"Sometimes the quarrel between two princes is to decide which of them shall dispossess a third of his dominions, where neither of them pretend to any right.
"What you have told me," said my master, "upon the subject of war, does indeed discover most admirably the effects of that reason you pretend to: however, it is happy that the shame is greater than the danger; and that nature has left you utterly incapable of doing much mischief.
Gullivers Travels
You have had the good grace to fall in with my humour, and to
pretend to eat and to drink when nothing was there.
Arabian Nights
They usually
pretend to be flowers, because the court sits in the Fairies' Basin, and there are so many flowers there, and all along the Baby Walk, that a flower is the thing least likely to attract attention.
The Little White Bird
"I cannot
pretend to offer a positive opinion until I know more of the particulars connected with this extraordinary business than I find communicated either in your letter or in your maid's.
No Name
Truth is, we're all afraid to hit the pause button, so we continue to do what we know best: we pretend, we
pretend to know what we want,
pretend to know what we're doing and even
pretend to know where we're getting at.
Nadia, the painter
Police are warning the public about a new scam to get money from drivers which has been observed in the wider Nicosia area where the fraudsters
pretend to have been hit by cars.
Police warn against scammer pretending to be hit by cars
'Please avoid scammers and fixers who
pretend to be in a position to process Owwa benefits for OFWs,' Cacdac said.
Owwa warns OFWs vs scammers, fixers
The hunter may occasionally stop pretending he is a female and
pretend to be a male.
Exciting spring Turkey season opens May 1 hunters 'call' like hens to lure toms to their death
London, July 2 ( ANI ): 1 in 3 men
pretend to look more intelligent and cultured than they really are, a new study revealed.
1 in 3 men lie just to seem more refined
He doesn't
pretend to know the psyche of a whole region.
Leave us be, Carla; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk
A source said: "It's mad how many people are trying to
pretend to be her online.
NIALL GIRL'S RAGE OVER FAKE TWEETS; 30 fans pretend to be 1D star's new model love; EXCLUSIVE
Peter Dabbene (author); WE ARE WHAT WE
PRETEND TO BE; Vanguard Press (Fiction: Literary) 19.99 ISBN: 9781593157432
We Are What We Pretend to Be
My favorite imaginary game is playing pioneers--my siblings and friends dress up in costumes with aprons, dresses, and bonnets and
pretend to churn butter, plow fields, sew, and garden ...
How do you pretend?
Some self-styled experts and feminists have denounced the Spanish upstart, declaring that it's inappropriate for young children to
pretend to nurse a doll.
Baby battle; Spanish doll kicking up a play debate