Still, first in his thoughts was the releasing of his father and the vindication of his name.
I was grieved for his errors, but trusted that my vindication would, sooner or later, be made.
If history furnishes one parallel fact, it is a sufficient vindication of the Writer; but most readers will probably recollect an authentic case, remarkably similar to that of Wieland.
I expect and desire you to vindicate yourself from aspersions so foul, if vindication be possible.
I designed it as my vindication from the aspersions that had rested on my character, and as a lesson to mankind on the evils of credulity on the one hand, and of imposture on the other.
From what you know, do you deem a formal vindication necessary?
Female suffrage spells justice and vindication for the modern woman and we must adopt it forthwith, without unnecessary delay and formalities.
There was an extraordinary conflict of testimony in the trial; some witnesses strongly corroborating the accusations of the Princes, and some equally strong in vindication of the character of Osburn.
The Weakness of Brutus exposed: or some remarks in vindication of the Constitution.
The Weakness of Brutus exposed: or some Remarks in Vindication of the Constitution proposed by the late Federal Convention.
In April, 1770, Parliament again yielded to the Americans in so far as to take off all the Townshend duties except the duty on tea, which the king insisted upon retaining as a vindication of England's right to impose the duty.
Neither is his vindicationmore reasonable, when he pretends to say that the measure was taken in order to prevent England, on future occasions, from seizing, according to ancient usage, on the shipping in her ports.
This is not denied by Buonaparte himself; and, on that account, it is the more necessary to the vindication of those upon whom his fate depended, to bring their procedure within the pale of the law.
The passage alluded to is in the Duke of Rovigo's (Savary's) Vindication of his own Conduct.
Although the object of this work is the vindication of the Roman Catholic church and clergy in England from the alleged misrepresentations of Protestant writers, yet it is allowed to be written in a candid and dispassionate tone.
This brought on a sharp controversy, in which several persons of ability took part, and Mr. Lingard published a General Vindication of the Remarks, with Replies to the Reverend T.
Mr. Upham's sincere and honest narrative, while it never condescends to a formal plea, is the best vindication possible of a community which was itself the greatest sufferer by the persecution which its credulity engendered.
Events have long since afforded the most ample vindication of his course in this important matter.
They were borne in processions by the people, and hailed by hundreds of thousands as a symbol of triumph and a glorious vindication of freedom and of the right and dignity of labor.
A visible and a natural pleasure lurks in the words; old age finds nothing sweeter than a tribute to the freshness of its powers; and especially Franklin saw in this honor a vindication against his maligners.
But Franklin, showing his usual good sense and moderation, sought to mitigate Jay's indignation, drew all the sting out of the document, and insisted upon leaving the vindication to time and second thoughts.
It seemed, men said, as if at every striking vindication of the rights of humanity the genius of cruelty broke its chains, and, to prove the futility of all such vindications, inspired new acts of barbarism and violence.
They had not taken into account the beautiful ordination of Providence, that no man can vindicate his own rights, without directly or impliedly including in that vindication the rights of all other men.
When he wrote his famous vindication of the first volume of the Decline and Fall he was acting in self-defence, and repelling savage attacks upon his historical veracity.
He also wasted some weeks on his vindication of the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of that volume, which had excited a host of feeble and ill-mannered attacks.
The trial lasted five days, and resulted in a complete vindication of my sanity, although his witnesses swore that it was evidence of insanity for a person to wish to leave a Presbyterian church and join a Methodist!
This presentation of him and his institution before the public, seemed to provoke this letter, as a vindication of his course.
But as this is a volume of facts, rather than theories, I will add one fact in vindication of my assertion, that I uniformly taught my children to respect their father's authority.
And although King David said in his haste, "all men are liars," I rejoice he did not say all women were, for then there would have been no chance for my vindication of myself as a truthful woman!
Whenever the voice of the Church could be heard it always spoke in vindication of the law of priestly chastity.
It is, therefore, a grave perversion of the sacred text to adduce these words in vindication of private interpretation of the Scriptures.
The early church of Africa bears triumphant testimony in vindication of infant baptism.
This fact is an eloquentvindication of the Apostolic antiquity of Confirmation, and is an ample refutation of those who would ascribe to it a more recent origin.
The object of this little volume is to present in a plain and practical form an exposition and vindication of the principal tenets of the Catholic Church.
Now, all these Liturgies, without exception, have prayers for the dead, and their providential preservation serves as another triumphant vindication of the venerable antiquity of this Catholic doctrine.
This step was opposed by Carbajal, who bluntly told his commander that "he had gone too far to expect favor from the Crown; and that he had better rely for his vindication on his pikes and muskets.
Modest (A) Vindication of the truly illustrious Order of Ubiquarians, Pamphlet Shops, 6d.
Vindication of a brief Account of the Prosecutions of the People called Quakers, 1s.
There is a long note on the landfall of Gosnold on the Maine coast, in Poor’s Vindication of Gorges, p.
The book in question is no further historical than that it illustrates the length to which good people could go in vindication of intolerance, in days when Antinomianism and other aggressive views were troubling many.
This required the aggrandizement of the fame of Sir Ferdinando Gorges; and he began his missionary work with a vindication of Gorges’ claims to be considered the father of English colonization in America.
This memoir is an admirable summary of what was then known of Ralegh, and the publication is a complete vindication of Ralegh’s statements and conduct in reference to Guiana.
This was replied to by James Peirce in his Vindicationof the Dissenters; or, an Appeal to Foreign Divines, Professors, and all other Learned Men of the Reformed Religion.
Of the minor publications meriting attention the following are thought worthy of notice here:— A Brief Vindication of the Purchassors Against the Proprietors in a Christian Manner.
Could language be more clear or more complete in vindication of the principles laid down in this work?
The eternal truths which they announced, the rights which they declared "unalienable," are the foundation-stones on which rests the vindication of the Confederate cause.
The vindication which Mr. Randolph had been preparing appeared in December.
The question was argued in court, where James Otis spoke so eloquently in vindication of American rights that all his hearers went away ready to take arms against writs of assistance.
Fauchet himself furnished the best vindication in his certificate above mentioned; but it is difficult to reconcile his certificate with the language of his official letter to his government.
