There was no extravagance of the ancient parliamentary debate, which he did not repeat ; nor was there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make, with so much of passion, I am glad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of intentional... The Life of Charles Sumner: The Scholar in Politics - Page 273by Archibald Henry Grimké - 1892 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Julius Dargan - South Carolina - 1906 - 312 pages
...debate which he did not repeat; nor was there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make. The Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure...principle, sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity for accuracy, whether in stating the Constitution or in stating the law, whether in the details of... | |
| Christian Frederick Eckloff - United States - 1909 - 278 pages
...there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make with so much of passion, I am glad to add as to save him from the suspicion of intentional...the Constitution or in stating the law, whether in the details of statistics or the deversion of scholarship. He cannot ope his mouth, but out there flies... | |
| Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1910 - 758 pages
...with incoherent phrase, discharges the loose expectoration of his speech now upon her Representative and then upon her people. There was no extravagance...sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of accuracy in stating the Constitution or in stating the law, whether in detail of statistics or diversions of... | |
| Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 434 pages
...there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make, with so much of passion, I am glad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of intentional...the Constitution or in stating the law, whether in the details of statistics or the diversions of scholarship. He cannot ope his mouth but out there flies... | |
| Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 436 pages
...there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make, with so much of passion, I am glad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of intentional...But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure—with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of accuracy,... | |
| Daniel Wait Howe - History - 1914 - 718 pages
...which he did not repeat; nor was there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make—with so much of passion, I gladly add, as to save him from...But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure—with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of accuracy,... | |
| Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1927 - 918 pages
...there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make, with so much of passion, I am glad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of intentional...But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure—with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of accuracy,... | |
| Warren Choate Shaw - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1928 - 694 pages
...there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make, with so much of passion, I am glad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of intentional...the Constitution, or in stating the law, whether in the details of statistics or the diversions of scholarship. He cannot ope his mouth but out there flies... | |
| 1887 - 980 pages
...there any possible deviation from truth which he did not make, with so much of passion, I am glad to add, as to save him from the suspicion of intentional...stating the law, whether in details of statistics or the diversions of scholarship. He cannot open his mouth but out there flies a blunder." Butler was... | |
| Bruce Catton - Education - 1998 - 452 pages
...of such passion "as to save him from the suspicion of intentional aberration." Still, there it was: "The senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure...— with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact."2 A philippic, as he had promised. No single vote had been changed by it; the Senate would decide,... | |
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