But this she could not tell, nor did she like to say that the plea given by her mother was the general state of the Scarborough affairs.

That his strong inclinations marched with his duty may be allowed him as a privilege; the plea of duty was not, I believe, merely an excuse.

The plea was a mere technicality, but it produced the required delay, and Wolfe Tone died quietly in prison.

Of those so implored, three out of four refused, and the plea for this refusal was a fear lest they should injure their own interests.

God knows they are true, and my only plea for thus speaking them to you is my love for you.

When he spoke again it was of the matter which concerned him most deeply; and his plea was a gentle repetition of many others in the same strain.

The other plea is the difficulty, or, in the style of the noble lord who spoke last, the impossibility of raising supplies by any other method.

The old saying among seamen, "no Sunday off soundings," was not thought of; and even this poor plea was not theirs, for they were on soundings and often at anchor.

A just and common-sense argument extends special legislative protection to women, because of their generally exploited and handicapped position; but the one strong plea used in their behalf has been health and safety, the health and safety of the future mothers of society.

But, sir, this plea of necessity and convenience is the plea of tyrants.

This plea of Frischlinus is a mere cavil; and though the poet had obtained his end, which was to divert a corrupted populace, he would not have been less a bad man, nor less a despicable poet, notwithstanding the excuse of his defender.