He calls for the magicians, who more than once had been detected in imposture. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
"I am sorry, sir," replied that gentleman, "that you should think it necessary to apply the word imposture to any 'proceeding of mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference
But, come now, just admit the idea of imposture into that honest, unsuspicious mind of yours, and you'll find the whole thing wears a very doubtful appearance directly. From Wordnik.com. [Put Yourself in His Place] Reference
What I called an "imposture" for a critical edition was precisely the impression given of a single, clean, definitive text in large type. From Wordnik.com. ['Romantic Originals': An Exchange] Reference
For my part, however, I must confess that I look upon any kind of imposture as unworthy of an honest man. From Wordnik.com. [Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme] Reference
"No, I don't like that kind of imposture," said Godolphin, quickly, and turning away, he sank into a silent and gloomy reverie. From Wordnik.com. [Godolphin, Complete] Reference
'And that, Mike, was all this so-called imposture ever amounted to, half an hour's misunderstanding between a well-meaning neurotic and a "foolish, fond old man.'. From Wordnik.com. [Put On By Cunning]
Of course such a phase of human experience is very substantial ground for every kind of imposture and superstition, and I have no faith whatever in mediums who practice for money. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe] Reference
Zoroaster was too well informed for such imposture. From Wordnik.com. [Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy] Reference
The letter is as much a forgery and imposture as the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
The imposture was finally brought to light before Sir. From Wordnik.com. [A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)] Reference
It was hardly possible to guard against this imposture. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The absence of definition may perhaps cover an imposture. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
This encourages every kind of ridiculous campaign imposture. From Wordnik.com. [What Is An Outsider?] Reference
The portrait was a lie! an imposture! an affront! an outrage!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mrs Masterman, "gave her experiences of imposture; you," looking at. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Turkish Bath] Reference
Auricular confession is nothing else than a most stupendous imposture. From Wordnik.com. [The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional] Reference
The suspicion of imposture thus raised was quickly silenced by fresh proof. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
He was a reactionary only in reacting against intellectual dishonesty and imposture. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Judt obituary] Reference
Lies and imposture, no matter how powerfully sustained, can be dispelled by knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
The examinations were always public, and conducted in such a manner that imposture was impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
"I wish not to impose upon the King," said Aladin; "it is you who cherish falsehood and imposture.". From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Did it ever occur to you that the blame of the imposture might possibly lie with the person imposed on?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Nor was this imposture, if as such we are to regard it, conducted in approved form, after the orthodox fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
It cureth any griefe, dolour, imposture, or obstruction proceeding of colde or winde, especially in the head or breast. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Sometimes the more virtuous and remote from fraud a person is, the more unwilling he is to suspect an imposture in others. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
I let Gregg go, after recovering my stolen property from him, but I got a written confession of his bold imposture, first. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
That book may be called the most crushing evidence to prove that, "the dogma of auricular confession" is a modern imposture. From Wordnik.com. [The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional] Reference
Balsamo professed alchemy and free-masonry, practised medicine and sorcery, and raised money by various methods of imposture. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
An opprobrious form of religious imposture -- perhaps the most contemptible -- which frequently offended the public eye, before the. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
That you make her with your own lips, in my presence, a confession of your imposture, of which, remember, I besides hold the proofs. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
It has been held that her confession was extracted by force, and therefore valueless, but the evidence of her imposture seems conclusive. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Mrs. Byrne entered the gipsy tent, and Mrs. Cregan was left alone in the atmosphere of a bespangled past reduced to its lowest terms of imposture. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
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