"Equivocation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... credit on the Institute. Even Mistress Phillips, to whom they owed vast sums, exhilarated by the exuberant spirits and youthful freshness of her guests, declared that the sight of "them young things" did her good; and had even been known to shield them by shameless equivocation. ...
— Tales of the Argonauts • Bret Harte
... the date of the text, and if true, the date of the title-page (1630) must be either a misprint or an equivocation on the part of the author. Or this instance and the several others similar to it may have been added by Medina to his manuscript after he had completed it to the date of the title-page; or they may be due to a ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIII, 1629-30 • Various
... in the plain and literal sense of the words. "I am henceforth," he said, "in doubt and fear, as much as an honest man can be, concerning every word Dr. Newman may write. How can I tell, that I shall not be the dupe of some cunning equivocation, of one of the three kinds laid down as permissible by the blessed St. Alfonso da Liguori and his pupils, even when confirmed with an oath, because 'then we do not deceive our neighbour, but allow him ...
— Apologia Pro Vita Sua • John Henry Cardinal Newman
... of course the merit of simplicity, transparency, and finality. The decrees, the punishments and rewards are given with some clearness and are easily understood; there is no appeal and little equivocation. They served a useful purpose in the earlier ages of civilisation, but cannot solve the problem for the complex civilisation and advanced culture of the present age. They place God too far from man, and attribute to man powers which he cannot ...
— Rudolph Eucken • Abel J. Jones
... It is a leading question; one he had not expected; but he will not stoop to the faintest equivocation. Still, he wants ...
— A War-Time Wooing - A Story • Charles King
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