The Fugitive Slave Law is not in the form which he wants, but still he defends it and supports it.
Five hundred years ago the English nobles headed the people, and spoke in its name; at the present time, the aristocracy supports the throne, and defends the royal prerogative.
An appeal is taken: he is arraigned before Jupiter in a synod of the gods for having rendered a partial and unjust sentence; but defends himself so well, that their godships are at a loss what to do.
Prince Hohenstiel Schwangau explains and defends the expediency by which Napoleon III.
The most vivid of these sketches is Dominus Hyacinthus, the lawyer who defends Guido.
At Cowley a manor defends itself for two hides; in demesne are one and a half hides; two villeins have a half hide.
Where is the shadow of that rock That from the son defends thy flock?
Almighty grace defends our land From their malicious power, Let Britain with united songs Almighty grace adore.
As you yourself are a singular instance of youth without spirit, the man who defends you is a no less remarkable example of age without the benefit of experience.
He defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them.
For this is not the language of a man whose right is disputed, and who defends it with the power of armed hands.
She published in 1595 an edition of his Essais, and, in a Preface (added later), shedefends him on this point.
The squirrel, with hand adroit, raises the pretty turret which defendshim from the rain.
In the furthest Africa, at the Cape, the good serpent-eater defends man against the reptiles.
She knows that she is loved both by man and the beasts, which she defends against insects.
Douglass, sincere in the opinions he has espoused, defends them with a fervor and eloquence that finds scarcely a competitor.
Even my good Mary, here, is so warped by her reverence for the Bible, that she defends the institution of slavery, which I abhor with all my heart.
No one defends or excuses corruption, and it would seem to follow that none would oppose vigorous measures to eradicate it.
I do not know a single writer on Islam who defends the use of force in the proselytising process.
I have seen a pathetic letter from a god-fearing English woman who defends Dyerism for she thinks that, if General Dyer had not enacted Jallianwala, women and children would have been murdered by us.
That is, John was silent, as knowing that the lead belonged to Peter, and Peter spoke, because the Head defends not himself only, but the members committed to him.
John Van Voorhis undertake her case; Rochester Express defends her; letter on case from Benjamin F.
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