imposture

Example Sentences

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Imposture turns on a "ridiculous mistake" which somehow fooled credulous reviewers; A Quiet Adjustment is "three hundred pages of repression, of a particularly English kind".

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2011

For a Romance, or an Imposture, may be as ancient and more ancient than a true History, this is nothing to the purpose.

From The Travels and Adventures of James Massey by Patot, Simon Tyssot de

But the Story of the Pygmies being the greatest Imposture, I shall chiefly concern my self about them, and shall be more concise on the others, since they will not need so strict an Examination.

From A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients by Tyson, Edward

"The Sum of it was Malice, Threatening, and Circumstances of Imposture in the Girl."

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

Ah! yes, we are self-sacrificing enough, and loyal enough in our devotion to this new-crowned king, the child of Prince Imposture and Princess Pretense.

From Clocks by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)