I thereby impugne the false impugner who calls himself “Your Conscious.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Novak Slams Jon Stewart: ‘Self-Righteous Comedian Taking on Airs of Grandeur’] Reference
Under that is the hater, the impugner of motives … this is the contemptuous, contemptible layer that stimulated him to engage ‘plumbers’ to plug news leaks and to trample civil liberties in what he saw as a higher cause…. From Wordnik.com. [How Wars end] Reference
It was left for Mr. Frend to prove that an impugner of algebra could attempt ridicule. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)] Reference
My impugner quite forgets that this man's "thoughtfulness" chiefly consisted in his demanding. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)] Reference
John Lynch, the Bishop of Killala, and the indefatigable and successful impugner of Cambrensis, was another literary luminary of the age. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
Of these two inconsistent points of view, the second, as we should expect in a nature so little mystical, finally prevailed, so that Ennius may well be considered the preacher of scepticism or the bold impugner of popular superstition according to the point of view which we assume. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
So also the first missionary to Iceland -- who met, indeed, with a sorry reception -- was followed about by a stout champion named Thangbrand, who, whenever there was what we should now call a missionary meeting, challenged any impugner of the new doctrines to mortal combat on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Tales from the Norse] Reference
A practical as well as theoretical philanthropist, Mr. Bray was also a courageous impugner of the dogmas which form the basis of the popular theology. From Wordnik.com. [George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy] Reference
One who knew them has said, “Besides being a practical as well as theoretical philanthropist, Mr. Bray was also a courageous impugner of the dogmas which form the basis of the popular theology. From Wordnik.com. [George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy]
In the preface to my poems of 1792, 1 have said, that some would probably smile to see a "duke and an impugner of dukes, a doctor of divinity and t quaker, in the same company/'And he who pleases may smile on still: for the reader will perceive I re - tain my old fashioned feelings; and it is gratifying to me, to find they created no dislikes, and I believe will create none, in any liberal or good mind. From Wordnik.com. [Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ...] Reference
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