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His words were swift, and sharp as a cimeter,--or, borrowing an illustration from an opposite quarter, he “shot flying” and with unerring aim.
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Sumner uses vivid imagery to describe the sharpness of a senator's words in debate.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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