| 单词 | imposture |
| 例句 | The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He did not wish to suggest in anyway that the Laphams had any part in the imposture—they were very humble, honest, pious folk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Recall,” she would say to me, “that you are a prince”; and I began to doubt her reiterations and resent her impostures—the tales of orchid thrones and panther steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I schooled myself to face forward with greater looks of despond, that we might not be detected in our imposture. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But such imposture can never maintain its ground long. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z An injudicious letter, races against time, renewed impostures, fights to the finish, a single red rose and the words “Rudolf — Flavia — always.” Review | The most romantic novel you’ve never read 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Bob has to keep up his impostures while staying one step ahead of suspicious in-laws and dogged law enforcement investigators. Television Review: Two Lives, Two Loves, One Con Man 2010-09-19T17:08:00Z The most shocking thing about Flip’s imposture is how easy it seems, how natural he looks and sounds. Review: In ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee Journeys Into White America’s Heart of Darkness 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The people who knew Brandon look back mostly with incredulity and amusement at his imposture and extend him the benefit of the doubt when it comes to his motives. ‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Rivers is, even in this silly imposture, very funny, making jokes and playing the role of doting grandmother and interfering mother self-mockingly. | 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?': Picture This: Joan Rivers, Retiring Type? 2011-01-24T23:19:26Z This year alone, prime examples of cinematic imposture have cropped up in films as diverse as Black Swan, X-Men: First Class, Cell 211 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Stolen identities in film show us our true selves 2011-07-21T21:20:01Z That view has not changed — but in empty Rome, still reeling from a year’s cultural deprivation, I felt myself oddly moved by this catastrophic imposture, and the hopelessness of Hirst’s Roman holiday. Alone in the Temporary New Ruins of Rome 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Brugger’s voice-over briskly explains the rules and risks associated with his imposture, and reveals a world in which everything seems to be for sale. Movie Review: ‘The Ambassador,’ Directed by Mads Brugger 2012-08-28T20:47:59Z Brown reviles religion and treats earthly powers as a pious imposture. Inferno by Dan Brown – review 2013-05-19T07:00:02Z Cercas believes this is because the entire Spanish nation was resolving its shameful complicity in fascist rule and Hitler friendship and forging its own imposture of resistance. Unmasking the Spanish ‘Impostor’ Who Lied About Surviving the Nazis 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z My only dissatisfaction is Cercas’s recurrent attempt to draw a parallel between Marco’s imposture and that other Spanish fabulist Don Quixote, who also lied to become the hero of his fantasies. Unmasking the Spanish ‘Impostor’ Who Lied About Surviving the Nazis 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “Comedian” is not a one-note Dadaist imposture in which a commodity is proclaimed a work of art — which would be an entire century out of date now, as dated as a film director mimicking D.W. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z The unnamed narrator in “Portrait of an Unknown Lady,” María Gainza’s crepuscular but dreamy novel, looks back over a life led in the shadow of imposture. Two Forgers and a Small Crocodile Walk Into a Sauna 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Ripley murders the man whose identity he appropriates, but impersonators more often drift passively into imposture because circumstances enable or even demand it. Stolen identities in film show us our true selves 2011-07-21T21:20:01Z As we entered the chilly white-granite building, I expected that the sweet granny volunteering at the front desk would detect my imposture and call security to perp-walk me off the premises. Sins of a good Mormon boy 2012-09-14T23:30:00Z The imposture is clumsy and tentative, which Laurel blames on amnesia from the accident. Movie Review: Zoe Kazan Plays Disparate Twins in ‘The Pretty One’ 2014-02-07T00:05:05Z Let’s recap — not the election or imposture of Mr. Trump, but the trajectory of the mass-distributed personal update. What Is a TinyLetter? Like Ye Olde Blog, but Less Public 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Still, excess hardly matters when there’s so much to enjoy and learn from in this encyclopedic anatomy of American imposture and chicanery. Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new: a history lesson in hoaxes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z One of the highlights of Cercas’s portrait of his impostor quarry is a tour de force imposture of his own, in which he captures Marco’s grandiose comic rhetoric — an imposture of an impostor. Unmasking the Spanish ‘Impostor’ Who Lied About Surviving the Nazis 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z A charlatan who apparently couldn’t distinguish reality from imposture, this illegitimate Anglican parson — he was defrocked in 1955 — falsely claimed degrees from Britain’s most prestigious universities, as well as expert knowledge of Renaissance ecclesiastical history. Review | ‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He was a reactionary only in reacting against intellectual dishonesty and imposture. Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z For nine years, Stephen Colbert brilliantly kept up an unlikely, complicated and delightful imposture. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z At 65, Ms. Lange is a seductive, sinister hoot in all her “American Horror” impostures — the actress glows with matriarchal mystique. It’s Jessica Lange’s Show on ‘American Horror Story’ 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The comedy that results is almost indescribably rich, to some degree because of the layers of imposture involved. An Appraisal: Marvelous Invention of Movie Make-Believe 2010-10-01T23:18:00Z Acting and role-playing of various sorts are common Sirkian themes, but here they seem to resonate with Hudson’s own life of imposture, both as an aspiring actor and a gay man passing as straight. DVDs: Douglas Sirk Without Tears 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z Diogenes, who was quite the cynic philosopher, would have seen through this imposture in seconds. Less is more: the age of minimalism 2011-02-11T07:59:01Z The lousy party at Tate Modern on Sunday afternoon felt like the spectre of the Dome, come to remind us of the strange cultural impostures of the past 13 years. Tate Modern's birthday was a soulless celebration 2010-05-17T10:49:00Z The difference lies in the minds and expectations of spectators, and it’s the difference between endeavor and imposture. When Athletes Go Hollywood 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z This form of imposture has a pedigree — or a past, anyway. Is It OK for My Boss to Use a Fake Identity With Customers? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z “This doesn’t change anything in the work that we are conducting; that doesn’t change anything in the reality. It is an imposture with the Core Group and the Americans.” Haiti’s acting prime minister Claude Joseph says he will step down amid leadership dispute 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z The art of imposture isn’t only about getting the forged signatures on the letters and bank checks right; it’s about the mood, the tone, the attitude, much as a novelist creates a fictional character. How ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Foretold Our Era of Grifting 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Washington also gave this advice: “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Moreover, according to many people who know him, Mallory has a history of imposture, and of duping people with false stories about disease and death. A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Tony Schwartz, who wrote “The Art of the Deal,” which falsely presented Trump as its primary author, told me that he feels some responsibility for facilitating Trump’s imposture. How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z It denounced the new rules as “shame, scandal, imposture,” even “treason,” while dismissing pasteurized milk camembert as “lifeless matter,” “pasteurized plaster” and “an ocean of mediocrity.” Au Revoir Camembert? French Connoisseurs Denounce New Label as ‘Treason’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z George Washington, in his farewell address, advised fellow citizens to “guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” Opinion | I’ve never respected a president less. And I’ve never loved America more. 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z If you’re really attached to Picabia’s great Dada years, you may try to justify these garish paintings as yet another imposture – as a decades-long ironic commentary on the fiction of originality. Francis Picabia: the art 'loser' who ended up winning it all 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Numerous artists’ contributions, such as a totalitarianism-for-beginners crowd scene shot by Anne de Vries, are indistinguishable from DIS’s own impostures. Welcome to the LOLhouse: how the Berlin Biennale became a slick, sarcastic joke 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z A more recent imposture, which is still having harmful effects, is the vaccine scare that began in 1998. What Is Autism? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z There was enough intellectual heft in there to suggest that the senator from Texas is too smart to believe the ideological contrivances and strategic impostures by which he seeks to gain the GOP nomination. The Cruz Imposture 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Dolezal’s apparent racial imposture and Roof’s alleged racist massacre are two facets of white America’s love-hate relationship with blackness, a category whites invented in the first place to represent all the things we are not. Rachel Dolezal, Dylann Roof and the tragic history of white America’s love-hate relationship with “blackness” 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z First off, innocuous at it may seem, the horse-for-beef imposture constitutes massive consumer fraud vicitimizing people and companies across the EU—the world’s largest single market with a population of 503 million. European Leaders Scramble To (Sur)Mount Horsemeat Scandal 2013-02-16T06:20:25Z Glancing from handball on smartphone to basketball on telly to table tennis on laptop, I realised the IOC has perpetrated an imposture more sinister than its sponsorship policies. Olympics TV and radio review: need more options? Seek counselling 2012-07-29T17:30:44Z Even Mr Banks's spiritual turnaround rests on an imposture – namely that to be a banker is to miss the point of what it is to be human. Bankers on screen don't make great role models 2012-07-06T12:02:33Z Much, however, was due to the hallucinations of solitary and ascetic life, and much more to deliberate imposture. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z William III. declined to have anything to do with a ceremony he regarded as an imposture. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z This does not look like imposture, but like insanity. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z But if the preaching of Christ, and his arrangements, were of such a nature that the Jews supposed the whole to be an imposture, then the case took a different turn altogether. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Though he condemned magic as an imposture, he wrote on alchemy, and with the simplicity of enthusiasm he hoped to find the philosopher's stone, and to read the fall of empires in the stars. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The high-handed, daring imposture was successful; our feelings were taken by storm. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z This so contrasted with his previous signs of ignorance and dulness, as to excite suspicions of imposture, and he was therefore committed to a tower used for the confinement of rogues and vagabonds. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z And I find pretended miracles, I find imposture, I find lies and trickery and chicanery used on one side and the other. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z In laying to the account of the supernatural matters in occult natural philosophy which have a tolerable resemblance to feats of prestidigitation, they appear to a curious public to add imposture to insolence. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The apostles were vilified, faith was proved to be irrational, the Bible was ranked with Syrian impostures and Jewish charm-books. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But this claim, which forms the great attraction of the utilitarian school, is, if I mistake not, one of the grossest of impostures. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Certain discrepancies were at last detected in his history of Formosa, and, in the result, Psalmanazar was completely exposed, and finally confessed his imposture. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z From such a caste or order the whole truth is not to be expected, especially when the truth would show the order to be an imposture. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Your Committee also specially invited the attendance of persons who had publicly ascribed the phenomena to imposture or delusion. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The commissioners were startled and amazed, and said, "It is clear that this is not the relic the people have imagined; perhaps it is all an imposture." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z His story presents one of the most successful instances of imposture, on record. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Is religion such a sham that it can best be subserved by falsehood and imposture? The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The imposture was a glaring one, and he immediately unmasked her, to the great scandal of the assistants, who heaped insults upon him. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z In all the long record of human imposture and illusion, no resurrection story has ever found general credence outside of the Biblical revelation. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z How some of the priests, who are really learned and clever men, can lend themselves to such barefaced imposture as this miracle, it is difficult to conceive. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Obviously it was dangerous to attempt to carry off his imposture with the German officers. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z He further says of the fifth century, “Fraud and impudent imposture were artfully proportioned to the credulity of the vulgar.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The imposture was discovered, or, one might rather say, seized, by M. Paul Leymarie. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z “Priests of all persuasions,” says Oliver Goldsmith, “are enemies to ridicule, because they know it to be a formidable antagonist to fanaticism, and they preach up gravity to conceal their own shallowness of imposture.” Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z The Firm admits that many other houses have pretended to supply this invaluable bread, but accuses them all of imposture or poisonous adulteration. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Shams, impostures, and liars—so Lucian summed them up, and he did not conceal his opinion. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z How appropriate are the lines of Otway when applied to the propagators of such absurdities, who dare to call upon our faith to give credence to their impostures. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z If, having examined, you discover imposture or delusion, proclaim it and say how it was done. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Gravity is a part of the game of imposture, and there is nothing the hypocrites and humbugs resent so much as having their solemn pretensions laughed at. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z The only serious reason for preferring the independent to the hierarchical forms of church organisation at the present time is the tendency of the latter to keep up these forms of intellectual imposition and imposture. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z This disposition of mind gave birth to impostures, revolts, and disturbances; the authors of which the Roman power punished in such a manner as to discourage their adherents, or quickly to disperse them. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Are we to give credit to the various observations that record the wonderful effects of animal magnetism; or should we reject them as the impostures of knaves, or the result of the credulity of fools? Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The religious prejudice which proscribes these experiments as supernatural is as little justified as the scientific prejudice which only sees in them fraud and imposture. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z To take them was to take an active part in the imposture, and I hesitated, my hand half outstretched. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The imposture does not matter a straw so long as the two kinds of eggs remain, as they are at present, identical in point of flavour. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z He undoubtedly forgot at this moment, that he spoke to people who regarded his marvellous deeds as delusions and impostures. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z By an artful imposture of sham suicide, the marquise has succeeded in frightening her husband back to her side again. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z And, because mediums frequently descend to the most brazen-faced imposture, it would not be less absurd to conclude that mediumship has no existence. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Wise as an owl in aspect, his wisdom was much an imposture as that of the sapient bird. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Artificial gardens must be demolished as impostures, and wriggling walks and turf put where they had stood. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z The universe was weary of the impostures and exactions of these priests, their costly sacrifices and lying oracles. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z It is loved and hated, trusted and feared, served and assaulted, honored and blasphemed: it is Christ or Antichrist, the Kingdom of God or the imposture of Satan. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z I also stand on mine, and I make bold to think that a certificate signed with my name would not be rated by anybody as a piece of imposture or frivolity. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z A supernatural account, according to Renan, "always implies credulity or imposture,"—probably both. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It is strange that he should have been mastered by the gross imposture of witchcraft, when he could expose with trenchant force the pretensions of alchemists, astrologers, and Rosicrucians. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z In Norfolk, as elsewhere, a “sell” is a word in current slang used for an imposture or a cheat, and doubtless Borrow meant to make merry with the credulous. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z They were all persons deeply interested in the success of this imposture, and expecting to make their fortunes by it. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z There was bright gaslight, and the members had a clear opportunity to observe all that occurred; and all agreed that imposture was impossible. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z For when imposture, folly, and humbug grow too rank and noisome, there arise, it can scarcely be by accident, men like Lucian, Rabelais, and Voltaire, whose calling it is to cut them down. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Whereupon the gentlemen returned, openly protesting that they did believe the whole transaction of the business was a mere imposture.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The men of the manliest temper and the strongest understanding in ancient times were most intolerant of this mischievous form of imposture and credulity. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It was indeed a wise stroke of policy, for those who got up this imposture, and who calculated to make their fortune by it, to emigrate to a place where they were wholly unknown. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Let us leave Rome until she is tired of being the laughing stock of these leeches, who live by imposture and tyranny. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Perhaps a more flagrant instance of imposture and fiction was never exhibited; and the absurdity of the whole pedigree is beyond the power of words to express. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z As ultimately extorted from the unfortunate Fian, his confession shows a remarkable mixture of imposture and self-deception—a patchwork of the falsehoods he believed and those he invented. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z His scorn and indignation are shown only in exposing the impostures which men mistake for truths. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z His own family, and numerous coadjutors, being in the secret with himself, and hoping to build up their fortunes by this scheme, became very zealous converts to the Mormon imposture. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z From the re-assured professors of priestcraft, of Jesuitism, and of imposture, who have been restored to your towns and villages at the expense of your patrimony to maintain you in ignorance and in misery? Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Amongst other accusers, I raise my voice against the Paganism which exists so extensively in ecclesiastical Christianity, and will do my utmost to expose the imposture. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z As great wit to madness nearly is allied, so is there a dangerous proximity between credulity and imposture, and the man who begins by being a dupe often ends by becoming a knave. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z For months after determining not to commit the imposture he had discussed the decision among his friends. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z One thing however is distinctly to be noted in the history of this imposture. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The priests, by their continual impostures and crafty abuse of the ignorance and consequent superstition of the people, have acquired great riches. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Nobody outside has ever yet heard the story of the imposture and the theft; nor will they know till they see this story in print. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z As I have already hinted, it is always difficult to draw the line between conscious and unconscious imposture—to determine when a man who has imposed upon himself begins to impose upon others. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z He had gone about elated with the knowledge of his honesty—not only the honesty of refraining from the imposture but the honesty of sparing the public a work likely to undermine its morals. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z It is enough to know that the one was the foundation of the other, no matter who the agents in the imposture are. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Unfortunately, much deception and imposture appeared from the beginning in company with the numerous genuine cases, and led many eminent men to become skeptics. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z For a moment a cold chill traversed my spine, as I thought he must have seen the monogram on my linen, and discovered the imposture. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z On the other hand, his hatred for tyranny propelled him frequently into such extremes as his disgraceful complicity in William Fuller's impostures. Selected Poems (1685-1700) 2011-12-27T03:00:09.253Z The Editor believes that the portraits respecting which our correspondent inquires are mere impostures unworthy of notice. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-26T03:00:11Z How far Harris was duped by this imposture, or how far he entered into it as a matter of speculation, I am unable to say. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Unfortunately mysticism also has not been able to keep its votaries free from an admixture of imposture. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Even if he could, it would be a poor recommendation to start with a confession of imposture. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Possibly; but such feats of imposture were beyond the powers of a slow-witted, inherently honest philogynist of fourteen. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Man has nothing but the dogmas of superstition in support of his future sensible existence—these dogmas are false and wicked impostures. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z With a knowledge of the facts that have now been stated, the existence of the Book of Mormon can well be accounted for, and also the success of this imposture. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z One of the most cunningly devised impostures of the kind was practised upon King Gustavus III. of Sweden by ambitious noblemen of his court. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z We ought not, therefore, to pass without distinct notice, the remarkable deference and respect which he pretended to have for this book of imposture, when wishing to recommend himself to any Grecian state. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z This imposture caused great theological discussion among the priests and monks. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z It is all a bugbear, all a priestly imposture. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z The assertion that Mrs. Davison did not write nor subscribe the letter published in the Boston Recorder, furnishes a fair specimen of the Jesuitical tricks resorted to, to keep up this imposture. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z As all magic phenomena are liable to be mixed up with delusion and imposture, so divination of this kind also has been frequently imitated for personal or political purposes. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z After the abolition of the Athenian superstition, this testament was found to be a legitimate child of theology, being filled with the grossest impostures. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z She confessed during the question that her sanctity was an imposture; she appeared to repent in her last moments, and received absolution. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z It is the duty of the Man of Science to make war upon all error and imposture, or why does he study? An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Even after Cowdery and Rigdon were lending the whole force of their minds to the carrying out of this imposture, Jo Smith continued to be the ostensible prominent actor in the drama. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Insanity and suicide are as unknown to them as drunkenness, and no case of selfish interest or willful imposture has ever been recorded in connection with second sight. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Beyond, this, all pretended revelation is foul imposture. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Another Beata appeared after these, but the circumstances of her imposture are not so interesting. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z Little but detection of imposture came of this, but an impression was left that the subject ought not to be abandoned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z I proceed to give some account of the rise and origin of the Mormon delusion, as I am now in the region where this imposture first sprung up. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The White Lady continued to appear in Berlin, and the terror she created was not even allayed by repeated discoveries of most absurd efforts at imposture. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z All these things, and everything which imposture has presented to my senses and impressed upon my mind, must remain unwritten in my pen. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z There follows a delightful comedy scene between him and Algernon, whose imposture he cannot expose without betraying himself. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z It is a miserable imposture, a base cheat and caricature. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z It is time that I should acquaint you with some facts that came to my personal knowledge full thirteen years ago, connected with the rise of this imposture. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The morning dawn revealed his chancellor, Christopher Strass, who had betrayed his master and now paid with a broken neck for his bold imposture. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z The so-called revelation of Joseph Smith, is the clumsy imposture of a man who in no sense of the word was either great or sincere. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z It is thus we see that hypocrisy, falsehood, and imposture, are legitimate means, by which to advance the cause of God and gain souls. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z His innocent share in a matter of imposture and chicanery was misconstrued and sharply censured by his employers. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The book itself is full of internal evidence of imposture and fraud. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The likeness between them was strong enough to make the imposture plausible. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The audacity of the author astonishes me, the number and atrocity of his impostures excite surprise, the idea he gives of himself fills me with horror.’ Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z His Koran now become the rule and code of a clergy, supported by princes and powerful nations, was at first considered as a tissue of fables compiled by imposture. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z That imposture, and partial insanity, might be involved, and have the greatest share in its development, is beyond doubt; but they cannot explain the whole of these diabolical proceedings. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Sir, The gazettes of Europe still continue to be employed, as the great engines of fraud and imposture to the good people of America. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z This base imposture, as ridiculous as it was false, originated in an act of Peralta which was altogether innocent. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The literary world of the eighteenth century thought Ossian hardly inferior to Homer; but when Macpherson's forgery was indisputable it dropped the imposture into the deepest pit of oblivion. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Oracles and enigmas are taken for divine mysteries, which without a strong dose of faith we should conclude were the production of delirium or the inventions of imposture, which seeks to put reason to flight. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z Briefly, at the present moment and in this place, all this wretched pretence of 'work' is arrant imposture. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z And even granting that they were hot, wasn't this imposture that was being practised on Kitty enough to make anybody's cheek hot? The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z But of all these wretched impostures, the "Bull of composition" was, probably, the most shameful as well as dangerous. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Ten millions have fallen dead, but we must not look on one to remind us of the reality behind this pictured imposture. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z At the word "imposture" she seemed to try to recapture the revelation of the afternoon. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Without Christ, what were our knowledge but ignorance, our wisdom but folly, our eloquence but noise? what our profession but an imposture, our ritual but a solemn farce, and all our zeal but painted fire? Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z By an extraordinary mixture of genuine enthusiasm and vulgar cunning, of self-deception and deliberate imposture, of benevolence and cruelty, of austerity and licence, he had worked himself and his creed to the front. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z “Doctor Dee is a wonderful person, and has made many discoveries in medicine, as in other sciences, and this marvellous specific may, for aught we know, turn out no imposture.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z A shabby compound of brute force and imposture, the 18th Brumaire was nevertheless condoned, nay applauded, by the French nation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z For this I am truly sorry, as my object is, not to cause pain or uneasiness, but to expose error and imposture. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z There was not the invariable alternative of imposture with which the orthodoxy of his time had been accustomed to deal. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z I confess that it is the gross impostures which I saw practised upon Americans, that first prompted me to expose them. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The news has spread among the people of all lands, while certain priests in France maintain that they alone possess the real tunic of Christ, and that the one at Treves is an imposture. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z Mamma thinks the whole thing—the place and the people, the manners and customs—very amusing; but mamma can be put off with any imposture. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The "Central Charity Bureau" and the "Associated Charities" systematize the work of relief, prevent imposture and duplication of charity, and do an invaluable service to the different organizations. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Baber speaks of them, and tells how he detected and put a stop to the imposture of a pretended miracle at one of them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z It is a way to detect and to defeat imposture; though it serves also many other purposes. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z The imposture of Lee, the Yankee professional, at Henley regatta in 1878, was not discovered until too late; and his case has been by no means an isolated one. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Shocking to all her feelings was this attempt to disguise, so imitative of guilt, so full of semblance to conscious imposture. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Mental things are alone real: what is called corporeal nobody knows of; its dwelling-place is a fallacy, and its existence an imposture. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z If she is none, the most violent suspicions of imposture and sorcery immediately rise against her. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The children thus examined have sometimes answered in so extraordinary a manner that many have supposed Satan was permitted to aid in the imposture. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Not long since he was accused of imposture in some European newspapers, which reported the following facts as related in a letter from the Chevalier Beylon. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z On his side, he had never felt restraint, and of course rapidly became familiar with us and our ways, and seemed thoroughly to enjoy the chaff and his initiation into the system of good-humoured imposture. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Is it not palpable that Paul and his party, by their very pursuit of those who maintained such allegations, stigmatized them as falsehoods, and perhaps as imposture? Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z After a time he was put in prison for his new faith, which Lucian says was a real service to him afterwards in his impostures. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z We read in Scripture that Satan spoke by the mouths of the possessed, and none were more likely to fall under this demoniac influence than the priests and other ministrants in these shrines of imposture. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z As a citizen and as a friend, he was a man of absolute integrity, with a horror of imposture, and he led an exemplary life. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z A variety of commentaries, filled with impostures and fables, on our Savior's life and sentiments composed soon after his ascent into heaven, by men who without being bad, perhaps were superstitious, simple, and piously deceitful. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z I desire that all families may keep this paper carefully by them, to refresh their memories whenever they shall have farther notice of Mr. Wood’s halfpence, or any other the like imposture. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z It need scarcely be said that the assertion of liability to error on the part of the observers by no means involves any insinuation of wilful "falsehood or imposture in the case." Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z No exact date can be assigned; as Christianity spread, these impostures fell gradually into disrepute, and were at length entirely abandoned. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The replies he received were very various, and some of them very rare, either for ignorance or imposture. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z He was one of the commission which exposed the imposture of Mesmer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Lavoisier was a member with Franklin of the commission which investigated the therapeutic value of mesmerism, and exposed the imposture of Mesmer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z So far every thing had gone smoothly, and the scene at the Chapel of Loretto might have had effect on the minds of the vulgar, had Colville’s activity not discovered the gross imposture. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z What interest could an earl and many noblemen have in promoting such an imposture? The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z And this imposture, covering all their mischiefs, hath prevailed so far with the blinded world, that under this brand the consideration of their case and cause is buried, without farther inquiry. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z It is content to copy all the shams, all the follies, all the impostures of the old British world. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z In the execution of Elizabeth Barton meanness was added to cruelty, for the wretched woman confessed her impostures and exposed the priests who contrived them for her. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z At once, howls of execration gleefully rose from the ranks of my enemies; my departure was heralded gloriously as a confession of imposture. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The American Union is an imposture—a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The use of the word Yuca, as belonging to the language of the natives of the Mexican coast near 23� N., is one more proof of the imposture of his narrative. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z Its practice should then be as sternly suppressed by the law as any other fraud and imposture. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Never did the craziest despotic Government in Europe engage in such a political imposture. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z My enemies gleefully proclaimed this an admission of imposture. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The Greek comic poets especially derided these religious novelties, which corresponded very closely to our "Esoteric Buddhism" and similar impostures. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The imposture is first hinted at some six months afterwards in the Medici letter of March 1503. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z He detested the vulgarity and the violence of mob-rule; he clove to the old worship of the gods; he regarded the new ideas of education as a tissue of imposture and impiety. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z What was it that gave an impetus to the industry of imposture? How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z Now, her interests, her pride, the enthusiam of her stupid devotees, constrain her to persevere in an imposture which she loathes. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Such secrecy, so widely diffused, is hardly compatible with humorous imposture by the natives. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The circumstance was mentioned to an intelligent person who determined to find out and expose the imposture. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Hence the telegram from Tomani who had not detected the imposture. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Wicked sceptics, two thousand years ago, denounced the clumsy imposture, but they were silenced by the halter and the sword. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z The imposture was discovered, and the poor girl confessed to the wicked trickery which her parents had taught her to practise! Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z The gods have avenged, through you, the imposture I wrought upon one who was dear to me. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z Accident, however, led to a discovery of the imposture. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z A new religion must, of necessity, be regarded by Christians as a mere imposture. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z How this cruel imposture, like a malignant cancer, ate away the sound parts in human nature, for twenty long centuries! How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z But it would be quite wrong on account of these abuses to dismiss the whole subject of miracle healing as all imposture or merely mental influence. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Unlike Chatterton and Ireland, he 7 never brought his imposture before the world, and if he intended it merely for an antiquarian jeu-d’esprit he had the enjoyment of the joke entirely to himself. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z You will not dare repeat that imposture; I defy you. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The vile imposture is divulged, the daring murderer is condemned; his serpentine guile is held up; and with passion I read that my valet Thoms and my employer Mortlake are one. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Yes, yes, pause and think of how an organization must have become gangrened with imposture to have successfully resisted every claim of truth and honor for two thousand years! How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z The witness who saw Gabriel pushing the deceased along the road, could not swear positively whether the deceased were not pulling Gabriel instead, and the evidence of Mrs. Conroy's imposture was hearsay only. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z “We had some painful experiences with it soon after your departure from the natural world; but my philosophic studies at Athens led me to suppose that magic was an imposture based upon absurd superstitions.” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z In his usual temper and judgment witchward, Hutchinson pronounced the sufferings of Elizabeth Knap “fraud, imposture, and ventriloquism”! Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z I call upon you, in the interests of justice, to find the proofs of this infamous imposture. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Let us draw the curtain upon that early Christian age of invention and imposture. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z And the answer to the morality of this imposture was before him. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z “Simon,” said I to myself, “has lost his old sublime faith in his diabolical art, and has resorted to magical impostures.” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Should they be called outgrowths from “fraud and imposture,” as they were by another? Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z No, I swear that I will not suffer the imposture. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The marks of political and theological imposture in the Bible are like leopard's spots, they cannot be removed. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z And then, Victor, you proposed to me a plan to secure my own again—to personate this girl—to out-imposture this imposture. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z I left the palace when night was waning, for fear lest my imposture should be discovered. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Religious education and freedom from guile are not very probable prompters of either egregious trickery, or prolonged and mischievous imposture. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z In what respect Nash designed to palm the imposture of his “Historical Romance” on the world, may be left to be explained by some “Jack Wiltons” of our own. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The unhappy Dudley was left to deplore the total ruin of his fortune, which had fallen a prey to the arts of a subtle imposture. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z I had seen too much of innovation and imposture, in, France and Italy, not to regard a man like this with aversion and fear. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z I, too, had become deeply enamoured of the beautiful princess, and more than once regretted the imposture I was practising on her; but what was I to do? The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z No one seems to have dreamed that their actings and sufferings could have been the result of cunning or imposture. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The mystical art of types and symbols has given rise to some extraordinary abuses, and even to artifices, which may be considered as an imposture practised on the human understanding. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But plans, however skilfully contrived, if founded on imposture, cannot fail of being sometimes detected. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z But my imposture was merely of a negative kind; I deceived her rather by forbearance to contradict, and by acting as she acted, than by open assent and zealous concurrence. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Might not this girl mix a little imposture with her truth? Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z By an officer of the prison, and therefore by one not likely to be her confederate in attempt at imposture. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z By this innocent imposture, or this ingenious impudence, they designed to confer on their Romance the dignity of History. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This imposture had not been sustained for a trivial purpose. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z It is needless to say that the history of Craig's imposture and its consequences were confirmed by every one who resided at that period in New York. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The same precaution to prevent detection, if imposture was really being perpetrated. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z He had listened to conversations of many persons who were living at the time of its occurrence, and yet refrained from direct charge of fraud or imposture. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The credulity of enthusiasts was kept alive by the devices of artful deceivers, and illusion closed in imposture. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I have dwelt somewhat at length on this episode of Vignan's imposture, as it preeminently shows the enterprising, persevering, and resolute character of Champlain, combined with a generous and forgiving disposition. Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 2011-05-30T02:00:21.633Z He had casually heard the history of Craig's imposture and its consequences. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villainies as these. No Treason, Vol. VI. The Constitution of No Authority 2011-05-20T02:00:36.757Z His exposé at Paris tells heavily against him, but need not be regarded as conclusive evidence of imposture throughout his career. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z And our historian proceeds: “The remorse he expressed for being concerned in this imposture were his last words.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The condition of pardon is also characteristic,—condemnation to perform the journey pretended to have been made, thus turning the imposture to some advantage. Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 2011-05-30T02:00:21.633Z Destroy imposture and deceit; Harmonious peace and truth renew, Shew the false friendship from the true. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z And if, as I suspect, this is all but a trick, time will show up the imposture, and then it will be my turn. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z I could not, without offending Him whom I serve, have assisted in the imposture practised on the ignorant multitude. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Her homely feats are familiar, but the revelations of the impostures are not. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z We have the imposture of Merlin, who corresponds with Plautus’s Tranio, as to the haunted house, and his subterfuge when the usurer comes to claim the money which he had lent. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The imposture succeeded for a considerable time, but was at length detected and pointed out by Riccoboni475. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He passed all his life in crime, voluptuousness, fraud, and imposture. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The imposture was immensely successful for a time, as multitudes of the High Church party joined the rebels, whose numbers ultimately exceeded one hundred thousand men. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z The pretended forgery on Clarendon was nothing but a gross imposture. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The Count having subsequently detected the imposture, Camillo is put in fetters and ordered for execution. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The credit it obtained, introduced new disorders into the text of Catullus; and when the fraud was at length detected, the contriver of it only laughed at the temporary success of his imposture. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Its pretensions to Christianity are the boldest effrontery and the vilest imposture.” History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z Some few years later he recommenced his imposture, and being again arrested was sentenced at Chalons-sur-Marne to a month's detention. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z He was a Romanist, but had he not recovered in some degree from the cecity of superstition, he had not so keenly exposed, as he has done, some vulgar impostures. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z No one could exactly prove either the drunkenness, the cattle-stealing, or the imposture. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z He opened the ball by speaking of my loss of memory, and I soon found that I was wrong about his suspecting my imposture. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z “But there is another species of property which has its foundation in usurpation or imposture, or violence.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Finally, he was caught the next time at Vitry, practising his favourite imposture and living at the expense of his dupes. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z What is called human government is usurpation, imposture, demagoguism, peculation, swindling, and tyranny, more or less, according to circumstances, and to the intellectual and moral condition of the people. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z There are few of the impostures we commit more amusing, than that which we habitually practise upon ourselves in assigning the highest moral motives for doing what pleases us best. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z The venal judges are paid by fees on the suits which they decide; and popular superstition and imposture possess the royal sanction for abuse. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z How can you possibly hope to succeed in this imposture, Clacher?' A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z For some time he was received at Court, but eventually some high personage who had seen him at Vienna, and knew something of his true history, exposed his imposture. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z No, nor one to fall victim to an adventurer; for this was a woman with ideals and high ones—a woman whose clear eyes could detect any specious imposture at a glance. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z The Yorkist cause was crushed for four years, till it was raised again by Margaret of Burgundy, with an imposture even more preposterous than that of Lambert Simnel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z What absurd childishness they reveal in their impostures! War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z Also to make estimates and provide contracts with proper securities to prevent impostures, for the performance of the same. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Having thus attained his purpose, Ebroin had no longer any need of his puppet, and at once relinquished the imposture; but what afterwards became of the boy king history does not relate. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z It lent itself both to inspired saintliness and to imposture. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z The strong feeling against the Roman Catholics had been quickened into a flame by a great imposture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z This conjectural confession of poetic imposture has never been exhumed. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z On the contrary, they show us what farces and impostures these judicial opinions—or decisions, as they call them—are. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z In the eighth month of his reign his imposture was thus singularly discovered. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Those near him were allowed to feel the file, and not one of them was sharp enough to suspect that the whole thing was a gross imposture. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The scheme for producing a false Plantagenet was first renewed in Ireland, where Simnel’s imposture had been so easily taken up a few years before. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The other two evangelists, it has been well remarked, were as much too unlearned to forge the story of their Master's life, as these were too learned and acute to be deceived by imposture. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z Would he lend his authority to this unprincipled imposture upon Posterity? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He was never confronted with his supposed mother, the Queen Dowager, whom Henry had in safe keeping at Bermondsey, nor were any judicial steps taken to expose his imposture, if such it were. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z So far from it, indeed, that I began to see more clearly than ever that there had been some trick or imposture, at the bottom of which was the sacristan himself. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z For while many persons believed 523 that the princes still existed there was room for all manner of impostures and false rumours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z At this mention of my name Cynthia was unable to go further with her imposture. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z By some mere hocus-pocus of chance, or subtly designing knavery, a real Italian gem of art had found its way into this most hybrid collection of impostures. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The unfortunate man, according to popular story, was placed in a dungeon, and starved for three days, in order to compel him to confess his imposture. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Francis, of course, lent himself willingly to this imposture, and consented to be led about by the Shawnee prophet, stepping like a blind man who fears to stumble over obstacles. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z He offered to confess his imposture if he were promised his life, and the king accepted the terms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Our friend here is like a rock, and he has been piling on to my head stories of impostures, and cases where pretenders have come forward, till I am completely bewildered.” The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z This is very extraordinary:—remarkable case of combined imposture and insanity; but where are the servants? why don't that black advance? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He was anxious to clear away those sophistries and impostures of which he was particularly apprehensive, in view of the somewhat foreign character of his culture and religion. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Under the influence so widely diffused from this source, and that of the heresies above referred to, the Church passed into the dark cloud of Popish superstition, ignorance, and imposture. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z The alleged impostures were not confined to the digital realm. The collapse of TIBC: A mystery in the Gulf 2010-02-18T10:42:00Z For the imposture he was executed at Northampton. Cathedral Cities of England He is best known by his masterly detection of the literary imposture of Vella, which claimed to be a history of the Saracens in Syria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And this imposture is likely to be palmed off upon the people in the future, as it has been in the past, if they are such dunces as to permit it to be done. A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District The Levites appear to have refused to concur in the imposture thus attempted, and being exiled as likely to hinder its success. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z Has any false religion ever shown such a mark of imposture? or is any opposition to the Son of God so deep as this, so universal in its effect upon the whole character? The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Really the way she makes up is a gross imposture. Lady Maude's Mania Thus knowing that which has to be known, he is qualified to construct a system for others: otherwise the system would be a mere imposture. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy He can hardly be acquitted of some form of more or less pious imposture. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "I will furnish the remainder shillings," I whispered to Ptolemy, who stood in a maze to answer such imposture as Skegs sought to lay upon him. Idonia: A Romance of Old London The story has been proved to be an absolute imposture, the more discreditable that it was an attempt to rob a dead man of honour dearly bought. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Unfortunately, imposture and charlatanism soon took possession of it, and, therefore, it has been overburdened with ridicule and contempt. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 I don't wish to lend myself to any imposture. The Wonderful Visit And a brief narrative of the imposture will probably give a more vivid idea of it than any abstract dissertation. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Play no imposture: leave it,—it is dead. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors Some accused me of caricaturing, some of imposture. Friend Mac Donald The whole of your second Letter is no more than an unconnected congeries of the grossest impostures. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion So that that imposture of Paracelsus, who affirms that the force and virtue can be increased and transmuted tenfold, turns out to be the more infamous. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments And the calm, critical good sense of Lucian, which had no sympathy with these weaknesses, saw nothing in the scene but calculating imposture. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius If, as you say, you were forced to pursue this imposture from childhood, I can forgive you, and I am sure that God will; for he turns not back the truly repentant. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters As I fear I might be taxed with imposture, if I attempted to give a description of the Irish wake, I will pass the pen to an English journalist. Friend Mac Donald The writings of Cornelius Agrippa, Raymond Lully, and Martin Delvio, and others of less celebrity in this circle of imposture, were found associated with truer philosophies and more approved and authentic teachers. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Were it not cheating to seek out The bright side of impostures such as these, That under colour of this brighter side I might take part in them? The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Yet there can be little doubt that the majestic supremacy of Mithra, through its old connection with Babylon, sheltered some of the most degrading impostures of superstition. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But her imposture stopped short of actual sacrilege. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters I often think which is which—which is the imposture and which is the masque. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance When she was ready I was to give the alarm, and we trusted that in the faint moonlight the boys would not readily discover the imposture. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story The high-handed daring imposture was successful: our feelings were taken by storm. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times They are often the merest imposture: they depend greatly on the spirit and social tone which lie behind them. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius I say to you now, that professional spiritualists are capable of going to any lengths to bolster up their impostures. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters The people had discovered the imposture, though not until they were reduced to the most frightful condition of starvation. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The circumstance became afterwards one of the alleged proofs of her sorcery or imposture. Lives of Celebrated Women The struggle was between theories of ‘atoms,’ magnetism, ‘corpuscules,’ electric effluvia, and so forth, on one side, and the immediate action of devils or of conscious imposture, on the other. Custom and Myth New Edition M. Aurelius made philosophy the mode, and the Stoic Emperor is responsible for some of the philosophic imposture which moved the withering scorn of Lucian. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It required every bit of my skill and my best tact to prevent them from going away convinced of the imposture.” The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters He knew that many of his pretensions were simply impostures; but he did believe in the existence of Evil Spirits, and their power to injure men. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa In number such folk infinitely exceed the small minority who, remaining loyal to truth, seek her even at the bottom of the well into which imposture plunges her. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Believers in Aymar have conjectured that his real powers were destroyed by the excitements of Paris, and that he took to imposture; but this is an effort of too easy good-nature. Custom and Myth New Edition If it is an imposture, it is an imposture on impostors. The Book of This and That It seemed to him very strange that the world should continue to pay any attention to the monstrous imposture which the combined efforts of Blatchford and Gregson had shown Christianity to be. Years of Plenty A glorious idleness has taken entire possession of me; journalism is an imposture; so is Literature; so is Art. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel I will not be a party to the imposture.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One If a regular inspection were made, the imposture would of course become evident at once; but at a reasonable distance, and under the moonlight, the corpses might well pass muster for living men. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa He keeps unaltered the decisions, the visions, the wild dreams which so powerfully established the imposture. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The young man, divided between love and gratitude, resolved to conceal the fraud no longer, and, falling at the feet of the Brahman, discovered the imposture, and asked pardon for his offences. Lectures on The Science of Language Our commercial morality brands our civilization with a voice of thunder, as an imposture and a sham. About London “I would save you if I could, but the disgrace would be greater to keep up this horrible imposture.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One A purely human philosophy will, undoubtedly, reject such things, or put them, without hesitating, down to the account of Lama imposture. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] At first I thought the whole thing a silly imposture, until the day when a man confronted me in my own house, armed with every proof that I had killed Philip de Mountford in Brussels. The Heart of a Woman There are other things that contribute towards carrying on this imposture. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts His reputation suffered somewhat through the imposture practised upon him by the Greek Constantine Simonides, who succeeded in deceiving him by a fabricated fragment of the Greek historian Uranius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Why, my rank has been obtained by imposture.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One He draws its general moral lesson from the Revolution, and with clangorous note warns all whom it concerns from King to Church that imposture must come to an end. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series It was too late; and the influence of this imposture combined with the tolerant measures of the government to inspire a confidence in the community which was soon visible in its results. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Henceforth I despised Iahveh for his imposture, and I hated him because he showed himself to be opposed to all that I found desirable and good: liberty, curiosity, doubt. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels If every imposture be his work, why should he not act through those who have contrived it? Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The soul!" echoed the Master contemptuously; "the most execrable imposture with which the world has ever been befooled! The Tower of Dago To the last he maintained the truth of his assertions: a word never slipped from his lips which might countenance the charge of imposture, or justify the cruelty of his persecutors. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Still I could see, confusedly, that the terrible imposture Rosemary was accused of might have been committed by a woman who loved its victim. The Brightener I was sorry that the falsity of this imposture was not publicly exposed, as it was a good opportunity of so doing. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Threatening decent people with strangulation because they decline to assist imposture, is rather a strong argument. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Drinking perpetually of his own imposture is nauseating. Toilers of the Sea Sweet verse embalms the spirit of sour misanthropy: but woe betide the ignoble prose-writer who should thus dare to compare notes with the world, or tax it roundly with imposture. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time When that was done, the necessity for disposing of the body arose, and the imposture was the actual outcome of a desire to save his own neck. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories His honest nature and penetrating understanding repudiated the impostures of the Romish church, and it was the main lesson which he seemed to wish to inculcate in his poem. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition But this is a miserable imposture—an ignorant, wretched ambition. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) And now we come to that marvellous piece of disease and imposture combined, the notorious case of “Bargarran’s Daughter.” Witch Stories This is, however, such a clumsy and silly imposture, that the most superstitious may see through it. A Treatise on Relics He had asked for the Afghan serais merely to avoid them; his imposture might be discovered if he came among genuine merchants. Barclay of the Guides He longed mightily to ask questions, to run the matter down without delay, but dared not, for he was in momentary dread that the imposture would be discovered. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure He assured her he had at once detected the imposture but promised to condone it. Loyal to the School "A begging impostor" rang in her mind as a phrase whose ingredient words could not be divorced, and she was thoroughly convinced that imposture and poverty were convertible terms. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I think that the exhibitors of these relics should at least have made some arrangement amongst themselves the better to conceal their barefaced impostures. A Treatise on Relics These externals, which satisfy the indolent and amuse the weak and superficial, become the ready instrument and mask of imposture. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels In the performance of their miracles, they were always charged with fraud and imposture, by their adversaries. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Yet I know not if it is prudent to brave public opinion, which has stamped this pretension as imposture. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 And the idea of any necessary or inherent authority in legislation, as such, is, of course, equally an imposture. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery It would be quite ridiculous, however, for me to attempt seriously to refute such a palpable imposture. A Treatise on Relics It may be another imposture of the tonsured fraternity. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium And as it was an age of imposture, some persons are disposed to believe that not only portions of the Annals, but the whole work, was forged at that time. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Dr. Dehr's fury made itself heard above the confusion: "You have brought Spiritualism into disrepute by your infernal imposture!" clutching the poor wretch by the shoulder, while another intemperate disciple called loudly for the police. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. The enemies call it imposture, that is impious. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. Though the taste of wit and pleasure is at present but very low in this town, yet there are some that preserve their relish undebauched with common impressions, and can distinguish between reality and imposture. The Tatler, Volume 3 "I have unhappily been the victim of an imposture." Trusia A Princess of Krovitch This was what the committee had expected, and they declared their belief that the whole transaction was a mere imposture. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 It might—it might be an imposture; but it had come in a Rosemont envelope, and it was signed Johanna Wisdom. John March, Southerner Therefore they might charge her with the practice named in the list of forms employed in trials for witchcraft, as Divination and imposture. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Early the next morning Bo Muzem set out on his return journey, thankful for the good fortune that had enabled him so early to detect the imposture that was being practised upon him. The Boy Slaves "I will certainly go to them and expose this imposture," said Percival, haughtily. Under False Pretences A Novel Suffice it to say that the Kentish gentleman, familiarized with accounts of imposture, was unwilling to follow the rising current of superstition. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 It recommended itself to a people who found pleasure in accepting without any question statements no matter how marvellous, impostures no matter how preposterous. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Is it for the credit of this philosophical age, that so bungling an imposture should deceive seven clergymen into a public act of exorcism? Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed For several reasons, however, the whole affair must be regarded as a gross imposture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" How slight an advance in knowledge exposes all such impostures! A Morning's Walk from London to Kew Three instances of exposure of imposture were most notable, those of Grace Sowerbutts, the boy at Leicester, and the "Boy of Bilston." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Lies and imposture, no matter how powerfully sustained, must prepare to depart. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition That he was detected in an imposture with respect to the clenching of his hands. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed But rather would I find out a way, if there be time, to prevent thee from deceiving the poor people with thy imposture. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli Lilly’s Memoirs record many of his impostures, and there is no doubt but in his time the public mind was much agitated by his extravagancies. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew It will be seen that the records of imposture were well on their way to rival the records of witchcraft, if not in numbers, at least in the notice that they received. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 So far from being mere impostures, they relate nothing more than may be witnessed at any time under similar conditions. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition A purely human philosophy would, doubtless, reject such facts, or unhesitatingly lay them to the charge of Lamaist imposture. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 It is not his body alone that he tampers with, and metamorphoses so successfully; he tricks out his mind and soul in borrowed finery, and in the admired costume of gravity and imposture. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature It was simply the imposture of a blue-bottle trying to pass himself off as a bee! The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The bench, which had at first acted on the new laws with caution and a desire to detect imposture, became infected with the fear and grew more ready to discover witchcraft and to punish it. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 To him they were terrible realities; to us they should be the proofs of insanity, not of imposture. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition A French Chatterton picks up the obscure tale, and behold, astonishes the literary inquirers of the very country whence the imposture sprung! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The skill in handwriting of that age could not detect them for impostures; Government might deem that he had stolen genuine letters from Bower; letters which might legitimately be produced as evidence. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery There at least there can be little imposture, for you know their necessities of your own knowledge. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It must be recalled that when this was first tried before a commission they were convinced that it was not imposture. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The imposture of Constantine bore a bitter fruit; the sacred wood which had filled the world with its miracles was detected to be a helpless counterfeit, borne off in triumph by deriding blasphemers. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Some years afterwards Psalmanazar was engaged in a minor imposture; one man had persuaded him to father a white composition called the Formosan japan! which was to be sold at a high price! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It must be admitted that the diplomacy of the sixteenth century was sufficiently barefaced in its impostures. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 It was only at a prodigious cost that the imposture could have been carried out upon so great a scale. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) This is an account of a famous imposture. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 He will find the marks of something more than an imposture. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The project failed, and Psalmanazar considered the miscarriage of the white Formosan japan as a providential warning to repent of all his impostures of Formosa! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The problem which is now before the apologists is, not to show that Christianity is not imposture, but rather that it is not merely philosophy. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion "But I never bargained for this attempted imposture." The Sign of Silence These were but the first of several impostures that interested the king. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Addison, however, who visited Garth in his last illness, told Dr. Berkeley that he rejected Christianity on the assurance of his friend Halley that its doctrines were incomprehensible, and the religion itself an imposture. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He had made it a principle in this imposture never to vary when he had once said a thing. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Be not frightened at the hard words "imposition," "imposture;" give and ask no questions. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order "I tell you it is no imposture!" declared the man before me. The Sign of Silence The accounts of the two are so clearly independent and yet agree so well in fact that they seem to weaken the case for collusive imposture. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Whereupon Vignau confessed his imposture, and Champlain generously let him go unpunished. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Such a character was exactly adapted to become the foster-father of imposture. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 An illusion is no more than a false interpretation of a real subjective experience; although many are inclined to treat the rejection of the interpretation as equivalent to a charge of imposture or deliberate lying. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development I now believed all that Edwards had told me of the man's cunning and his imposture. The Sign of Silence He may have been the dupe of his own imposture, but impostors are generally formidable. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 "Reverence" is often the demand that imposture makes on honesty and superstition on intelligence. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) They proposed to put the great bibliopolist, De Bure, in good humour, whose agency would sanction the imposture. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 In this there need be no deliberate imposture. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Not the mere plaything of an idle mind in an idle hour, but the coruscating blade to pierce the weak places of folly and imposture. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) But that which gave point to his oracles, and authority to his imposture, was his Shawnee hatred of the pale face. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Mrs. Besant placed her feet upon the high road of credulity when she succumbed to the Theosophical high priestess, whose life is a highly interesting and instructive chapter in the history of imposture. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The life is tedious; but I have curiously traced the progress of the mind in an ingenious imposture, which is worth preservation. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It is not argued or implied that in all this there was of necessity deliberate imposture. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development I will laugh at folly, scorn hypocrisy, expose falsehood, and bathe my sword in the heart's blood of imposture. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) At a later date Lord Selkirk took pains to prove that Cameron had been guilty of rank imposture. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba For instance, it was asserted, and the assertion was supported by positive, detailed-evidence, that the Blavatsky had practised the grossest imposture in India. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) This Innes was probably the chief cause of the imposture being carried to the extent it afterwards reached. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 This does not imply, at least in the earlier stages, conscious imposture. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Until that is done, the profession is only robbery and imposture. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Cameron, Duncan, a partner of the North-West Company, 68; his imposture and work of destruction at Colony Gardens, 69-73, 75, 76; taken prisoner at Fort Gibraltar, 84; sent to England for trial, 87. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba Mixed up with capital fooling, there is an abundance of wisdom, and shrewd thrusts are delivered at every species of imposture; nay, religion itself is treated with derision, under the pretence of buffoonery. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Even harmless impostures by some unexpected accident have driven an unwary inquirer out of the course. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Swedenborg confessed to repeated walks and talks with celestial visitants, and, of course, all thought of imposture must be put on one side. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Still more, it required an indisputable elevation of nature to attack the imposture where, as in the sale of indulgences, it threatened the very essence of personal and social morality. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) "It's as if the seeds of the ventilated imposture were carried atmospherically into the human mind broadcast and a universal crop of self-delusion sprang up." The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse His keen, bright sword played havoc with much superstition and imposture. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) If force and imposture have had a share in the making of kings and priests, it is equally true that they are the creation of the servility and superstition of the mass of men. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle But to all he cried "humbug!" "imposture!" "delusion!" Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 A consciousness of the imposture he was meditating, rendered his situation in the highest degree embarrassing, and his habitual self-command seemed almost to have abandoned him at this critical moment. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Even at the present day, this subject is regarded either in the light of magic and occult phenomena, or as being connected with imposture and charlatanism. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study But even an assumption may be looked in the face; nay, it is best looked in the face when you suspect it of being an imposture. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) And this is the more necessary, as I said, since every day the delusions and impostures of those who use his name multiply and grow ranker. Dreamers of the Ghetto All was humbug and imposture from beginning to end. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Oh, my boy, my pride, my hope, forgive me—forgive the innocent imposture I've practised on you! Melomaniacs If the discovery of an imposture or abuse of power on the part of the hypnotizer weakens or destroys the effect of suggestion, the hypnotized subject recovers herself. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study After an acknowledgment of their imposture the prisoners were remanded to the Tower, and their ultimate fate reserved for the consideration of parliament, which was to meet in the middle of January. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. It was no imposture when the shining hosts of the army of the Almighty smote the Assyrians. Italy, the Magic Land Satisfied, now, that there was imposture, he resolved to ferret it out. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 In other words, you would assume an imposture that would assure you'd never be picked up, except by someone like Pete, who would see in you a salable item, even though not a usable one. See? Henri de Gondi, Cardinal Bishop of Paris, had her examined by five of the faculty; three were of opinion that there was a great deal of imposture and a little disease. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. No charge could be fastened upon him, definitely criminal; and he was too strong to be crushed by that compendious tyranny which treated as an act of heresy the exposure of imposture or delinquency. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. The explanation attempted three hundred and fifty years ago of an imposture or an usurpation is incompatible with the clearness of an idea which is carried out persistently through so many generations. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I The characters of imposture are on every part of the story; and were it true, it would still remain one of those improbable wonders, which we have no reason for believing.” Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) I am the victim of this monster's imposture, but I know how to recognise my mistakes and rectify them.... A Nest of Spies But on examining closely this pretended magic, we have found nothing but poisonings, attended by superstition and imposture. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. With these he became familiar, and then he began those impostures that were the bane of his short remnant of life. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History An imposture is designed to obtain money, credit, or position to which one is not entitled, and may be practised by a street beggar or by the pretender to a throne. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Don’t find fault with me if I took up the imposture for all there was in it. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer This opinion does not hinder our believing that the priests and priestesses were frequently guilty of fraud and imposture in the answers of the oracles. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) It was not, however, until after four months that the Rhenish cities were able to suppress these impostures, which had so alarmingly increased the original evil. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The imposture is always respected, and although it may be detected, must never be condemned. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History In what sense are cheat, maneuver, and imposture always used? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Sally was denouncing meteorology as imposture when the returning bather produced the effect recorded. Somehow Good If the consciousness of freedom be a delusion, it follows that moral obligation, duty, reward, guilt, punishment, are delusions, and that religion, however salutary in its effects, is nothing better than a magnificent imposture. On Calvinism The cloud, so to speak, will open for a moment, and reveal to their astonished sight, not the majestic form of Truth, but a gigantic and monstrous imposture. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Such folly and madness, such wild mockery and base imposture, can never win for you, in the sober judgment of future times, the name of philanthropists. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Charlatan as he is, and worse, Bellamy is always so attractively amused at the success of his impostures that it becomes impossible to avoid an answering grin. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 But I don't envy the honor of a life of idle imposture, I am not ambitious. The Brothers Karamazov A more commonplace imposture has never been offered for acceptance, even to the most ignorant of mankind. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness For he—hitherto acting as such, seeing the imposture, which had been alike practised on himself, stepped up to his principal, and looking him scornfully in the face, hissed out the word “Lâche!” The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley But illusion, in such cases, is more dangerous, if less disgusting, than imposture. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Hobbes, it will be hereafter seen, was the first who, either designedly or undesignedly, palmed off this imposture upon the world. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The king, instead of being deceived by this hypocrisy, detected the imposture at once. Darius the Great Makers of History I received a visit from a little idiot called Marie Pascal, who still insisted on the imposture. A Royal Prisoner Mrs. Byrne entered the gipsy tent, and Mrs. Cregan was left alone in the atmosphere of a bespangled past reduced to its lowest terms of imposture. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Such appeals Were like a tinsel fringe of superstition, Alien imposture. The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre They showed her a nest swarming with impostures, deceits, lies, affectations, bitternesses, low desires, simulations, suspicions, distrusts, cheatings, hates, delusions, distortions, evasions. A Book Without A Title Otanes immediately made the case known to two of his friends, Persian nobles, who had, with him, suspected the imposture, and had consulted together before in respect to the means of detecting it. Darius the Great Makers of History He asked: "Upon what do you place this supposed imposture?" A Royal Prisoner |
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