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It certainly seemed so; yet where all was strange, this strange and incomprehensible denial of a self-evident fact by the vindictive Nixon might have its source in some motive unsuggested by the circumstances.

From The Mayor's Wife by Green, Anna Katharine

He must believe that the offer of help came unsuggested from Herr von Sastrow alone.

From Quicksands by Streckfuss, Adolph

This man was Amerigo Vespucci, after whom—though unsuggested by him and unknown to him—the continents of America were named, by strangers, before Christopher Columbus had lain a year in his grave!

From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion

Mr. Pemberton, commenting on this explanation says, “I can readily picture Bret Harte, as the unwelcome dinner hour approached, making excuses to himself for himself and conjuring up that hitherto unsuggested ‘guide.’”

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

He spoke the author's text, and nothing indicates that he introduced any "business" unsuggested by him.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham