| William Fraser Rae - 1896 - 500 strani
...there as it could upon our coasts. He had made it an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry as well as logic....data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1901 - 748 strani
...: — " He had made his report," said Sheridan, " an argument of posts, and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry, as well as logic....data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His... | |
| Walter Sichel - 1909 - 612 strani
...the paper in his hand. . . . He had made it an argument of posts, and conducted his reasoning upon trigonometry as well as logic. There were certain...data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 578 strani
...engineer. " He had made his Report," said Sheridan, " an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry as well as logic....data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His... | |
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