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| | #* '''2009''', Michael L. Stapleton, ''Spenser's Ovidian Poetics'', page 98 | | #* '''2009''', Michael L. Stapleton, ''Spenser's Ovidian Poetics'', page 98 |
| | #*: The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who '''disingenuously''' calls herself Fidessa. | | #*: The letter's false intent trumps any truths within, which one would expect of a woman who '''disingenuously''' calls herself Fidessa. |
| − | # In a manner that [[assume]]s a pose of [[naivete]], possibly to make a point or to deceive. | + | # In a manner that [[adopt]]s a pose of [[naivete]], possibly to make a point or to deceive. |
| | #* '''2005''', John Steele Gordon, ''An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power'', page 352. | | #* '''2005''', John Steele Gordon, ''An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power'', page 352. |
| | #*: Churchill, a month later, would memorably if '''disingenuously''' describe Lend-Lease as a matter of "Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Roosevelt, a few days earlier, had described it a bit more prosaically, but no less '''disingenuously''', as the equivalent of lending a neighbor whose house was on fire a garden hose, expecting to get it back when the fire was out. | | #*: Churchill, a month later, would memorably if '''disingenuously''' describe Lend-Lease as a matter of "Give us the tools and we will finish the job." Roosevelt, a few days earlier, had described it a bit more prosaically, but no less '''disingenuously''', as the equivalent of lending a neighbor whose house was on fire a garden hose, expecting to get it back when the fire was out. |
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