affectation

• As regards Augustus at the present moment, I have to say--with some regret--that he abandoned all idea of caution, and that he showed very little skill Then," said he, "I must beg you to lay aside an affectation which is so very injurious both to my honour and to my hopes of happiness Your honour, Mr. Staveley, is quite safe, I am certain I wish that my happiness were equally so," said he. —  Orley Farm
• She knew that, in schools, two faults seldom fail to be cured: these are impertinence, or insolence, and affectation--one rendering a person disagreeable, the other ridiculous; and every member in the community of which a school consists, is ready to assist the ruler in punishing the one, and laughing at the other One morning, when Matilda got out of bed, she went to look whether the morning was fine, and the moment she got to the window, eagerly cried out, in great surprise--"Ellen, Ellen! —  The Barbadoes Girl A Tale for Young People
• It is an affectation, and, in this country, a copy of a second-rate British affectation.--_Richard Grant White. —  A Manual of Pronunciation For Practical Use in Schools and Families
• He despised wealth and affectation, and lived in a tub. —  Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power
• The lady courtesied with great affectation, and an air of condescension, and requested our hero to take a chair--soon after which Mr Skrimmage commenced--"It is the custom, my dear sir, in this ship, for every gentleman who joins the midshipmen's berth to put down one guinea as entrance money, after which the subscription is restricted to the sum of five shillings per week, which is always paid in advance. —  The King's Own

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