vraisemblance

Example Sentences

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The value of the unities does not depend either upon their traditional authority or—to use the French expression—upon their vraisemblance.

From Landmarks in French Literature by Strachey, Giles Lytton

Mr. Radcliffe and Horace Walpole are relegated to the land of dreams and shadows; give us vraisemblance to whet our blunted susceptibilities.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

What I like about this story of St. Kevin are the dates—they give it such an unimpeachable vraisemblance!

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

It is impossible to resist this air of vraisemblance.

From Pickwickian Studies by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

The vraisemblance is never for a moment violated, which makes the reader imagine he is perusing a true narration instead of a fiction.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of