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Meanings of often deceitful in English

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Usage of often deceitful in English
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Appearances are often deceitful, yielding obvious clews only to mistakes and falsehoods.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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But Jack knew that appearances are too often deceitful.
Jack Haydon's Quest
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Appearances is often deceitful, Emily; I haint long to stay, neither has the saint among us.
The Harvest of Years
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Appearances in fruit are often deceitful.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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The motive is good, sir (according to appearances which are often deceitful] on first impressions), and does you honor.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
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Appearances are often deceitful, and we know, besides, from high authority, that grief is apt to puff up and swell a man sadly at times.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 / Volume 17, New Series, J...
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'Pearances are often deceitful, remember, we used to write in our copybooks at school?
The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
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"Appearances," cried Jones, "are often deceitful; men sometimes look what they are not.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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"Appearances are often deceitful," he said quietly.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
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"Not quite so fast, young man," laughed Mr. Bell, "appearances are often deceitful, especially on the desert."
The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings
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"Appearances are often deceitful."
Isabel Leicester / A Romance by Maude Alma
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