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He was frequently interrupted, especially by the Democrats; and he suggested to me the idea of a lion at bay, shaking off and striking at his opponents with caustic wit and scathing repartee.
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gutenberg.orgOrange Jacobs: “He was frequently interrupted, especially by the Democrats; and he suggested to me the idea of a lion at bay, shaking…”
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Jacobs uses a vivid metaphor to describe a speaker's fierce and witty responses to interruptions during a speech.
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