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And after this pattern we least untruly and least unworthily conceive the mode of that eternal and universal Progress which is the life of the Whole within and as part of which we live.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

Gowrie himself, according to another copy of the MS., denied knowing Hume of Godscroft; if he did, he spoke untruly, teste Godscroft.

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew

The seventy miles from Launceston to Mount’s Bay have been called not untruly “the dreariest strip of earth traversed by any English high road.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The study of grouping has been recently and not untruly said to be the foundation of all enduring criticism303.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

But their beauty, as has been untruly said of Gautier's representation in the other art, was "their sole duty."

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George