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Definition of Affectations
1. affectation [n] - See also: affectation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affectations
Literary usage of Affectations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"journeyman," but he was himself a master of the English language ; and his metrical
style is singularly free from those learned affectations and conceits to ..."
2. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"How 'LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST' PRESENTS SIMPLE HUMOUR IN CONFLICT WITH VARIOUS
affectations AND CONVENTIONALITIES. A further Study in Central Ideas. CH. XIV. ..."
3. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1881)
"Its affectations.—Its sincerity.—Its delicacy.—III. The failings of character
thus formed.—Adapted to one situation but not to a contrary situation. ..."
4. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"... affectations IT has been observed, I think by Sir William Temple, and after
him by almost every other writer, that England affords a greater variety of ..."
5. A History of the French Revolution by Henry Morse Stephens (1891)
"... and cafe's during the Terror—The women of the Terror—Olympe de Gouges —The "
tricoteuses "—Republican affectations and extravagances— Conclusion. ..."
6. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"... Though strong the bent, yet quick the turns of mind ; Or puzzling contraries
confound the whole, Or affectations quite reverse the soul. POPE. ..."
7. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"CHAPTER VI FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA Arrival at Peking — Description of the Old
Legation — The Jewel Fair — Quaint affectations of Manchu Court Ladies ..."
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