suggestio falsi
Example Sentences
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But, speaking generally, where the translator has not to intimate stanzas—where he has on the contrary to intimate that there are none—rhyme seems at first sight an intrusion and a suggestio falsi.
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
The Oxford theologian Conybeare gained the impression from this Parliamentary incident: 'That all Sir Edward Grey's answers to Mr. Keir Hardie's questions are examples of suppressio veri and suggestio falsi.'
From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Thomas F. A. Smith
Lyveden swallowed the suggestio falsi without a thought.
From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
By a long suggestio falsi et suppressio veri it has led the population of this city to believe that the position of France has bettered itself every day that the siege has lasted.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
This is a clear case of suggestio falsi by Mr. Stephens, who is usually so careful and reliable and, even here, so guarded in his language.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis H. Morgan
