He courted power by nobler, or, at least, by more specious arts.

The hope of an accurate clock or time-keeper is more specious.

The Pontic king, Mithradates Euergetes, advanced a more specious pretext of hereditary right.

These reasons, I confess, appeared to me more specious than sound.

The retort, which has called forth the admiration of M. Thiers, is more specious than convincing.

But such prosperity is more specious than real.

This was but another name more specious for the independence of the members of the federal head.

This member, son to the earl of Bristol, was a nobleman of some parts, which, however, were more specious than solid.

The Duke was never more curt, nor Sir Robert more specious; he was as fiery as Stanley, and as bitter as Graham.

This fallacy might perhaps be more specious, if the Scripture did not apprize us of the legitimate end and use of miracles.

They were more cunning, more specious, more hypocritical and consequently more calculated to mislead and deceive the more intelligent of the voters.

For the principle of action with these latter was not avarice, nor the more specious pretext of proselytism; but independence--independencereligious and political.

Naturally Campbell Corot's professional dander was up, and he produced in a week a Corotish 'Dance of Nymphs,' if anything, more specious than the last.

(79) The second reason is more specious, and is taken from the nature of the case.