suppressio veri

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By a long suggestio falsi et suppressio veri it has led the population of this city to believe that the position of France has bettered itself every day that the siege has lasted.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

"He knows all about it," she said—and with no consciousness of a suppressio veri here.

From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell

There is in all both a suppressio veri and a suggestio falsi, which makes the honest inquirer almost entirely reject their books.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

The Oxford theologian Conybeare gained the impression from this Parliamentary incident: 'That all Sir Edward Grey's answers to Mr. Keir Hardie's questions are examples of suppressio veri and suggestio falsi.'

From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Smith, Thomas F. A.

This part of the epistle, a cunning combination of the suppressio veri and suggestio falsi, was given to all the others who were in the plot to copy.

From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Feller, Frank