The pretence is to negotiate; the purpose is to separate. From Wordnik.com. [The Value of Canada, the Risks it Faces] Reference
Image/pretence is everything. on April 24, 2008 at 9: 34 am | Reply Dan. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Official - We Have Gone Insane! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
The former was, in pretence, the latter was, in truth, at the bottom of this tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Naturally, that is, sincerely, and not in pretence only: with a willing heart and upright view, so agreeably to the make of his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The ancient sages had derided the popular superstition; after disguising its extravagance by the thin pretence of allegory, the disciples of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Theres a bad kind, where the pretence is instead of the real thing, as when a man pretends hes going to help you instead of really helping you. From Wordnik.com. [As I Please] Reference
Note, the sincere and serious beggars at Christ's door commonly meet with the worst rebukes from those that follow him but in pretence and hypocrisy. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Or when they came to enquire of the prophet they pretended to put away their idols, but it was in pretence only; they still had a secret reserve for them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The wary servant, seeing that he was watched, turned to the wall, under a certain pretence, tore his letters into the smallest possible pieces, and threw them behind the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre] Reference
The flat means society life; that is, the pretence of social life. From Wordnik.com. [A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete] Reference
A pretence is a thing that deceives, and I have never been deceived. From Wordnik.com. [In the Valley] Reference
The pretence was my not having told him that the fence was defective. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hugh Trevor] Reference
The pretence was a wish to pay for the despatch into the country of his own servants, that they might not interfere with the flight. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
If Clara did not love the man to whom she was betrothed, sighing about it signified what? some pretence; and a pretence is the cloak of a secret. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
The only result was that the horse broke into a kind of pretence of a trot for five or six paces and then subsided into a walk again. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse and His Boy]
But we know that such a pretence is hogwash!. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory Hole] Reference
Interestingly, stripped of any kind of pretence or packaging, they are quite refreshing. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
From the face of this aspiration fled every kind of pretence as from the light flies the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Donal Grant, by George MacDonald] Reference
Signs and symbols in Berkeley's theory replace the "pretence" that things can be explained by material causes. From Wordnik.com. [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference
The couple are to end their eight-year long marriage as they can no longer bear to keep up the "pretence" any longer. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Gossip Celebrity Rumours Hollywood and UK Gossip Humour Blog] Reference
The atmosphere they live in is an atmosphere of pretence. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Those giants may turn from us, and favor him on the slightest pretence. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
Like me, they would not be fooled by his pretence that the device was new to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Stream and The Torrent] Reference
Gerfaut refused to join them, under the pretence of finishing an article for the 'Revue de. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Under the pretence of progress, morality is collapsing," he wrote in his confiscated diary. From Wordnik.com. [Tales From The Crypt] Reference
As to manner, I mean without affectation, without any form of pretence, in short, without posing. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Whitehouse Poets, pretence and all Obhéal, some poets I've heard truths recite, there is a beginning. From Wordnik.com. [by Michael Schmidt] Reference
The device seems incongruous with the repeated warnings against pretence; but it is necessary, and it is wise. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
If I began to doubt his word while in the tomb, this ridiculous pretence only served to add contempt to unbelief, and from that time. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
For a year, he needed to keep up the pretence for his public, hinting at regular intervals that he was just waiting to "scratch the itch". From Wordnik.com. [Ricky Hatton's love of the high life sent him crashing back to earth] Reference
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