Sentences with phrase «only apocryphal»

Only the apocryphal tale about a young George Washington seemed to inspire the kids to admit to peeking: Children who heard the tale in which the future first president is praised for confessing his transgression were three times more likely to tell the truth than their peers who heard other stories.

At worst, it is only apocryphal.

Several of them have pointed out that the tradition concerning the correspondence between King Abgar and Jesus is only apocryphal and hence spurious and that the king who became Christian in Edessa was not Abgar V but Abgar VIII (called the Great) who came to the throne in AD.

Not exact matches

A careful examination of these images shows clearly and convincingly that medieval artists were not only familiar with the stories of the canonical Gospels, but also with many noncanonical apocryphal tales of Jesus.

It is only a later second - century apocryphal gospel that speaks of Mary miraculously giving birth with her sexual organs intact.

And yet certain apocryphal works are valuable for a fuller understanding of teachings attributed to Jesus — some teachings only dimly seen in the New Testament.

The remark, perhaps apocryphal, was that «There is only physics — everything else is just philately».

He doesn't so much have supporting players in the film as he does an extended family of cherished guests who he invites to stay for a while, relax and soak up the ambience: French it girl Léa Seydoux has a part as a maid which may as well be non-speaking; Owen Wilson plays one of M Gustave's concierge brethren and gets a line (if not a laugh); even Tilda Swinton makes a flying visit to Wesworld, caked in gristly prosthetics as an ageing dowager who drops dead after her first and only scene, her passing acting as deus ex machina for an elaborate art heist involving the whereabouts of the apocryphal, priceless chef d'oeuvre, «Boy With Apple».

It's so big that (possibly apocryphal) stories have popped up about the government forcing publisher Square Enix to only release new games in the series on Saturdays, to avoid obsessed gamers skipping out on school and work to stand in line at a store.

On the strength of this (possibly apocryphal) story alone, I was excited about the Royal Academy's Cornell retrospective (until 27 September)-- the first in this country since the 1970s; I have only ever seen the travel - fixated recluse's works in reproduction.

There is a tale, perhaps apocryphal, of a posse of wealthy collectors turning up, only to find that as they waited the artist had sneaked up behind them and urinated down the backs of their coats.

You probably know the apocryphal story of the Oxford don who had a dog when only cats were allowed in his quarters (or it might have been the other way around).

We suspect that this apocryphal story is entirely urban legend, if only because it's unlikely that Siri is programmed to respond to that sort of question.