And, however improbable, it cannot be called impossible that even so introspective a poet as Wordsworth mightmisconstrue the impression that stirred him to write.
And this fact, with his personal enthusiasm for certain Greek plays, leads the reader of the Aesthetik to misconstrue him.
A man who is of a detracting spirit will misconstrue the most innocent words that can be put together.
A man who is of a detracting spirit, will misconstrue the most innocent words that can be put together.
I am sure he spoke most gently, and I was very careful indeed in only giving her a hint that people, and even Mr. Cunliffe, might misconstrue such devotion.
No, of course not: but if peoplemisconstrue your correspondence?
I did not mean to misconstrue anything," she said, "only just the other day I was thinking that perhaps we did rather hamper Dick.
Really Mabel, sometimes I wonder if you have any love for me, you so habitually and wilfully misconstrue my sentences.
The people of New York were in earnest; they went into the election with a strong, determined purpose, and it is too late now to misconstrue or misunderstand that purpose.
I misconstrue these emotions, so natural in such circumstances--why did I flatter my heart with the belief of a sympathy which did not, could not, exist!
In which respects my best advices must Appear superfluous; yet since love, dear Sister Will sometimes tender things unnecessary, Misconstrue not my purpose.
You are mistaken if you misconstrue my words into an intention of offering you an insult.
Oh, I don't think any one could possibly misconstrue it," she retorted, with a flash of wicked mirth.
Too confident to misconstrue his reply, she let her hand fall on his, waiting.
He must not, however, misconstrue this disinclination on my part, and may rest assured of my readiness to be of use to him.
For the rest you would entirely misconstrue my good advice if you thought you could see in it only a pretext for not keeping my former promise of coming to see you at Stettin.
Like their leader, they misconstrueand pervert the Scriptures to accomplish their object.
He leads them to misconstruestrong expressions of Scripture, giving to the language the coloring of bitterness and malignity which pertains to himself, but not to our Creator.
I will not suppose that Henry can misconstrue it, and I will not let a childish bashfulness put my gratitude to sleep.
And you, cousin of March, misconstrue my brother's caution.
The rascal had never told me how that property was disposed, or whether Mr. Huntingdon had died intestate or not; and I would sooner die than ask him, lest he should misconstrue into covetousness my desire to know.
I instantly turned away, lest he should see and misconstruemy emotion.
The scholastics misconstrue this passage by saying: "The just shall live by faith, if it is a working faith, or a faith formed and performed by charitable works.
Paul reminds them of former and better times in an effort to mitigate his sharp reproaches, lest the false apostles should slander him and misconstrue his letter to his disadvantage and to their own advantage.
Paul knew that the false apostles would misconstrue his censure of the Galatians to their own advantage and say: "So this is your Paul whom you praise so much.
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