play false
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Now I tell you what will occur if you play false with me.”
From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Parrish, Randall
No woman can play false to her heart and prosper.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
Mirabeau could not play false, without losing, not only his income, but an eventual sum of £40,000.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
She said to herself sometimes, trying to play false even with herself, that the blame, or at least the responsibility, for this change must be laid on the shoulders of Egypt.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The Landlady left the room, and thought;—"If you play false with me, I will play false with you, too."
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
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