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"Chicane" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the Deity, he was in evident alarm lest the Church should see something objectionable in them. He had also written an astronomical treatise; but hearing of the fate of Galileo, he refrained from publishing, and always used some chicane in speaking of the world's movement. He was not a brave man, nor was he an affectionate man. But he was even-tempered, placid, and studious not ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various
... him. He had evidently planned the proposal. If capable of respect, he was evidently also capable of chicane. But she supposed these Frenchmen were all alike: disgusting; and decided that it was useless to worry over a universal fact. They had simply no shame, and she had been very prudent to establish herself far away on the sixth floor. She hoped that none of the other boarders had ...
— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett |
Words linked to "Chicane" : fraud, fraudulence, dissembling, jugglery, deceit, object, movable barrier, crush, beat out, vanquish, put-on, bridge hand, trounce, dupery, hoax, shell, dissimulation, deception, humbug, beat |
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