false relation
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I cannot imagine how this false relation could have been dissolved more tenderly, more delicately, or more nobly.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
The persistent use of the idiom of "false relation" throughout the whole piece gives it a curious interest; and the contrapuntal and harmonic devices are also quite elaborate.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
How vividly Christ taught that all our fear and we arise out of this false relation of our spirit to the living God!
From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville
Moreover," he continued, after a moment's thought, "you are drifting into a false relation with Arnault, although you may not be conscious of it.
From A Young Girl's Wooing by Roe, Edward Payson
As for our former experience, we were in a false relation, and it made fools of us both.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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