Still we have our limits beyond which we call dissimulation treachery. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
A course of lying, of deceit and dissimulation, is that which every good man dreads and which we are all concerned to beg of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
My immediate reaction is that his article feels kind of like an ambush, can it be called dissimulation or subterfuge?. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit - news with a Catholic Heart...] Reference
Wherefore, although he did not lie in words, yet with respect to the matter of fact, his dissimulation was a lie, by implication. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
You also learn about Ayman Adh-Dhawahiri's obsession with secrecy, and his propensity toward "dissimulation" at least in appearance and in resorting to disguises. From Wordnik.com. [Monday, October 31, 2005] Reference
The 'dissimulation' of the Authorised Version only covers half the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)] Reference
To label this word a "dissimulation" or "a somewhat confused utterance" or a mere. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Hence, he resorted to every kind of dissimulation, which it was possible for him to do, in order to gain my attendance on him on his return to Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South. Written by Himself] Reference
The word "dissimulation" expresses the fact of the gray hairs assumed, the purpose of deceit, the cringing attitude, and adds a vague effect of power. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
The mouth, in fact, seems to be the feature where you may trace every kind of dissimulation, from the simper of vanity, to the fixed smile of the designing villain. From Wordnik.com. [Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 55: Galatians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Gudrun, with an interval of dissimulation in each case. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented: so that. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 55: Galatians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Alonzo indeed, if he could not look through such flimsy dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
She believed that in dissimulation lay her only possibility of safety. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
I would not have thought you could have practised such great dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
And she took it unhesitatingly, as if dissimulation was to her no new thing. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Jews also dissembled with him, so that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
'With violation of the most sacred of promises, with prevarication, dissimulation, and moral fraud.'. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
This being advanced, militarized capitalism, it's about "dissimulation of the face in a public space". From Wordnik.com. [Pepe Escobar: Don't Mess With My Burqa, Monsieur] Reference
Weary of a long life of dissimulation, he gave to himself suddenly the joy of expressing his thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarity of gesture or a dissimulation of my real sentiments. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The heretics, fearing the indignation of the council, used a great deal of dissimulation in admitting the. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The rigour and severity with which we were treated were combated on our part by cunning and dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
In his relations with politicians of high or low degree there was not a trace of dissimulation or double-dealing. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
She endeavored, when she saw me observing her, to conceal her agitation, but it soon defied even her dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
He braved all possibility of detection, and determined to carry on the game of deep dissimulation to the last moment. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
The tyrant, to ward off the blow he seemed threatened with, has recourse to his usual arts of craft and dissimulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The dissimulation which prudence made a necessity and honor a duty had aggravated the suffering by protracted concealment. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
For this purpose he had recourse to every base art of falsehood and dissimulation, in which he was the most complete master. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Julien, provoked at this unexpected sobriety, privately accused his cousin of dissimulation, and of trying to conceal his happiness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Taken by the crafty dissimulation of Bennaskar, thy easy soul gave in to his snares, and thy prudence was decoyed by the voice of his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
"My dread is that presently, the need for dissimulation being over, all the delightful mystery will have vanished," said Professor Theobald. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Naturally estimable women are forced into habits of dissimulation by the unreason of the tyrant in authority in many families; and Aunt Grace. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"O Geordie, jingling Geordie, it was grand to hear Baby Charles laying down the guilt of dissimulation, and Steenie lecturing on the turpitude of incontinence.". From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
In such a case, if it should ever be your own, remember that some degree of dissimulation is commendable, so far as to let your husband's defects appear unobserved. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
It was a policy of coercion, of bribery, of dissimulation and artifice, of resort to every kind of influence that is intolerable to a free and high-spirited people. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
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