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" ... as are not in themselves strictly defensible: a man heated in talk, and eager of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail... "
The Adventurer - Page 92
1793
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...defenfible : a man heated in talk, and eager of victory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceflions to which he...proofs likely to prevail on his opponent, though he know* himfelf that they have no force : thus the feverity of reafon 'is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 6

Joseph Addison - 1797 - 604 pages
...defencible: a man heated in talk, and eager of viftory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceflions to which he...relaxed, many topics are accumulated, but without juft arrangements or diftinftion ; we learn to fatisfy ourfelves with fuch ratiocination as filences others;...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 1

Mr. Addison - 1797 - 712 pages
...advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceflions to which he knows he ha? no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himfelfthat they have no force: thus the feverity of reafon is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,...
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Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer ...

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceffions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himfelf that they have no force : thus the feverity of reafon is relaxed,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the miftakes or ignorance of his adverfary, lays hold of conceffions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himfelf that they have no force : thus the feverity of reafon is relaxed,...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 24

British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs...likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs likely to prevail in his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed,...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs...likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force: thus the severity of reason is relaxed, many topics are accumulated,...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 596 pages
...of victory, takes advantage of the mistakes or ignorance of his adversary, lays hold of concessions to which he knows he has no right, and urges proofs...likely to prevail on his opponent, though he knows himself that they have no force : thus the severity of reason is relaxed, many topicks are accumulated,...
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