This, Sir, is a Language in which there can be no Deceit, nor can a Skilful Observer be imposed upon by Looks even among Politicians and Courtiers.
These and the like Reflections well improved, might very much contribute to open the Beauty of that Art, and prevent young People from being poisoned by the ill Gusto of an extravagant Workman that should be imposed upon us.
I am ignorant of the designs of Heaven respecting me and my subjects; but I know the obligations which God has imposed upon me.
At Quatre Bras, not seeing the force he was engaged with, believing he had the whole English army on his hands from the first, he let himself at the beginning of the day be imposed upon by a mere screen of troops.
His unreserved manner so imposed upon me that, notwithstanding the experience I had acquired, I was far from suspecting myself to be in the company of a spy.
But this is a real interest and a serious lesson, if we remember that now as formerly the human mind is liable to be imposed upon by the illusions of the past, which are ever assuming some new form.
Let us divide the subject among us, and all endeavour according to our ability gracefully to execute the task which you haveimposed upon us.
He was full of original thoughts, and yet liable to beimposed upon by the most obvious fallacies.
This law is one of the conditions of our intellectual existence; an inevitable habit of our minds; imposed uponus by an inexorable but familiar authority.
It is not unlikely that he formed his plans during the earlier period of Artabanus's reign, when that monarch allowed himself to be imposed upon by Caracallus, and suffered calamities and indignities in consequence of his folly.
Victoire had early acquired good principles, and that plain, steady, good sense, which goes straight to its object, without being dazzled or imposed upon by sophistry.
The poor woman gave up the point; but she declared that she would the next time send her brother to make up the account, because he was sharper than herself, and would not be imposed upon so easily.
When you handed over these men to be dealt with, did you notify them that they had the right of appeal from any sentence that might be imposed upon them?
There is no law so stringent but that it will be violated; there is no government so vigilant but that it will at times be imposed upon.
The masses of the people may beimposed upon for a time, but even the shrewdest rogue will eventually be compelled to surrender.
You understand that it will not be I who can be imposed upon by that.
Soon afterward, I learned by my own experience that I should not have had so good an opinion of many virtues which had been formerly imposed upon me, beginning with my own.
The young woman with whom he converses will believe she has been imposed upon; and as soon as she discovers how much exaggeration there has been, her advisers will lose all credit so far as she is concerned.
Whence it appears that when a man is called from the contemplative to the active life it is not so much that something is withdrawn from him, but that an additional burden is imposed upon him.
And if no one imposes this latter burden on us, then we must devote ourselves to the study and contemplation of the truth; if, however, such a burden is imposed upon us, then must we undertake it because of the demands of charity.
Horses were stolen from whites on all occasions; every person outside the fort was liable to be abused, imposed upon, flogged, or pillaged, and even their dealings with each other were no better.
A lesser force, or one inadequate to present the idea of coercion, would incur their contempt, as they would necessarily conclude that the Government had sent all the men they could raise, and the few present would be imposed upon.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "imposed upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
