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Meanings of special pleading in inglês

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Usage of special pleading in inglês
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No such special pleading or fawning re-enactment is necessary: that isn't fidelity.
The Guardian
2
That accusation of special pleading, it had a certain truth to it.
Complete Books of Blood
3
It is a fine piece of special pleading in a bad cause.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
4
I have no attacks to make, and no special pleading to do.
Woman and the Republic / A Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement...
5
All that is very ingenious, Leon, and your special pleading is magnificent.
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
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But so specious a piece of special pleading cannot serve Clive's turn.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
7
It is true of course, but my daughter accuses me of special pleading.'
The King’s Curse
8
Browning is the greatest master of special pleading in all literature.
Robert Browning: How to Know Him
9
It seems like special pleading, as if imagination were synonymous with diminished responsibility.
The Guardian
10
This is not about special pleading: we all benefit when women do better.
The Guardian
11
Please-don'ttell him I indulged in any special pleading for him.
Jacinto's Remnant
12
This was not merely special pleading: it contains a profound truth.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
13
There has been a great deal of special pleading about Cetywayo.
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours / Remarks on Recent Events in ...
14
One cannot characterise this attitude otherwise than as a piece of special pleading.
Ireland and the Home Rule Movement
15
I won't give you time; I won't have any of your special pleading.
No Name
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Justice North's summing-up was simply a clever and unscrupulous bit of special pleading.
Prisoner for Blasphemy
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Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common