verisimilar

Example Sentences

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But his power as a sociologist is no less real that it is unconscious, indeed infinitely more real and human and verisimilar that it is not polemical.

From Mark Twain by Henderson, Archibald

Who does not recall the great part played in literary history by the criticism of the verisimilar?

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

But the ridiculous must no longer come forward as the pure creation of his own fancy, but must be verisimilar, that is, seem to be real.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

The writer's cunning is shown by the fact that he does not stop abruptly: but finishes off with some subsequent and quite verisimilar experiences of the Dutch ship.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

His polemic against the French school is chiefly directed to claiming a place in poetry for the verisimilar, as against absolute historical exactitude.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto