suggestio falsi
Example Sentences
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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 Smith, Thomas F. A.
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 Labouchere, Henry
Her ethics on the suggestio falsi were weak.
From Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
When, however, Palikao was willing to speak he often did so untruthfully, repeatedly adding the suggestio falsi to the suppressio veri.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
In it there is throughout a suppressio veri, a suggestio falsi, and scarcely a page that does not bear false witness.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
