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If these prescriptions are observed, he says, travestying a fine Lucretian line, the diner-out may draw near to and drink deep from the well-spring of a happy life.

From Horace by Tuckwell, William

There was evidently a regular manufacture for this festival of costumes simulating and travestying those of the Imperial Body Guard.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

Yet I labor day by day travestying it, caricaturing the beautiful thoughts that come into my mind.

From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary

Peyrade had the power of travestying everything, even his wit.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de

It not only conveys the travestying idea, but also sufficiently conveys the original thought travestied.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall