why I am about to kill myself, I will now set forth, without the slightest exaggeration, special pleading or any other deviation from the truth…. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life In this war of self-defence we are justified and need no special pleading to proclaim our cause. The Soul of the War The defence which he makes of old age against the second charge—loss of muscular vigour—is rather more of the nature of special pleading. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers There he could indulge in story-telling, in special pleading, and in all the intricate devices which beguile sober men of their senses, and prove black white or good evil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 We have dealt in exaggerations, in special pleadings, in vile and reckless imputations of motive, in suppressions of all palliating facts. Literary and General Lectures and Essays In spite, then, of all casuistry and special pleading, this sturdy honesty ended the controversy among Catholics themselves, so far as fair-minded men are concerned. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The historians whose ideas we have examined in the preceding chapter were extremely positive in their special pleading. The Psychology of Revolution If I thought that speech worth heeding I should—Nay, it seems to me More like Satan's special pleading than like Gloria Domine. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon Never did his power of special pleading appear to greater advantage than in the speech which followed. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate But such special pleading as this was the poorest sophistry; at heart she was conscious that it was so. The Lovels of Arden Martin, Vie de Galilee, though there is some special pleading to save the infallibility of the Pope and Church. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Dramatic interest is not sacrificed to any sort of private enthusiasm or special pleading. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller All that is very ingenious, Leon, and your special pleading is magnificent. Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales It is an invaluable work, written with fulness and care; on the other hand it is also a piece of special pleading by a bitter and not over-scrupulous partisan. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Browning is the greatest master of special pleading in all literature. Robert Browning: How to Know Him "Set one mood against another," he said, conscious all the time it was a piece of special pleading, "and the one weighs as much as the other!" Home Again There has been a great deal of special pleading about Cetywayo. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal There is nothing like the first glance we get at duty, before there has been any special pleading of our affections or inclinations. Daily Strength for Daily Needs Use all the special pleading possible, and the frightful deed is still as black in the eyes of God and man as before. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee I assure you I will not play you false, or entrap you by quips and special pleading. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography It was the first time in his life he had ever heard of special pleading on a metaphor, or a bill of indictment against a trope. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 I have no attacks to make, and no special pleading to do. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates This thought, this hope, is more likely to get me into a certain Oxford Street establishment than all the rhetoric and special pleading of Callisthenes. Roving East and Roving West That is much like the special pleading of a criminal—is it not, colonel? Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee "Because, if he was not, I can't trust a page of his special pleading, let it look as clever as the whole Old Bailey in one." Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Justice North's summing-up was simply a clever and unscrupulous bit of special pleading. Prisoner for Blasphemy After all, how much of our modern and so-called scientific history must strike the reasoning reader as mere theorizing or as special pleading based upon the slenderest evidence! Roman History, Books I-III Now, Uncle, like Rosalind, you have simply misused your whole sex in your special pleadings, both for and against. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 They made special pleadings, since it was their object to gain their point at any expense of law and justice. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations They made special pleadings, since it was their object to gain their point, at any expense of law and justice. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. None of that, gentlemen, if you please!" continued Tom; "special pleading is not allowed before this jury. The Old Stone House The document is vague, and much of it is evidently a special pleading addressed to those who remembered that Montrose had formerly been an enthusiastic Covenanter Still there are interesting points in it. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Of course this is making a case for her, this is special pleading for her, but who so abandoned that in the ultimate judgment a case will not for him be prepared? This Freedom May we not then well rest thankful with the knowledge which the Holy Spirit has seen fit to impart to us, without causing the weak brother to offend by our special pleading? The Fair Haven We are always trying to transcend the rule by some special pleading, and often in virtue of some fancied superiority. Clara Hopgood I suppose I shall not succeed in giving a colorless statement of fact, but I may avoid much special pleading in his behalf. Taken Alive One cannot but feel that it is a brilliant piece of special pleading from a fervid Whig, and that there must be more to be said for the other side than is there set forth. Through the Magic Door And if I may be allowed one word more about special pleading, I would say that there is no branch of law which will better reward study. Minnesota and Dacotah I continued my special pleading; and the more I said, the more was I baffled by his dead stare and the more unconvincing platitudes did I find myself uttering. The Red Planet "Why, what a piece of special pleading!" cried Mahony, and leaning forward, he kissed the young flushed face. Australia Felix Yet the man who could in the very next sentence sweep away all my special pleading and go straight to the heart of my motives must be a man of genius. John Bull's Other Island I seem to hear some one say that this is a mockery, a piece of special pleading, a giving of stones to those that ask for bread. Essays on Life, Art and Science I see your point," replied Kathleen, "but I also see that just there you allow for all sorts of prejudice to enter and for the indulgence in unfair argument and special pleading. The Major This is a very pretty story, but it is prefaced by an admission of no evidence, and it comes as a special pleading for a criminal act. The Sleuth of St. James's Square I have closely followed his own "Relacion," which, whilst admittedly a piece of special pleading, must remain the most authoritative document of the events with which it deals. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series I do not think that Pitt is guilty in this merely of special pleading, that he is putting forward excuses for his hero. Captain Blood Perhaps, who knows? some piece of fallacious reasoning, some bit of special pleading, lies at the root of all sins, of all crimes. A Woman of Thirty It was full of smart special pleading, and savored strongly, as Mr. Seward's productions always do, of the personal author. North America — Volume 2 But all the points you so ingeniously make against him are mere coincidence or special pleading. The Club of Queer Trades There was no special pleading; no attempt at converting me: his whole effort seemed given to stating candidly the history of the case thus far. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 The excuses and the special pleading shrivel and vanish. God the Invisible King |
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