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It may be conjectured that this hope was illusive, for Bragg had exceedingly accurate sources of information.
STONE'S RIVERWILSON J. VANCE"He loves to call a football an 'illusive spheroid,'" chuckled another chap.
LEFT TACKLE THAYERRALPH HENRY BARBOURBut happiness is as illusive as time, and is proved as perspicuously to be but a thing of memory, by the same venerable saint.
LIBRARY NOTESA. P. RUSSELLHow he sickened for the bright translucent waters of the mirage, though he knew them false and illusive as a dream!
SARCHEDONG. J. (GEORGE JOHN) WHYTE-MELVILLENor has any obscure, mysterious, or illusive point in history been cleared up by the spirits.
MYSTERIOUS PSYCHIC FORCESCAMILLE FLAMMARIONWhat, then, has he gained beyond a momentary illusive pleasure which vanished with the occasion?
THE BRIDE OF MESSINAFRIEDRICH SCHILLERThe beauty of the dolphin resembled the mystery of the Gulf Stream—too illusive for the eye of man.
TALES OF FISHESZANE GREYThe heat veils lifted in ripples, and any object not near at hand seemed illusive.
TALES OF LONELY TRAILSZANE GREYAfter a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station of a mute.
MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGSEDWARD GIBBONDeceived by his illusive standard, he has composed a poem which is perpetually fancy, and never passion.
CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, VOL. 1 (OF 3)ISAAC D'ISRAELIWORDS RELATED TO ILLUSIVE
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