play false
Example Sentences
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If his own eyes play false with him, these freaks Of fancy shall be quickly tamed by mine; The goal is reached.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William
Do you think that I enjoy this fierce wrestling with doubts? or, having them, would you bid me play false and conceal them?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
He did not therefore play false to Cond� in not accepting the command of such troops as remained to the Fronde—a command which, on his retirement, was offered to the Prince de Tarent.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
That they might be considered a guard of honor rather than spies sent out to see that he did not play false never occurred to him.
From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.
Sir Thomas Teddeman, who was sent by Sandwich to attack the Dutch at Bergen, was suspected by the Danish governor of intending to play false, was fired on by the batteries, and was beaten off.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
