 | William Belsham - 1795 - 566 σελίδες
...to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casemates....was necessary to assail it by regular approaches. Much ingenuity likewise had been shewn in extracting such parts of the report as were deemed most favourable... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805 - 600 σελίδες
...to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casemates....was necessary to assail it by regular approaches. Much ingenuity likewise had been shewn in extracting such parts of the report as were deemed most favourable... | |
 | David Hume - 1811 - 506 σελίδες
...ke^p the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate ; strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions, his very queries were in casemates...by desultory observations, and it was necessary to sit down before it, and assail it by regular approaches. It was fortunate, however, he said, to observe,... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1816 - 808 σελίδες
...keep the enemy at a dislance from the main object in debate ; strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions, his very queries were in casemates...be made on this fortress of sophistry by desultory ob* servations, and it was necessary to sit down before it, and assail it by regular approaches. It... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 428 σελίδες
...approving Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casements. No impression, therefore, was to be made on this fortress...by desultory observations; and it was necessary to sit down before it, and assail it by regular approaches. It was fortunate, however, to observe, that... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1820 - 510 σελίδες
...keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate ; strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions ; his very queries were in casemates...by desultory observations, and it was necessary to sit down before it, and assail it by regular approaches. It was fortunate, however, he said, to observe,... | |
 | James Robins - 1824 - 490 σελίδες
...distance from the main object in debate : strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions : no impression, therefore, was to be made on this fortress...was necessary to assail it by regular approaches. Much ingenuity likewise had been shown in extracting such , parts of the report as were deemed most... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 566 σελίδες
...debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casements. No impression, therefore, was to be made on this fortress...by desultory observations ; and it was necessary to sit down before it, and assail it by regular approaches. It was fortunate, however, to observe, that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 564 σελίδες
...debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casements. No impression, therefore, was to be made on this fortress...by desultory observations; and it was necessary to sit down before it, and assail it by regular approaches. It was fortunate, however, to observe, that... | |
 | William Jones - 1825 - 452 σελίδες
...keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate ; strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions ; his very queries were in casemates : no impression therefore was to be made on his fortress of sophistry by desultory observations, and it was necessary to sit down before it, and... | |
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He had made it an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry as well as logic. There were certain detached data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions... 
