vraisemblance

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Mr. Hale's historical scholarship and his habit of detail have aided him in the art of giving vraisemblance to absurdities.

From Initial Studies in American Letters by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Save for Hetty's weary journey on foot and in chance carts, the story might have been made as of present time with more vraisemblance and harmoniousness.

From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Alexander, Mrs.

The vraisemblance is never for a moment violated, which makes the reader imagine he is perusing a true narration instead of a fiction.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

The story is full of that indescribable half-naturalness, that effortless vraisemblance, which is so commonly a charm of German writers, and so seldom paralleled in English.

From First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Miller, Joaquin

What I like about this story of St. Kevin are the dates—they give it such an unimpeachable vraisemblance!

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert