1
The robe of philosophy is a mere affectation, I must confess.
2
His praise of her was not all mere affectation of sentiment.
3
He was impressed: Trajanus's military bearing was no mere affectation.
4
The word "spiritual," as used in this connection, is a mere affectation.
5
Does he believed in astrology, the casting of horoscopes, or is it mere affectation?
6
Grotesque he is not seldom, but the grotesqueness is deliberate and effective, and no mere affectation.
7
It was no mere affectation; she was not conscious, in smiling, of the expression upon her face.
8
I find it mere affectation to protest that my grief prevents me from dealing with practical matters.
9
Perhaps her suspicion is mere affectation.
10
Yet this has not degenerated into mere affectation and softness; there is none of the over refinement of luxury.
11
In the girl, quiescence was the natural outcome of womanly reserve; in the Boy, it would have been mere affectation.
12
Nor is this demeanour a mere affectation, a tactic to seduce defenders into thinking Asprilla is either drained or disaffected.
13
In his peculiar American way, he was very religious, and I knew that his piety was not a mere affectation.
14
Therefore it would be mere affectation to copy the later orthography of Chaucer, or to interlard one's sentences with obsolete words.
15
For instance: our reprobation of bright colour is, I think, for the most part, mere affectation, and must soon be done away with.
16
There are no sillier things in life than the mere affectations of intellectuality.
