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But with a sudden well-assumed ebullition of spirits he drew her toward the dancing-floor, and as they swung around and around in

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Ordered to leave, Virginia made her departure with genuine or perhaps just well-assumed insouciance, while Chaplin announced his plans for her replacement.

Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009

‘If,’ said he, in a well-assumed indignant tone of injured innocence, ‘there be any in the club who do suspect me of anything unbecoming a gentleman in this affair, I am willing to retire from it till the matter shall have been investigated; but in such case I demand that the investigation be immediate.’

The Three Clerks 2004

'What have I to do with all this, Paul?' asked his sister, with a well-assumed indifference.

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Much, however, to the surprise, and possibly the relief, of the British officers, they were received not only without any signs of hostility, but with smiles of well-assumed welcome.

The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

Mr. Lawrence Bury, with real or well-assumed enthusiasm; but Zelma, replying to his interruption only by a slight blush, went on to say, that she had been taught that poetry, art, and romances were all idle pastimes and perilous lures, unbecoming and unwholesome to a young

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

"_Is that all_?" said Mr. Stevens, with a well-assumed look of disappointment.

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Hepsey retired hastily, lest her face should relax its well-assumed severity.

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"I mean," said he, with well-assumed ignorance, "the things that this unhappy woman is accused of having stolen."

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832 Various

In her well-assumed anxiety for the comfort of the weary traveller, she prepared a warm bath for his refreshment, and at a given signal from the treacherous queen, Ægisthus, who was concealed in an adjoining chamber, rushed upon the defenceless hero and slew him.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens