...Furthermore he did not pretend to be an ascetic, and Bertha Erckmann was certainly a tempting adventure in mid ocean...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
... “To persist in saying that he was king of France; to dress himself up in clothes like those of the king; and then pretend to assume that he was the king himself...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...It is my belief that, given the necessary physical likeness, it was far easier to pretend to be King of Ruritania than it would have been to personate my next-door neighbour...
Anthony Hope 「The Prisoner of Zenda」
...“Know, friend, that there is no religion a man can pretend to can give a countenance to lying...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
... “Do you pretend that it is impossible to ameliorate the lot of the people?” M...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
... what did Bommaerts pretend to be?”...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
... “Very well, I think I have discovered what it is best for you all to pretend...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...Anne of Austria intervenes, and the king and his sister-in-law decide to pick a young lady with whom the king can pretend to be in love, the better to mask their own affair...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Louise de la Valliere」
... “Do you pretend to be ignorant of it; are you not aware of the duel between M...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Louise de la Valliere」
... There was no mention of the whiteprisoner—they chose to pretend that they were not aware that Kovudoohad a white prisoner...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「The Son of Tarzan」
...I cannot pretend that the misdeeds of Mr Japp greatly annoyed me...
John Buchan 「Prester John」
... Those who stand in their way and pretend to help them with a flood of words are a host...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...The diviner, after throwing his dice, worked himself into the state of ecstasy in which they pretend to be in communication with the Barimo...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...What weight this circumstancehad in the scale of his wife’s affections I pretend not tosay...
Mungo Park 「Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 2 [of 2]」
... An energetic attempt was made to abolish polygamy, which, instead of diminishing population as some sciolists pretend, caused the country to swarm like maritime China...
Richard F. Burton 「Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2」
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