suggestio falsi
Example Sentences
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Lyveden swallowed the suggestio falsi without a thought.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
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.
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 Morgan, Lewis H.
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
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
