fond illusion
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It is a statistic which illustrates Trimble's underrated value and neatly explodes the fond illusion of Ulster grinding their way to victory with a narrow, kicking-obsessed game plan.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2012
Such, in the fond illusion of my heart, Such picture would I at that time have made; And seen the soul of truth in every part, A steadfast peace that might not be betray'd.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
Devotees of false ideals clothe them too often with the tinsel of fond illusion, under which guise they make a pretense of worshiping them.
From Poise: How to Attain It by D. Starke
Since her visit to Amity street, that fond illusion had wholly departed, never to return.
From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent
In absent reverie, she hears That voice, nor can forget; The fond illusion disappears,— Her arms are empty, yet.
From Mountain idylls, and Other Poems by Alfred Castner King
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