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If one were to suggest, on his proposing to place the Irving Shakspere on the shelves of a free library, that the poet is often foolish, often a buffoon of a low type, often a mere quibbler, and often ribald, he might perhaps have a fit, or he might inquire if the speaker were mad assuredly he would do something impressive; but he would not scruple to deliver an oration of the severest type if some sweet and innocent story of love and tenderness and old-fashioned sentiment were proposed.
Should the quibbler arise and say that the Dutch are not Germans, I will reply, true, but the Germans are Dutch at least they are of Dutch descent. The Germans are great simply because they have the homely and indispensable virtues of prudence, patience and industry. There is no copyright on these qualities.
"I believe that is so," said the Master Philologist, still blinking, "just as the Jewish mob spoke louder than He Whom they crucified. But the Word endures." "You are a quibbler!" "You are my guest. So I advise you, in pure friendliness, not to impugn the power of my words." Said Jurgen, scornfully: "But is justice, then, a word?" "Oh, yes, it is one of the most useful.
But here I reflect that this could be endless and not at all interesting. I dismiss the fatalist as a quibbler and play on. Now there is no dispute, unless there be other quibblers. Fixed is the order in which the cards shall fall, eight at a time. There is pure fatalism.
Moved by flattering inducements, he authorized a factor to purchase for him upon certain restrictions, which, unfortunately for himself, were not drawn up with regard to legal enforcement-one of those singular instruments between a merchant and an inexperienced man which a professional quibbler can take advantage of.
Any quibbler can twist the meaning of words, while only those who think the thought can understand. That is why one does not speak much of them. Perhaps we should speak of them more." "It is a barren faith to me," said Nellie. "Then I do not express it well," said Geisner. "But is it more barren-sounding than utter Negation? Besides, where do we differ really?
This may be loosely generalized and made to read: judgments concerning a lever are relative to a fulcrum. It might even be said that a lever is a lever only from the point of view of its own fulcrum. But the most unscrupulous quibbler would scarcely offer this as evidence against the objective validity of our knowledge of levers.
He was never considered a deeply read lawyer, nor was he comparable with his rival, Hamilton, in debate, or as an advocate at the Bar. He was adroit and quick, and was rather a quibbler than a great lawyer. "You ask me if I thought, or think, he ever deserted the Republican party in heart?
And in explaining your hesitation to the lieutenant, when you said it was due to your utter amazement at the grotesqueness of the situation, I am certain you there also spoke the truth." "You are a quibbler!" fumed the outraged Judge. "You made me lie to the police!" "Well, even if I did," returned Mr. Pyecroft in his same mild tone, "is there any one else you would rather lie to?"
He was neither copious, nor dry and barren; neither eat and embellished, nor wholly inelegant; and his voice, his gesture, and every part of his action, was without any grace: but in inventing and digesting his ideas, he had a wonderful accuracy, such as no man I ever saw either possessed or exerted in a more eminent degree; and yet, some how, he displayed it rather with the air of a Quibbler, than of an Orator.
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