单词 | delusively |
例句 | The past, of which he had delusively believed himself to be master long ago, ever stretched its spectre-like form in front of him with more threatening mien. The Undying Past That we should have been confounded was doubtless but a proof of the impression—the singular assurance of intimacy borne toward us on the soft summer air—that we had, however delusively, received. The Sacred Fount The doctor, however, having been hastily summoned, pronounced the disease to be an infantile complaint of a harmless and innocuous nature, which he dignified by the delusively poetical name of "Rosalia." Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance I made a good many mistakes, of course, for there is more than meets the eye in remunerative gardening, chicken farming, and bee-keeping, as there is in most human occupations which appear delusively simple. The Quest of the Simple Life On the other hand, Cardigan, which looks delusively like a shortened Caer, has really nothing to do with this group of ancient names, being a mere corruption of Ceredigion. Science in Arcady That man thinks much too highly, and therefore he thinks weakly and delusively, of any contrivance of human wisdom, who believes that it can make any sort of approach to perfection. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) As I read it, a devil whispered delusively into my ear, and the sounds were music there, until my ruin was completed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 At first the ascent was delusively easy, the sides of the mountain sloped gradually, and the material of which they were composed was a soft spongy turf, very tender and pleasant to walk upon. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices In those days of blissful ignorance I had, of course, no conception of the difficulties of art, and was making that delusively rapid apparent progress which is so very encouraging to all incipient amateurs. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 All sorrow left me; I realized anew that God wants His children to love everything as a part of Him, and not to feel delusively that death ends all. Autobiography of a Yogi The water resting on the verge of the lovely Isle was as delusively clear, but was not deceptive. Tropic Days How sweet to me were those words, which I thought- -alas, how delusively—would soothe and invigorate recovery! The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Then I should see grave-faced girls, girls of that budding age when their bearing becomes delusively wise, and the old deception of my youth will recur to me; “Could you and I but talk together?” A Modern Utopia Long destroyed, long ruined, it blends with the rocks, continuing and delusively ending them by the broken, dented line of its batteries, its shattered roofs, its half-crumbled towers. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories There was a moment when it seemed—delusively, as events proved—that the North was united as one man to oppose the South. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North One other element invokes perpetual thanksgiving—the flaked mica, which glistens delusively with hues of silver and gold, and gives to the tide-swept track that singular pliancy which resists the stamp of passing generations. Tropic Days That man thinks much too highly, and therefore he thinks weakly and delusively, of any contrivance of human wisdom, who believes that it can make any sort of approach to perfection. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. |
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