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Meanings of idle tale in anglès

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Usage of idle tale in anglès
1
Surely my words were to him an idle tale-heknew them not.
Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wa...
2
The bloodcurse is no idle tale, I know it is not.
The darkest road
3
For it is no idle tale of the alcalde, believe me.
On the Frontier
4
Would you be foolish and senseless enough to believe such an idle tale?
Marie Antoinette and Her Son
5
They felt from his face and manner that he was telling no idle tale.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
6
No, it is the thing as it is, and by no means an idle tale.
Amphitryon
7
You would not tell us an idle tale, chief.
In Search of the Okapi / A Story of Adventure in Central Africa
8
This idle tale may amuse children, but the men of the West will not be satisfied.
The Rose of Old St. Louis
9
The idle tale came back to her now.
The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down
10
She listened incredulously, as to an idle tale.
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
11
Who hath brought thee such an idle tale?
Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great L...
12
It may be that some will say the "Trewinion's curse" is merely an idle tale.
Roger Trewinion
13
Do I live to see my son the sport of every idle tale a woman may repeat?
A Sicilian Romance
14
A keen observer might have guessed that she had become interested at that moment in this idle tale.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
15
The eating of human beings, or, as it is called, cannibalism, is no idle tale invented by travellers.
The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas
16
The wealth of his far-off country was but an idle tale, the talk of an exile looking for help.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
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