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Drake, meantime, was mistakably following in the dark and stormy night a phantom enemy, in the shape of five Easterling vessels.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

In this way, too, did that pervading ambition of the British young man to be, if not a "gentleman," at least mistakably like one, take root in his heart.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He shows his tiredness in a gentlemanly manner, but not very mistakably.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George