fond illusion
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It is a statistic which illustrates Trimble's underrated value and neatly explodes the fond illusion of Ulster grinding their way to victory with a narrow, kicking-obsessed game plan.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012
But when she mourns o'er Mira's bier, And when the fond illusion ends, Oh! then shall fall the genuine tear That drops for dear departed friends!
From Poems by Carr, John, Sir
“At parties where young ladies gaze,And I attempt to speak my joy,‘Hush, pray,’ some lovely creature says,‘The fond illusion don’t destroy!’
From More Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
Devotees of false ideals clothe them too often with the tinsel of fond illusion, under which guise they make a pretense of worshiping them.
From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.
But we need not marvel: it is the difference of life and death: piercing the dimness even of man's darkened sense, jarring upon his fond illusion like waking realities upon a dream.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison
