Daniel discovered the imposture of the priests of Bel, who had a private way of getting into the temple, to take away the offered meats, and made the king believe that the idol consumed them.

It is indeed to be admired [astonished at] how any deceiver can be so weak to foretell things near at hand; when a very few months must, of necessity, discover the imposture to all the world: in this point, less prudent than common Almanack makers, who are so wise

Demosthenes uses the terms both of witchery and imposture in speaking of her.

FROM THE NEW MORALITY [ANTI-PATRIOTISM AND SENTIMENTALITY] With unsparing hand, Oh, lash these vile impostures from the land!

"This argument of Abdallah's had much weight with me, and I the more readily consented to his request as he did not on this occasion require any imposture at my hands, but merely the restitution of his domestic peace.

There was no imposture about her, only zeal and good sense, to impress upon the country the necessity of bravery and renewed exertions.

And it would bring the whole imposture into contempt.

No doubt there are many such cases of imposture among the list of saints and martyrs; yet, granting all which have been exposed, and more, there still remains a list of authentic stories, sadder and stranger than any romance of man's invention, to read which without deep sympathy and admiration our hearts must be callous or bigoted indeed.