| 单词 | veracious |
| 例句 | “These are the creatures,” he wrote, “that prove fairy tales to be more veracious than ancient history.” Creating a Lost World, From the Fossils Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Consider the title of his website, a painfully veracious observation on contemporary texting behavior: “sayingsomethingsincerelyandendingitwith.lol.” FKA twigs Seeks Angelic Intervention, and 10 More New Songs 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “All American Made” is a soulful and veracious snapshot of the times we’re living in. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z So often when the American plays, tennis becomes a very simple equation: if she gets into her veracious groove she triumphs. Angelique Kerber recalls memories of hero Steffi Graf after Wimbledon win 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z For too long this film renders a portrait of a feminist artist in clown paint, though Tomlin hangs in with a veracious, multidimensional performance. With Lily Tomlin leading the way, 'Grandma' grows into a meaningful journey 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Oyster’s an obvious option for veracious readers, or those of us living in 300 sq ft studios. Oyster Launches Netflix For Books 2013-09-05T13:00:00Z I have always been a veracious reader and encourage OtterBox employees to do the same by keeping a library of the books that have most influenced the direction of the company in my office. The Entrepreneur's Fall Reading List 2012-09-05T14:00:00Z Thus it happens that the artistic validity of a novel depends first of all on the power of the author to portray broadly and veraciously some aspect of this wider existence. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Christian Brinton says of the art of Gari Melchers that it is explicit and veracious. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Photius praises the style of Hesychius, and credits him with being a veracious historian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z For the social historian this trilogy will prove a mine of gossip, rich veracious gossip. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The mention of this circumstance leads one to consider the much-mooted question as to how far the Conquest of Mexico may be accepted as veracious history. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z This interesting, although not very veracious author, gives the following account of the process. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As articulate speaking veracious orderly men, not as a blustering, murderous kennel of dogs run rabid, shall you continue in this earth. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z According to the veracious diary of Moses Eames, on January 2nd, 1879, the first train came into Watertown since Christmas Day. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z And here you will remember, that though the things seen are stated in the most simple and veracious manner, much of the meaning is occult, depending altogether upon the stopping or pointing of the narrative. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z The result was that almost every essential phase of New York life and character, belonging to every quarter of the city, is veraciously pictured in these twenty-four proficient and polished stories. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Like a veracious historian, I cannot go beyond my authorities. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z As has been well remarked: “Lord Stanhope has turned Gillray to account as a veracious reporter of speeches, as well as a suggestive illustrator of events.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z But these allegations, though probably neither more nor less veracious than the others, had no currency in England, while the story of the suffering Jenkins ran through England like wildfire. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I ought to have bought up all sorts of memories, and written the most veracious novel the world has seen. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The veracious translators of our "Word of God," have made Paul, on most occasions, use the word faith, in place of truth; for instance, in Rom. iv., Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Henri Murger has drawn no picture more sickening and more pitiful than the story of Greene’s death, as told by his Puritan adversary, Gabriel Harvey—a veracious though a far from unprejudiced narrator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Nearchus appears to have allowed full scope to his imagination in dealing with the wonders of India, but to have been otherwise veracious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Write me a degree on parchment and send it yourself—in any case it would be but your award!—and it will be cheaper and more veracious. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z And what a pity she was almost of the pre-photographic age—I would give so much for a veracious portrait of her then face. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Its etymological equivalent in Arabic is siddíq, which has a different meaning, namely, 'veracious.' A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z "A rare and veracious picture of character development." The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z We spare our readers the sneer at those writers who have praised the Americans in their domestic relations, with which this veracious, high-minded, and unprejudiced chapter concludes. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z "Not only do they abound in literary merit, but in thrilling interest, and there is not one of them that is not instinct with intense and veracious humanity." A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z It is the veracious record of the haps and mishaps of a verdant land-lubber plunged into a whirl of unfamiliar duties at Pelham Bay, as told by a recruit who has been through the mill. No title 2011-09-30T02:00:20.710Z All I ask of you is that you tell me explicitly and veraciously where this collection of yours may be found.” The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z There were three men in the room on that brilliant morning early in January something like a month after these adventures in the mountains which have been so veraciously set forth. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z These treasures, handed down from heir to heir, have blazed on crowned heads, and might be the most veracious historians of humanity if they could but speak. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Can the Acts of the Apostles, in short, be considered a sober and veracious history of so important and interesting an epoch of the christian Church? Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z Pious men were perfectly ready to believe the supposed miracles of others, and to report them as facts, who were too veracious to imagine any of their own. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Sunderland, no doubt, was not the most veracious of men; but one does not see his precise motive for lying on this matter. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z The author presents a story, but she gives a veracious picture of conditions in the town of Boston during the Revolution. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Even strangers recognized him as no common person, so thoroughly was all he did and said purged of superfluity, so veracious was he, so free from apology. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z The Acts of the Apostles, therefore, is not only an anonymous work, but upon due examination its claims to be considered sober and veracious history must be emphatically rejected. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z I believe," continues Ælian, "that tritons exist, and I reverentially produce as my witness a most veracious god—namely, Apollo Didymæus, whom no man in his senses would presume to regard as unworthy of credit. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z If we could not be veracious and upright, without telling everything we know, there would be few honest men in existence. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "Without doubt; true demons incarnate," replied the veracious priest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The consequences were disastrous to the veracious exception to the rule of his race. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The Pope decreed that not only all that Mandeville related was veracious, but that the Latin book which his holiness possessed contained much more, and from whence the Mappa Mundi had been made. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But now we must return to the Superintendent, who is the real origin of our fantastic yet so veracious story. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z "As to that," comes the retort, "it is all an azure fiction; far to be preferred is the veracious verdancy of the earth." Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Of the national customs enumerated and described by the veracious Diedrich, we find at the present day but few. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z I distinctly remember but two incidents of that journey; of not much importance, however, in the veracious history of a life. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z In such creative touches the author of Piers Ploughman displays pictures of domestic life, with the minute fidelity of a Flemish painting; so veracious is his simplicity! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This veracious and touching biography will show you how dangerous to public health is reliable war news, and convince you that the Secretary's order to the press is only a proper insanitary measure. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z The "Jolly Herrings" was perhaps the most ludicrous and incongruous house of entertainment of which history records any veracious record. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The mother of the young gentleman also was exceedingly desirous of satisfying herself upon this one point, not feeling quite as sure as the veracious "Mrs. Grundy." Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Sallust has certainly acquired the praise of a veracious historian, and I do not know that he has been detected in falsifying any fact within the sphere of his knowledge. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z If this were true, and the following history veracious, the Czarina must have given birth to a second son whilst in captivity; but there does not appear to be any historic evidence on the point. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z "What style of car have you got?" asked one of the men in the allegedly veracious anecdote. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z As we pass in review the alternating phases of his chequered career we seem to be contemplating a shifting panorama of the novelist's fancy, rather than a veracious chronicle of facts. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z He spoke of the twin brothers George and James Macdonald as two simple, single-minded, and veracious men, and more than this, as eminently godly men. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Neither is this “memorable circumstance.” “omitted in my volumes,” as asserted by the veracious critic. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Sinfulness of Detraction.—The civil law does not generally punish slander if the slanderer can prove that his statements are true, but this does not make veracious defamation morally lawful. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z "So that, according to your veracious story, Mr. O'Rear-don, the Viceroy himself is a Celt and a rebel, eh?" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z When this veracious history first displayed young Nelligan at a dinner-party, his manner was shy and constrained; his secluded, student-like habits had given him none of that hardihood so essential in society. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The process was as yet scarcely begun, but already it was a veracious promise of perfect fulfillment. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z As there is but the one hotel in N—— it was not surprising that, after a short interval, all the characters of this veracious story met together there. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z This, your highness, and honorable gentlemen of the court, is the strictly veracious history of my last capital crime. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Much wandering over the earth's surface and knowledge of terrestrial affairs has taught us not to accept unchallenged the statements of even such worthy guides as our veracious Sophia. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands When he returned and published what we are sorry to say was none too veracious an account, Polo being only too ready to draw upon his imagination, other nations were fired by emulation. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future This will have no Apocrypha, but I will here relate an incident which did not come under my personal observation, but which was told of by my ordinarily veracious friend, Colonel Maginniss. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers I will pass over the celebrated Paracelsus, for the purpose of making allusion to an Englishman, with whose veracious history every one ought to make himself acquainted. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters We have once already, in this veracious narrative, been ungallant enough to peep at this young lady, and coolly watch her strategy before the enemy. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) We have been often compelled, in this veracious history, to reflect with harshness on certain traits of Mr. Linton's morality. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The cellar is the social relic-chamber; every bin rejoices in a most veracious legend; and, whether it be over wine or over relics that we wonder, equal difficulties start up to obstruct our faith. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. It is an artistic fault in real life that it deals so frequently in coincidence, to the casting of suspicion upon those who report it veraciously. The Book of Susan A Novel Schoning, to use his own words, simply repeated all that the veracious and upright host of the Chamois had told him. On the Heights A Novel Gozzi was perhaps consistent and veracious in his disclaimer of more than a liaison of friendship. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second "Why don't you add, and of the figure with the casket, too?" said she, smiling; "for I see you regard them all as alike veracious." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) After this episode Chance had little to do with the further events of this veracious chronicle. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel I cannot proceed further in this my veracious history without dwelling a little longer upon the characters of the two interesting individuals I have already presented to my readers as Mr. and Mrs. Rooney. Jack Hinton The Guardsman We hear Selim’s voice first, as we pay him this attention for personating the hero of this veracious romance. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa The facts contradict you, as I can prove by referring to the veracious autobiographies of Urnings and to known phenomena regarding them. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists I know not whether they will enjoy the same favour which the Public has deigned to accord to the veracious story of "A Bear," or the simple "Adventures of a Dog." The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! A more correct and veracious man than Mr. R. West could not be. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. And here endeth the veracious history of the king of the hoopoes. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant The narrations occupied about an hour in their delivery, and were replete with interest, but too long to be incorporated verbatim into these veracious records. The History and Records of the Elephant Club The documents show that the lying and trickery rested with P. T., while the bookseller was veracious in his assertions and straight-forward in his proceedings. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition A fourth, as veracious as the former, swore to having seen her “fly into her own Chamber-window in her full proportion;” all of which testimony gave weight and substance to the maid’s charge. Witch Stories If not very veracious," said I, "it is at least very amusing. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas There are many supernatural stories, which we are certain cannot by any possibility be true; but which nevertheless are as well attested, and apparently as fully proved, as any facts in the most veracious history. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant A veracious modern writer describes them as tasting like sugared cream and white almonds. The Pearl of India At such a time, kindly—yet uncompromising and veracious—explanation of the nature and implications of the crisis is the course dictated by wisdom. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance He, too, introduces himself under that very name in his contemporary memoirs, from which we have borrowed many of the data of this our veracious history. Pretty Michal Which endeth the Third Volume of this inexpressibly veracious History of the War. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 P.S.—I reopen this to say that I have re-read my paper, and cannot think I have at all succeeded in being either veracious or polite. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) For the conveniency of the reader, I shall render this true and veracious account under sundry headings, marked I., II., The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published They also are surprised and offended when any one offers them a veracious and sombre picture. Contemporary Russian Novelists This rascal, who supplied the King and Parliament alternately with equally veracious predictions, was in youth apprenticed to a mantua-maker in the Strand, and on his master's death married his widow. Old and New London Volume I ‘They refer to other documents, and in all points express themselves as sober-minded and veracious writers under ordinary circumstances are known to do.’ English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Of all those who in the opening chapter of this veracious tale had assembled around the hospitable board of the Königs, barely a handful remained in “the little garrison.” A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Had he named the first of April for the presentation instead of the first of January, it would have been more appropriate, and at least equally veracious. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. It is well our veracious historian dropped all mention of Guarini—else that would have given that coup de grace—a fatal anachronism! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 I have the highest admiration for the vivacious and veracious work of these two other men—possibly associates of Vermeer. Ivory Apes and Peacocks To that veracious history belongs the following addendum. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The work was entitled “Three Weeks in the Gold Mines,” and was written by a veracious individual who signed himself H. I. Simpson. Gold This veracious history proceeds to say that, after this practical lesson, the lady was ever remarkable for a sweet and compliant temper. Old Roads and New Roads Is it really possible to write a veracious novel about any other than the novelist's native land? Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews The masters who have thus fallen under the ban of official displeasure are Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, and Cézanne—the latter represented by two of the most veracious fruit-pieces I ever saw. Ivory Apes and Peacocks They were what discoursed to you, told the veracious story of lives and emotions–not lamely, as words do, mingling the trivial with the significant, but altogether perfectly. Aurora the Magnificent I have it from veracious witnesses," Bame snuffled, "that the death of Robert Greene Was caused by a surfeit, sir, of Rhenish wine And pickled herrings. Collected Poems Volume Two Addison's praise disagrees, it need scarcely be said, with the more minute and veracious description of the King given by Thackeray, but a party politician in those days could scarcely be a faithful chronicler. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) She had been by instinct as veracious as a politely bred person may be, but now she understood that the truth is mighty good business. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards When the historical and veracious waiter left the room, the long and stately figure of Miss Alice sank slowly down upon the sofa. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 Whether the devils were drowned with the pigs this veracious history saith not. Bible Romances First Series Besides, a man who writes history with one eye on his own period, and the other on a period centuries anterior is not likely to be veracious, however earnestly he may intend to. Arrows of Freethought The most veracious book written by Defoe is A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain, By a Gentleman, 1724, in three volumes. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) But for the most part the fear of punishment, in this world or in the next, will not make men veracious. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Is it really possible to write a veracious novel about any other than the novelist’s native land? A Manual of the Art of Fiction And so ends our veracious history of the Pic-Nic in Olden Time. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 He found pleasure in being able to give his hostess an account of his passage with Kate that, while quite veracious, might be reassuring to herself. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II With these singular vessels, according to his veracious reports the people of that country could navigate under water and attack stranger ships from beneath. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons As a veracious study of life and character among Irish working classes ... it is superior to anything written by Synge, Yeats, or Shaw.... Changing Winds A Novel King Arthur was buried at Glastonbury, and a veracious historian in the twelfth century wrote that he was present at the disinterment of the remains of the king and his wife. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel More than one of these veracious Spanish historians states the number to have been one hundred and twenty thousand! Aztec Land "Too much? of course it was too much!" echoed the veracious narrator. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 The object of this story is to give a veracious, and not a highly gilded picture of the hardy prairie man of days gone by. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Such was the effect of the veracious chronicles of our countryman Tobias, and the lifelike descriptions of old Trunnion, and Tom Bowling, and the rest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 All that were most respectable, and the duke himself, who was then at Belgrade, joined this deputation in order to be ocular spectators of the veracious proof about to be made. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. As cellars cannot be dug at all on account of the mere crust of earth existing above the water, this veracious historian could not have written from personal knowledge, or have visited the country. Aztec Land But something new in this veracious narration—the contraband. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Several small events which took place at this time had all their indirect but strong bearing on the histories of the characters in this veracious narrative. The First Violin A Novel "No, not at all!" answered the veracious reporter. Oklahoma Sunshine But Ruby's story met with the fate that is only too certain to befall this veracious and absolutely unexaggerated narrative—nobody was ever found to believe a single word of it! In Brief Authority The May number of "Journey's End" containing Phil's veracious account of the dogs of Main Street created almost as much of a sensation as the consolidation of the First National with Montgomery's Bank. Otherwise Phyllis The Creator being absolutely veracious, the information imparted by the senses is infallible. Dante: His Times and His Work The results of his researches, as he and Phœbe afterwards set them down in fair writing, hold their due places in this veracious chronicle, from its seventeenth page, onward. Mugby Junction It is a very unimportant little place at the present day: it was even more so in the year 17—, the year in which this veracious history opens. The Voyage of the Aurora If contemporary record so often belies itself, what ought we to consider veracious of that which comes to us through the shadowy distance of thousands of years? Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands I will endeavour to give you the usual veracious account of our doings. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition That eminent and more or less veracious traveller Captain Longbow has a great grievance with the public. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems And he admitted that the senses were veracious in their reports; but they reported only in regard to phenomena. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles "Might I, a comparative stranger, be pardoned for inquiring into the motives underlying the interest you have evinced in my perhaps poorly expressed but veracious narration?" Sundry Accounts That veracious author has prudently suppressed, or delicately touched, Elizabeth's peccadilloes as not coming within the scope of his plan. The Faith of Our Fathers When we are on the march it is always "dress up there" or back as the case may be, and the following extract from a comrade's diary can be regarded as absolutely veracious. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition This was not absolutely veracious on Leah's part; for to Barty in those days this particular great man was a god, and he was always full of him. The Martian A veritable and veracious History of the Doings and Misdoings of the members of the Elephant Club. Nothing to Say A Slight Slap at Mobocratic Snobbery, Which Has 'Nothing to Do' with 'Nothing to Wear' There, says the veracious chronicler, their descendants became great nations, and worked in iron, and had stuffs of silk, besides keeping plenty of oxen and sheep. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Not altogether a very veracious book, but a fascinating book for all that. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty I now send you the account of an incident in the sixteenth century, which bears a strong resemblance to some of those veracious narrations which have enlightened mankind in the nineteenth century. Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. "A fly!" shouted the Doctor excitedly, when Tommy had come to the end of his veracious account. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers For, if we care veraciously for music, we think of it, or think it, as it ought to be performed, not as we should ourselves perform it. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life If in this Milt was veracious, he was rather fickle to his newly discovered friend; for while Claire was finishing dinner, a solemn young man was watching her through a window. Free Air How he came to his end is quite uncertain, but some veracious chroniclers declare that he simply dried up and blew away. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages There is also a certain grave hoax, where some fabulous matter is most veraciously reported, in which the Americans have shown great success and something of a national predilection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. If strange exploits are sometimes recited, the author has simply to say that he has been veracious in all of his statements, and that all the stories are "true bird stories." Our Bird Comrades This is very far from a veracious conception of Ferriar’s attitude. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century All absolutely true, authentic, unquestionable, and to-morrow all flatly contradicted by another set equally veracious, startling, and imposing. Peking Dust At this suggestion, Brewster is represented by the veracious chronicler as leaping with enthusiasm from his chair, exclaiming in rapture to Herschel: “Thou art the man!” The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Truly a 'Splendour of God' did dwell in those old rude veracious ages. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. They gloried in Bertram's idleness; told stories, not quite veracious, of his doings at wine-parties; and proved, to the satisfaction of admiring freshmen, that he thought of nothing but his horse and his boating. The Bertrams Of course he could not write dully; his histories are just as readable as Goldsmith's, and rather more veracious. Washington Irving There is a popular prejudice, a kind of superstition, that authors are not a particularly united body, and I am afraid that this may contain half a grain or so of the veracious. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete But he remains, on the whole, pencil in hand, a wonderfully copious and veracious historian of his age and his civilization. Picture and Text 1893 Nice climate,” said Father, avoiding Mother’s accusing look and desperately hoping she wouldn’t feel moved to be veracious and virtuous. The Innocents A Story for Lovers For proof, we cite the following veracious narrative, which bears within it every internal mark of truth, and matter for grave and serious reflection. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 It was, indeed, a war of which no history save this veracious chronicle, gives any record. The Flag Piety, on the other hand, he regards as the standard experience, the most veracious life. The Approach to Philosophy He was so veracious a man, that it was said of him, after his death, ‘Truth died with Matyas.’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' He adds in a more veracious postscript: 'If you let the Queen's Majesty know hereof, as you think good, be it.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography In finishing this portrait of the "conquistador," we shall quote the upright and veracious Bernal Diaz, with whose sentiments we fully agree. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Preconceived notions, can, moreover, vitiate, to an extraordinary degree, the testimony of even veracious persons. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 I did so, and the result proved with what caution one ought to listen to the reports of persons the best informed, and who relate what they have heard with the most veracious intentions. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) The veracious writer considers the pros of the 'glorious climate' of California, and then she gives the cons. The Green Carnation We may be entirely veracious, but it by no means follows that we are also true and trustworthy. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour Now it is true enough that his veracity is a very great merit, and that no one was ever so literally veracious as he. Dr. Johnson and His Circle With Mr Startup the veracious chronicler does not dare to assert that Mr Frigidy was at peace. Miss Mackenzie And she proceeded to give an account of the Fallowfeild party at luncheon more witty, perhaps, than veracious. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Now, if Sir George had not been a veracious man, he would have been caught directly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 I told you Gratian, worthy veracious Gratian, had hastened away to an Agricultural meeting, to vindicate the character of his Belgian carrots. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Had it been otherwise, he would certainly have suffocated himself in infancy, and this, his veracious biography, would have remained unwritten! Sunk at Sea They bite ravenously; one veracious traveller going so far as to assert that they followed him from the water far into the woods, and bit at the spurs on his boots. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 And, notwithstanding its insane vanity, did this precious epistle give a more veracious account of her relation to the young poet than that which she had herself volunteered? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance It is added that some were incredulous, but the solemn and repeated assurances of the veracious Dutch postmaster at last obtained general credence. The Postal Service of the United States in Connection with the Local History of Buffalo I have, however, during my present sojourn here, received good corroborative evidence of its being a veracious report. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. With this veracious account of an inglorious adventure I will draw another day's journal to its close, and if the reader is not asleep, we will now proceed to consider the subject of snipe shooting. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The chief found the really veracious recital beyond belief. Joan of Arc of the North Woods The author's veracious narrative, leaving all picturesque detail to the imagination, gets home every time by the sheer weight of its material. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 Unfortunately, the veracious chronicler who has handed this anecdote down to modern times has failed to state whether the debt was duly paid. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Not only do they abound in literary merit, but in thrilling interest, and there is not one of them that is not instinct with intense and veracious humanity.... A Master of Mysteries He had in fact touched nothing and, if he could have explained, would have pleaded very veraciously that his appetite, keen when he came in, had somehow suddenly failed. The Finer Grain "I was very lucky to get off as I did," continued the veracious mariner. A Master Of Craft The wooden-legged man wound up with Mr. Ketchmaid, and, disdaining to notice that that veracious mariner's grasp was somewhat limp, sank into his chair again, and asked for a cigar. Light Freights It now remains for me, reader, to draw this veracious narrative to a close. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn If people contradict themselves, can Help contradicting them, and every body, Even my veracious self?—But that 's a lie: I never did so, never will—how should I? Don Juan But what of the various characters whom we have thus summoned from the “vasty deep” of memory, to play their little part in this veracious tale? The Pirate City An Algerine Tale I believe I dozed for a few minutes over the sacred book, when a wag stole it away, and substituted for it the “renowned and veracious History of the Seven Champions of Christendom.” Rattlin the Reefer He had not read much, but he had read Robinson Crusoe, and believed in it as a veracious history. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Ah, Mr Gogles, I’m glad to see you here; you’ve not heard any of my veracious narrative, but now you shall hear something to astonish you, I guess.” Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Should any persons exist ignorant of the history of those noble knights, let them with attentive ears now listen to my veracious chronicle. The Seven Champions of Christendom I shall hereafter take occasion to relate the story as given by the veracious Juan, and duly attested by authority which ought to be competent to settle the question, if any thing can do so. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited In the best tradition of the Eatanswill Gazette, the Ballarat Star referred to the Ballarat Times as "our veracious contemporary and doughty opponent," and alluded to the "unblushing profligacy of its editorial columns." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Well, perhaps some of my readers may object to so abrupt a termination to this veracious history; and, to please them, it may be as well, perhaps, to briefly state a few additional facts. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba On the evening of which I was speaking in my last chapter, Mr Johnson was evidently in the vein for narrating his veracious history. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days How I fared, first at Stonebridge House, and subsequently in the City Life for which it was meant to train me, will be the theme of this particular veracious history. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life It would neither be on the whole interesting, nor would it be found to have much bearing on my own career, which is the ostensible theme of the present veracious history. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch “Undoubtedly,” responded the hitherto veracious one, with unabated good humour, “though perhaps one might more truthfully say they were walking less to gain an appetite than to find the means wherewith to satisfy it.” A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route It is almost the only love story in early Spanish-American history, and the account of it, veracious though it is, reads like a novel or a play. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure But I have talked a good deal, and in this warm weather it’s an exertion even to use one’s jaws; so, young gentlemen, you must excuse me from continuing my veracious narrative for the present.” Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days An apology is perhaps needed for mentioning a man of such simple, veracious, disinterested, and wholly high-minded life, in the same breath with one of the least sane men that ever lived. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle Surely, any one hearing this veracious enumeration would think that Spencer must have been a rich and exuberant human being. Memories and Studies But it is also one of the most veracious; it is life itself firmly grasped and honestly presented. The Nabob, Volume 1 The inherent wickedness of that "thing of beauty" will be acknowledged by all mankind, and by every female not reduced to the deplorable poverty of the heroine of the following veracious anecdote. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 The cry, from the deck, of “All hands make sail!” interrupted Mr Johnson’s veracious narrative. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days From this veracious narrative we gather that sometimes the souls of the dead, instead of going away to the spirit-land, transmigrate into the bodies of animals. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Thus ends the romantic story told us by the chronicler Frédégaire, somewhat too romantic to be accepted for veracious history, we fear. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. I think it was the foolish fancy of my dear wife and children combined that this most veracious history should be committed to paper. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Year after year passes, and politicians in Great Britain grow more and more voracious268 and, if possible, less and less veracious on the subject of what they misunderstand by imports and exports. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles “And so, young gentlemen, you want to hear more of my wonderful, not to say veracious, narratives,” he observed, while a pleasant smile irradiated his features. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days My opinion is that as the colored man gets land, becomes chaste, frugal, temperate, industrious, veracious, that he will gradually acquire respect, and will attain political equality. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 This and more the veracious Monk of St. Gall tells us. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Thus far, indeed, it is painful to be compelled to state that scarcely one of the narratives of this chapter passes undisputed among the veracious tradition-mongers of Ireland. Irish Wonders But what indications are there that he published it at large, even to the people of his own time, as a record of matter-of-fact, veracious history? History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology “Ah yes, my true and veracious narrative,” he answered. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days This veracious plant doth "strengthen and embellish the hair." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The newspapers contain accounts more or less veracious respecting fights outside the forts, in which great numbers of Prussians have been killed. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris But is this distaste a veracious instinct? or is it a prejudice, owing to the ideal of feminine character and life, which they have been educated to admire? The Friendships of Women I must confess that I cool somewhat after this—inwardly that is—towards the Irreconcilable in battered corduroys who amuses me with a string of stories more or less veracious. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Haugh! whether you are laughing at me, or at my veracious narrative? Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days But Gibbon was above all things a veracious historian, and fortunately has not refrained from giving us a truthful picture of his childhood. Gibbon This veracious tale is believed by two-thirds of Paris. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris This may have been the truth in some higher, rarer sense than its obvious meaning, for Wentworth was a perfectly veracious person. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron There follows at length the paper of which the family of the honourable and veracious gentleman "in the commission of the peace for Middlesex" had become possessed "by the mother's side." Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays I have had uninvited listeners to my veracious and authentic history, and I hope they have benefited by it.” Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days If people contradict themselves, can I Help contradicting them, and everybody, Even my veracious self?—But that's a lie: I never did so, never will—how should I? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 As every Christmas a number of books are published containing stories about dogs as remarkable as they are stale, I recommend to their authors these two veracious tales. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris In his relations with outsiders, however, the Man�bo is not so veracious; on the contrary, he displays no little art in suppressing or in twisting the truth. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The little world you have been considering through the medium of this veracious chronicle began now to adjust itself to the changes that have been recorded. The President A novel But I must, I see, proceed with my veracious narrative. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days I found that this was quite true; indeed, the Gentleman was one of the most veracious men I have known. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Of course," went on Reay, "it's only the newspapers that say he's dead—and there never was a newspaper yet that could give an absolutely veracious account of anything. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Still, the numerical illustration of the rapid deterioration of hearsay evidence, when less than quite veracious, puts us on our guard against rumour. Logic Deductive and Inductive And the next day comes the veracious Mr. Sands asking whether a verbatim copy of that report would be of service to him! The President A novel You, who have been describing that extraordinary old fellow Jonathan Johnson, with his veracious narratives, and wonderful deeds. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Now, if you want to know how much of this so-called veracious story is really true, I cannot quite say. The Adventures of Akbar "Yes," persists Scholasticus, "but the man who told me so was more veracious than you!" History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour When we attain to the reality of our visions, in point of locality at least, we find a definite starting-point ready to our hand, where veracious legend and more veracious history are satisfactorily blended. Russian Rambles "And," says the veracious Vasari, "they were done just as well, if not better than Giorgione himself could have done them, had he been alive!" Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters I promised a veracious chronicle, and I am quoting Sydney Baxter word for word. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. Cairo is the Arabian Nights; there is a little Frankish varnish here and there, but the government, the people—all is unchanged since that most veracious book was written. Letters from Egypt To be thoroughly veracious, for example, in a society that restrains the discussion and expression of opinions, is more than such a society is entitled to. Practical Essays "In your charming and for the most part veracious story there is only one slight mistake, my good friend." The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood It was intended to be the veracious representation of an actual event, shown as, and when, and how it happened, true to the facts so far as Hubert knew them. The Book of Art for Young People The notorious inaccuracy of Thiers and the avowed hero-worship of Masson alike preclude their admissibility into the select circle of trustworthy and veracious historians. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 One traces and unconsciously accepts as a veracious narrative the record of a fantastic though abiding love. The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher While, in order to veracious conclusions, it is necessary that every matter of fact should be truly given, it is equally necessary that the language should be free from ambiguity. Practical Essays Having thus disposed of the hero whose early career was so chequered and eventful, I must add a word as to the fate of the other actors in this veracious narrative. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood All the wonderfully veracious detail in the work of the Pre-Raphaelite does not give the impression of life. The Book of Art for Young People Under the pulpit was a closet, which some one veraciously assured me was the place where the tithingman imprisoned incautiously playful urchins. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse If, as the veracious Brother Sagard says, the fort and the habitation were distressed, it is not proved that the English could be easily defeated. The Makers of Canada: Champlain He is a charming little man but—er—I fear—not veracious. More William ‘And Mr. Jephson is to be congratulated on so sensible and veracious a bride,’ said Merton. The Disentanglers They were a strictly practical people whose painting of stuffs, furs, jewellery, and architecture was marvellously minute and veracious. The Book of Art for Young People The literary matter that appeared under this title most readers accepted as veracious though anonymous autobiography. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I The two medieval boys, with the story of whose lives this veracious chronicle concerns itself, were indeed singularly unlike in their tastes and dispositions. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars To which statement, although to a certain extent veracious, I took exception, an' in the airy persiflage that ensued, he took umbrage to an extent that it made him hostile. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country Nowhere else can we find a gallery of southwestern characters as varied and as veracious as those Huck Finn met in his wanderings. Inquiries and Opinions Most of what Job's friends said to him were veracious statements. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Certain details were not included in the veracious history. The Splendid Folly Nor need this history surprise—it is history, veracious and sober history of a period, still within recollection, and of events of almost recent occurrence. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia His summons to Holmes to stop under penalty of being fired into met with no more respect than was shown by the commandant of Rensselaerswyck to his challengers, according to the veracious Knickerbocker. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 He cared nothing for morality, but he was unfailingly veracious, never falsifying the facts of existence as he had seen it himself. Inquiries and Opinions If not veracious to his conscience, he must be veracious to facts. Machiavelli, Volume I "She was very tired," said Patty veraciously, but evasively. New Faces Compare the English capacious, veracious, hilarious, where -ous is added to other stems than those in o. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin "I can answer you," the veracious Zotique undertook, "my eyes are good.—He is smiling fully a second hundred thousand." The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Consul Bernick is one of Ibsen's most veracious characters, with his cloaking morality, his unconscious egotism, and his unfaltering selfishness, disclosed so naïvely and so naturally. Inquiries and Opinions I must not omit the strictly veracious witness who was sworn to testify how many students were engaged in a noisy night frolic at Norwich. Memories and Anecdotes The landscape may be false, but the state of soul is veracious. Recent Developments in European Thought I leave others to protest," said this veracious critic, "against Mr. Froude's treatment of the sixteenth century. The Life of Froude It was a few days after this that Hugh sat by the open window, listening to Annie reading from the virtuous and veracious Richmond Enquirer. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Nora is veraciously feminine in never fathoming Dr. Rank's love for her, or at least in her refusal to formulate it, content to take his friendship and ask herself no questions. Inquiries and Opinions These are the only scraps of veracious history that come down to us; the other choice bits I take to be exercises in prosaic romance. Purcell However, there was no mistaking the utter and veracious impersonality of his tone. Queed Alton flushed a little, for he was somewhat quick-tempered, and too proud to be otherwise than a veracious man. Alton of Somasco It is clear that these are the views of a composer who placed veracious declamation of the poetic idea very much to the front in his conception of the art of the song-writer. Edward MacDowell The entry maybe taken as veracious, although made by "a clerk of St. Nicholas." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 Knox uttered his forebodings of the Queen’s future: they were as veracious as if he had really been a prophet. John Knox and the Reformation It was the supposedly veracious tale of an ancient sea captain who had been a whaler in the old days. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper Whether her report be veracious or no matters nothing to me, any more than his chances of succeeding to the Captain's place. Lady Rose's Daughter And that there were honourable and just men outside of Rome will sufficiently appear in the sequel to this veracious tale. Saracinesca Nor will I falsify the words of so veracious a mortal. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The villain has remained, up to the publication of this veracious chronicle, unknown. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 But the Apostle, in my context, seems to think that that is the only tenable alternative to the other theory that the witnesses were veracious, and I am disposed to believe that he is right. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) She did her best, and her account certainly was no more untrue than scores of narratives of social incident which issue every day from lips the most respected and the most veracious. Lady Rose's Daughter Truly a 'Splendor of God' did dwell in those old rude veracious ages. Past and Present Once more we must ask our readers to accompany us to Aescendune--it is for the last time--to witness the final scenes recorded in these veracious Chronicles. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune The Cézanne picture does not modulate, does not flow; is too often hard, though always veracious—Cézannes veracity, be it understood. Promenades of an Impressionist KING.—Most veracious Bráhman, grant that you are in the right, what end would be gained by betraying this lady? Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Associated word: truttaceous. truce, n. armistice. truckle, v. cringe, knuckle, submit, yield. true, a. correct, exact, accurate, veritable, authentic, real, genuine, actual; veracious, truthful; loyal, stanch, steadfast, unwavering; incorruptible, trustworthy, faithful, honorable. Putnam's Word Book The veracious correspondent of that journal stated that the jury found that 'Andrew Kelly came by his death through drowning on the 22nd October while suffering under temporary insanity brought about by fear of eviction.' About Ireland He was of far too high and veracious a nature to be capable of the disparaging tricks of a poor jealousy. Burke The endeavour here will be to realise more veraciously what life in the Roman world was like. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Eliot drew much nearer to the truth, the quiet, homely verity of her scenes is a closer approximation to life, realizes life more vitally than the most veracious page of "Vanity Fair." Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Antonyms: See untruth. truthful, a. veracious, undissembling, ingenuous, veridical. try, v. test, examine, prove; attempt, essay, endeavor; purify, refine; hear, adjudicate, adjudge; strive, seek, strain. try, n. attempt, essay, trial, experiment. Putnam's Word Book No veracious biographer of Titian could pretend that he is always thus imaginative, that coming in contact with a commanding human individuality he always thus unfolds the outer wrappings to reveal the soul within. The Later Works of Titian I must confess that, for the first time, I was impressed by the belief that the lady’s veracious visions, however they are to be explained, could not possibly be accounted for by chance coincidence. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 I cease to marvel," continues the author, "since it is written in many volumes of veracious Greek history that the Myrmidons were generated by ants. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Otherwise we might ask: Does Mr. Clodd prefer to be considered not 'competent' or not 'veracious'? The Making of Religion If a man is prepared to write a really veracious biography, he must also be prepared to fly for his life and to change his name. Father Payne Again, if a hallucination of Jones’s presence tallies with a great crisis in Jones’s life, or with his death, the hallucination is so far veracious in that, at least, it does not seem meaningless. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Of course I'm an old fool; but I endeavor to be veracious. Mr. Scarborough's Family Most veracious Bráhman, grant that you are in the right, what end would be gained by betraying this lady? Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama His cablegrams shortly before the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and the insurgents were more picturesque than veracious, but they were apparently considered effective, as Aguinaldo ordered that he should be given $5000. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) The very last place in which we should expect to find anything "veracious." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. Or if Jones’s appearance has some unwonted feature not known to the seer, but afterwards proved to be correct in fact, that is veracious. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts If this is not the veracious history of this celebrated wine, the Baron would like to know what is? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 12, 1890 Noo, I believed that I was strictly veracious when I said that, even though I think I had never held a rod in my hand. Between You and Me What amount of credit may be placed on that veracious and most unromantic historian, your correspondent doubtless knows better than myself. Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 Many of the suburbs and outlying districts of London are experiencing something like a plague of tiny stinging flies similar to, but even more veracious than, the familiar 'midge.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. But, like dreams, these crystal visions enter the domain of the ghostly only when they are veracious, and contribute information previously unknown as to past, present or future. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts I have done more talking, by the way, in the last fortnight, than in any previous twelve months—much of it, too, none of the wisest, nor, I may add, of the most superstitiously veracious. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 This, the latest joke in the solemn Quarterly, has led many of its readers here to recall the days of Madame Trollope and the Reverend Mr. Fiddler, those veracious and "well-known travellers." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Yet this is what we must abide by; for this is spiritually and generically veracious. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti It is hard to believe in the nineteenth or twentieth century that Spain ever had any influence with anybody of sound mind, but such the veracious historian tells us was once the case. Comic History of England Science may conceivably come to study crystal visions, but veracious crystal visions will be treated like veracious dreams. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts And, in fact, hundreds of instances, similarly weighty as evidence, from equally veracious and trustworthy classic authors, might be cited to the point, did time and space permit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Mrs Wititterly was declared, upon the testimony of two veracious and competent witnesses, to be the very picture of a countess! Nicholas Nickleby But let him dare to be "disrespectful" and he is a lost man, though he be the cleanest, soberest, most diligent, most veracious, most trustworthy man in the county. Treatise on Parents and Children Albeit it was heard of afterwards, as will afterwards be read in this veracious register of marriage. Our Mutual Friend Thus a vast number of well-authenticated cases of veracious visions will be required before science could admit that it might be well to investigate hitherto unacknowledged faculties of the human mind. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts This report is very likely not veracious, because this bone spontaneously repairs itself so quickly and easily. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Their honor, their righteousness, their purity are veracious, though their social state is magnified beyond any post-revolutionary experience. A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction If Stevenson's Homeric account of the Four Black Elliotts in "Weir of Hermiston" is historically veracious, we might fancy that one of their descendants would feel his activities somewhat cramped on Beacon Street, Boston. Stories from Everybody's Magazine My Lord Dives's remains are in the family vault: the statuaries are cutting an inscription veraciously commemorating his virtues, and the sorrows of his heir, who is disposing of his goods. Vanity Fair Next, if several persons successively in the same place, or simultaneously, have a similar hallucination not to be accounted for physically, that is, if not a veracious, a curious hallucination. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts But he was none the less there to be veracious. The Ambassadors If this veracious tale could be twisted into a metaphor, it would serve marvellously to illustrate the position of the entire Anglo-Saxon race, and especially that of their American descendants as regards the Latin peoples. Worldly Ways and Byways There are no grounds for believing that this particular method of communication is adequate, or even that the agents which produce it are veracious. The Certain Hour I pursued, addressing Miss Tita and carrying off this veracious statement by treating it as an innocent joke. The Aspern Papers Of this complicated kind we give two examples; the first reckons as a “subjective,” the second as a veracious hallucination. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Rowland blushed; he desired to justify himself in the most veracious manner. Roderick Hudson I have now told the singular, but veracious story of the Opera ghost. The Phantom of the Opera "Pardon, dear madame," put in Julien, "you confuse the cases; we are now concerned with the veracious history of the pug, not the uncertain future of the poodle." A Chair on the Boulevard Unluckily his hand had grown weaker in the ten years' interval, and he gave such loose rein to his idealizing habit that the portrait is neither so veracious nor so lifelike. The Man Shakespeare His Lordship was not reckoned precisely a veracious man; on the other hand, this was not the kind of fable he was likely to tell. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts The echoes of their commentary reached Rowland's ears; but he had little taste for random gossip, and desired a distinctly veracious informant. Roderick Hudson It is all in keeping with this incredible and yet veracious story. The Phantom of the Opera In the bulletins, he adds, always so veracious, the lose of the French is estimated at five hundred killed and a thousand wounded; while that of the enemy is augmented to fifteen thousand. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time A most veracious full-length portrait, with the minute finish of a miniature; it shows how Shakespeare had studied every fold and foible of Mary Fitton's soul. The Man Shakespeare The majority of people do not believe in the truth of any such stories of veracious hallucinations, just as they do not believe in veracious dreams. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Though he was a veracious man, he was rarely a serious one. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Mandeville has become proverbial for indulging in a traveler's exaggerations; yet his accounts of the countries which he visited have been found far more veracious than had been imagined. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) The capital of Tuscany—according to its most respectable and veracious chroniclers—is the oldest city extant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics But it is so difficult to find a French nurse who will speak the truth that many mothers have renounced the accomplished Gaul and hired the Anglo- Saxon, who is often not more veracious. Manners and Social Usages Part of Mrs. Elliot’s mind knew what she was about, and started an unreal but veracious feeling to warn her. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts We expect a certain change of opinion in the course of years: it is the sign of a veracious character. Sketches from Concord and Appledore But Lucan goes a little too far in his account of Cato's expedition into these parts; this veracious historian has inserted a few pages of sublime serpent nonsense, exquisite fooling…. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Suetonius gives us an account of men rather than a history of the politics of emperors, and surely this method is more interesting and veracious. Youth and Egolatry If this were not a veracious history, don't you see that it would have been easy to send our Virginian on a more glorious campaign? The Virginians Mr. Galton, out of all his packets of reports of hallucinations, does not even allude to a veracious example, whether he has records of such a thing or not. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Every word of this narrative is veracious, except the one word Paley. Tremendous Trifles It is not only a vast improvement on the stilted "veracious," but one of the prettiest and most thoroughly English words in the dictionary. America To-day, Observations and Reflections But this is not a romance; only the veracious chronicle of certain human beings. The Deluge These were written in a picturesque style and with such a wealth of detail that, though barefaced inventions for the most part, they passed for veracious chronicles. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Everybody allows the existence of dreams, but comparatively few believe in dream stories of veracious dreams. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts On the other hand, he grows more indulgent and more veracious when he describes the life of the humbler denizens of the ghetto. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) O, if to trace But with the memory's too veracious aid This tale be anguish, what must be its life And terrible action? Count Alarcos; a Tragedy We arrived, as this veracious chronicle has already asserted, on a Saturday evening. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family During travels in numerous lands, I have listened to early recollections from the lips of veracious men and women. Autobiography of a Yogi The following story, in which an appearance of the dead conveyed information not known to the seer, and so deserving to be called veracious, is a little ghastly. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts They have their phases of strength and veracity, and, also, phases that are neither veracious nor strong. Confessions and Criticisms Occasionally this arises from an entire bouleversement of the veracious sense—similar to certain perversions of the insane mind, and then other faculties of his nature are liable to share in the alteration. The Opium Habit I give warning to the artist who designs the pictures for this veracious story, to make no attempt at this subject. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family And the colloquy terminated by the writing of those two letters which were laid on Major Pendennis's breakfast-table, in London, at the commencement of Prince Arthur's most veracious history. The History of Pendennis When the voices are veracious, give unknown information, they are in the same case as truthful dreams. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts It is a monument of which New York and America may be proud; for no such powerful and veracious conception of a wild animal has ever before found artistic embodiment. Confessions and Criticisms Charles Pickney Sumner, the father of Charles Sumner, was a man of an essentially veracious nature. Cambridge Sketches While he was the only target, the other blacks, including the veracious chronicler, ran away, leaving many dead. My Tropic Isle In the story, Holgrave achieves the reward of a veracious nature by winning the heart of the purest and loveliest young woman in American fiction. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne These tales are dull enough, and many voices, like Dr. Johnson’s mother’s, when he heard her call his name, she being hundreds of miles away, lead to nothing and are not veracious. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts It went against my conscience to be the only liar amongst these exceedingly veracious Orientals, and so I could not think of inventing anything. The Purple Land The portraits of him show a face and head that one can hardly accept as veracious; an enormous forehead impending over a small face, with an almost delicate mouth. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 The veracious landlord acknowledged that a stranger had spent a night and day at his inn, and was missing that morning; but he utterly denied all acquaintance with his character, or privity to his purposes. Fanshawe Horatio Bridge is a veracious witness, but we have to consider that he was nearly ninety years of age at the time his memoirs were given to the public. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne When they are veracious, as in the case of dreams, it may be by sheer accident. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Besides, I fancy I have heard of various tricks played by Mr. Midshipman Harry Prendergast, and, as I heard them from your lips, I cannot doubt but that they were strictly veracious. The Treasure of the Incas This is an affair of too much magnitude to be fully described in the small space yet remaining in which to bring out our veracious history. The Best American Humorous Short Stories And she was exactly veracious, avoiding details, yet missing nothing that gave the facts a pleasant trail. Over the Pass Is not my soul laid open in these veracious pages? Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes But though the appearances were veracious, they were purposeless, and again, as in each case the information existed in living minds, it may have been wired on from them. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Having a sincere regard for unaffected Marie Leczinska, I regret being obliged to admit that, even in youth, "comely" was the most effusive adjective that could veraciously be awarded her. A Versailles Christmas-Tide This veracious person very properly dedicated his book to the saints in Parliament assembled, many of whom had, soon after, ample leisure for perusing the fat folio. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 If this veracious history were a narrative of the life and adventures of Mr. Jinks alone, we might follow the great conspirator in his various movements on this eventful day. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier There is now no question of a romance signed ‘Edgar Poe,’ but of a veracious narrative signed ‘Patterson.’ An Antarctic Mystery If one wishes to be epigrammatic, one must relinquish the hope of being either agreeable or veracious. The Sowers And besides, as it has been veraciously observed, the truth of an insult is the barb which prevents its retraction. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations In fact, I shrewdly suspect that I have discovered, in these veracious sheets, the very incidents which suggested the names of a number of volumes. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 He might be called an ingenuous hypocrite, an artless humbug, a veracious liar, so obviously were the traits indicated innate and organic in him rather than acquired. Hawthorne and His Circle The Bradshaw who appears in the following tale is the same youth who figures as the hero—or villain, label him as you like—of the preceding equally veracious narrative. Tales of St. Austin's It is here, then, in the simple veracious records that bring before us the life of Christ, that we have the very Word of God. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People In the veracious "History of Sandford and Merton," if our memory serves us aright, there is an instance quoted of remarkable presence of mind relating to an Umbrella and its owner. Umbrellas and Their History I bethought me of Aristophanes, the learned and veracious poet whose statements had met with unmerited incredulity. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 ‘Ought’ in the phrase ‘you ought to speak the truth’ refers to an instinct in us to report veraciously what we see. More Pages from a Journal Fish, flesh, and fowl, and substances that were neither, have been picked up by veracious people after a storm. Locusts and Wild Honey It is a fragmentary, but to all appearance a veracious record of the events which took place after the first return of the exiles to Jerusalem. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People It would be a very simple matter to transform this veracious history into the most lurid of melodramas by the introduction of the false and bizarre, but it is not my purpose to do so. A Fool and His Money Genius, which has always been suspected of affinity with drunkenness, is really a faculty for seeing abnormally—that is to say, veraciously. Without Prejudice Let this veracious record of a performance of Treat's five sea-lions and two harbor seals, that I witnessed October 15, 1910, tell the whole story, in order that the reader may judge for himself: 1. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Nay, Heaven forbid I should apply the word to a person so veracious. The Fortunes of Nigel His writings prove him to be a careful, painstaking, veracious historian. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People No calendar has ever been entirely veracious, nor ever will be. The Extra Day The week passed somehow, unpleasantly enough for most of the persons concerned in this veracious history, but Saturday night came at last, and brought with it a series of events which modified the existing situation. Sant' Ilario But what I said to Estella, and what she said to me, will never be revealed to any one in this world;--the results, however, will appear hereafter, in this veracious chronicle. Caesar's Column There were descriptions of scenery, fragmentary notes of history and science, records more or less veracious or absurd of personal adventures, and conversations, and advertisements, such as-- Magnum Bonum "When I undertook to spread before you the true and veracious history of my life," he began, striving to make his tone light, "you would none of it." The Unspeakable Perk All that a veracious chronicler can accomplish is to set forth a plain tale of events in their proper sequence, and leave the ultimate verdict to individual judgment. Number Seventeen Now, the reader may perhaps remember, that in an early part of our veracious chronicle we hinted that Mr. Verdant Green's equestrian performances were but of a humble character. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green He realized that his host was different from the artist type he had hitherto encountered; more profound, more veracious. South Wind Her narrative, to which Mary listened with downcast eyes, presented the outlines of the story veraciously; she told of Everard's wish to dispense with the legal bond, of her own indecision, and of the issue. The Odd Women Better to be veracious so far, thought May. Our Friend the Charlatan Hear then the strictly veracious account of the artistic enterprise in which I have been engaged for some time, and the turn it had of necessity to take. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 For he had come, all unwitting, to a turning of the ways, and his choice is the cause of this veracious history. Huntingtower Of them the most conspicuous was Clifford Melville, whose name was originally Joseph Sobieski, with habitat Poland, whose small part in this veracious tale belongs elsewhere. The Judgment House She understood that; she would only have laughed at him had it been a woman; Cigarette was more veracious than complimentary in her estimate of her own sex. Under Two Flags Thoreau himself, whom Lowell did not like, was not more veracious an observer than the author of "Sunthin' in the Pastoral Line," "Cambridge Thirty Years Ago," and "My Garden Acquaintance." The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters The suggestion, according to documents at hand which seem to be veracious, was adopted with enthusiasm. Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica If I were writing a novel, instead of a veracious chronicle, I should not have introduced it, for it is an anachronism. Their Pilgrimage And thus was Wan Lee, on the night of Friday, the 5th of March, 1856, born into this veracious chronicle. Tales of the Argonauts She was not absolutely veracious; but this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had anything to conceal. Washington Square A perfectly veracious speech; but, as Isabel thought, not as perfectly timed. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Far be it from the veracious chronicler's mind even to suggest such a thing. The Elusive Pimpernel I felt charmed to read in the papers the other day a most veracious puffing advertisement headed, 'To College and back for Five Shillings.' The Book of Snobs It is my apology for this long introduction, my sole excuse for writing this article, and the genesis of this veracious history. Tales of the Argonauts And her functions are somewhat important in this veracious history. The Story of a Mine It is but a few years ago that the veracious chronicler of these pages moved with a wondering crowd of sightseers in the gardens of the White House. Clarence Perhaps to be kind and veracious May do pretty well at Lausanne; But it never would answer,—good gracious! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Our last paper of this veracious and roundabout series related to a period which can only be historical to a great number of readers of this Magazine. Roundabout Papers On the contrary, they refer to other documents, and in all points express themselves as sober- minded and veracious writers under ordinary circumstances are known to do. Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces But that friend is of sufficient importance to this veracious history to deserve a paragraph to himself. The Story of a Mine My pen halts with some diffidence between two conclusions to this veracious chronicle. Tales of Trail and Town Doubtless the portraits are a trifle rose-colored, but they accord, in the main, with more veracious history. The Women of the French Salons He is speaking about himself and expressing his emotion of grief or pain in a manner perfectly authentic and veracious. Roundabout Papers The Prophet's butler, Mr. Ferdinand—that bulky and veracious gentleman—threw open the latticed windows of the drawing-room and let the cold air rush blithely in. The Prophet of Berkeley Square In regard to truth he was equal to the veracious king Yudhishtira. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance In ran Harriet, saw, and screamed, but did not lose her head; this veracious person whipped a pair of scissors off the table, and cut the young lady's stay-laces directly. A Simpleton The civic improvements so enthusiastically contemplated by the five millionaires in the earlier pages of this veracious chronicle—the fountain, reservoir, town-hall, and free library—had not yet been erected. Devil's Ford The reporter, probably, did not catch what I said, and, being more veracious than Mr Vizetelly, did not choose to ascribe to me what I did not say. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 I thought I should gain confidence even for this, if my vision of Prague proved to have been veracious; and yet, the horror of that certitude! The Lifted Veil Singular to see how, in so veracious an intellect as Friedrich's, so many fallacies of hope are constantly entertained. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 Most veracious Documents, we can observe; nothing could be truer; Confessions they are, in the most emphatic sense; no truer ever made to a Priest in the name of the Most High. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 But a veracious man he was, at all points; not even conscious of his veracity; but had it in the blood of him; and never looked upon "mendacity" but from a very great height indeed. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 No doubt he could have made something of Literature too; could have written Books, and left some stamp of a veracious, more or less victorious intellect, in that strange province too. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 A just man, I say; and a valiant and veracious: but rugged as a wild bear; entirely inarticulate, as if dumb. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 How he managed it I know not, nor is it of any great importance to this veracious legend. The Blithedale Romance It was sane, wise, noble, veracious, and concerned not with trifles, but with great affairs. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies He was exactly three inches long, says the veracious chronicle, but what a dignity!—what an oriental flexibility of gesture! The Library They never did find out, and never will, unless they read this veracious history. The Story of a Bad Boy Mr. Moon's contention at present," interposed Pym, "is not, even if veracious, inconsistent with the lunatico-criminal view of I. Smith, which we have nailed to the mast. Manalive Anonymous, of course, but strictly veracious, with the omission of sundry little personal failings which are nothing to the point. New Grub Street These pious monarchs were far from being veracious. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies He was too truthful, I confess," said Basil, leaning against the tree; "too hardly veracious, too severely accurate. The Club of Queer Trades Thus, as may be seen, the greatest events of life find their expression in the more or less veracious gossip of the Paris papers. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life There is only one veracious statement in this ballade, which must not be accepted as autobiographical. Rhymes a la Mode In reading his cantos we forget the poet, and have before us only the veracious traveller in strange realms, from whom the shrewdest cross-examination can elicit but one consistent account. The Unseen World and Other Essays The results of his researches, as he and Phoebe afterwards set them down in fair writing, hold their due places in this veracious chronicle. Mugby Junction Pierrotin possessed the sympathies of his region; besides, he is the only one of the two who appears in this veracious narrative. A Start in Life As this work is to have only psychological value it is indifferent whether the victim is veracious or not. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students You in vain struggle: the thing that is rejected as 'calumnious' to-day must pass as veracious with triumph another day: gods and men have declared that Sansculottism cannot be. The French Revolution A similar marvel is related in the travels of the veracious Marco Polo. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought Be of good heart, Planchet, you shall preserve your reputation as a veracious man. The Three Musketeers This was shown in an episode that the writer is in duty bound, as a veracious chronicler, to set down. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister Would you discover the Atropos of Human Virtue; the sure Destroyer, "by painless extinction," of Human Veracities, Performances, and Capabilities to perform or to be veracious,—it is this, you have it here. Latter-Day Pamphlets Such, in effect, is the tale narrated by the veracious Plutarch. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things "Now," said I, "I care not to have thee speak, Accursed traitor; for unto thy shame I will report of thee veracious news." Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete |
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