stretch of fancy
Example Sentences
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It would be too great a stretch of fancy to call it a democratic document, for it was not that, except in deft phrases.
From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay
It is only by a stretch of fancy that fishes can be derived from worms, or higher vertebrates from fishes.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
It is no great stretch of fancy to suppose, that it is from his lips came the sound of terror and of woe that had disturbed the repose of that lonely spot.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett
Perhaps smoking harmonizes best with action; and it might, without much stretch of fancy, be shown that as the Prussian monarchy was founded on tobacco smoke, it flourished on snuff.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.
Thus we need no stretch of fancy to see that what the prophet speaks of in the text will be accomplished in due time.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph
