Perspective by incongruity Reference library
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
...Advocacy 29 (1993), pp. 195–203. Compares perspective by incongruity to Richard Rorty's notion of “edifying discourse,” and proposes a Burkeian alternative to traditional ways of linking evidence and claims in argumentation theory. Miller, Keith D. , and Kevin Quashie . “ Slave Mutiny as Argument, Argument as Fiction, Fiction as America: The Case of Frederick Douglass's ‘The Heroic Slave.’ ” Southern Communication Journal 63 (1998), pp. 199–207. Uses Burke's concept to interpret Frederick Douglass's strategies in both his oratorical and fictional works....
Court Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
...of frankpledge and dealt with minor criminal offences and a variety of administrative work. In its early days it was substantially the same as the court baron . Court martial A court convened to try a person subject to military law. In Britain such courts resulted from the Mutiny Act of 1689 . Court of Appeal A branch of the Supreme Court of Judicature that hears appeals from the high court . Court of Arches or Arches Court The ecclesiastical court for the province of Canterbury, held in the church of St Mary-le-Bow ( Sancta Maria de Arcubus , St Mary...
slant n. Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
...to ensure a favourable result; an exploitable gimmick, an ulterior motive. 1897 ‘ Price Warung ’ Tales of the Old Regime 217: Pedder […] had organized that movement which was popularly known in Norfolk Island and Port Arthur as a ‘slant,’ that is, he had planned a murder or mutiny on purpose to obtain a trial in Hobart or Sydney. 1903 J. Furphy Such is Life 30: They never got a slant to snavel my lot. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest ( 1965 ) 16: There are a couple of slants to be taken care of. 1930 C. Sandburg letter 31 Dec. in Mitgang (...
buck v. 2 Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
... 1893 F. Harris ‘Gulmore, the Boss’ in Elder Conklin & Other Stories ( 1895 ) 213: You're in politics for somethin'. What is it? If you're goin' to buck agen me, you might as well draw out. 1898 Boston Journal 10 July 10/1: Even when uniformed men of this generation mutiny, or buck, in a body, they very rarely make their point stick. 1901 H. Lawson ‘Send Round the Hat’ in Roderick ( 1972 ) 477: When he starts mixing us up with strange women it's time to buck. 1903 A.H. Lewis Boss 34: Did you ever know me to buck ag'inst you? 1906 ‘ O....
nigger n. 1 Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
... ( 1996 ). ▪ In phrases act the nigger ( v. ) ( US black ) to act in a manner white racists expect of black people, i.e. foolish, subservient, clownish. 1908 L.W. Payne Jr ‘Word-List From East Alabama’ in DN III:iv 285: act the nigger , v. phr. Do menial work, drudge. ‘I don't perpose to act the nigger no longer.’ 1947 R. Ellison Invisible Man 143: I had to wait and plan and lick around … Yes, I had to act the nigger! 1964 Roemer & Young Nothing But a Man [film script] Yeah, you want to get along, act the nigger. 1980 E. Folb ...
Curragh Incident Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable
...Incident . The mutiny of British officers based in the main army camp at the Curragh, Co. Kildare, in March 1914 , shortly before the passing of the third Home Rule bill and after the mobilization of Carson's Army . Major-General Sir Hubert Gough chaired a meeting of 56 officers who stated that they would offer their resignations rather than act against Ulster opponents of Home Rule, should such action be required of them. The War Office reacted mildly to news of this decision and the government decided to evade the issue, informing the officers...
Curragh Mutiny Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
...Mutiny . In March 1914 a number of officers at the Curragh camp near Dublin offered their resignations rather than face the possibility of being ordered to act against Ulstermen to impose the Irish Home Rule Bill. They succeeded in obtaining a written assurance from their commander-in-chief that they would not be expected to do this. The following month a successful gun-running operation provided arms for the Ulster Volunteer Force...
