Affectation

This Brevity he calls Affectation, and assures us, it brought Barbarisms into the _Latin_ Tongue, even before the _Goths_ invaded _Italy_.

Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712) Arthur Maynwaring 1707

The memorandum-book alluded to -- on the first leaf of which he had written in his neatest hand (as if to encourage himself to begin) "Affectation" -- contains, besides the names of three of the intended personages, Sir

Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Thomas Moore 1815

Affectation, that is to say the obtaining of an effect by illegitimate means, is an offence against the Muses which they never fail to avenge by oblivion or by a curtailed and impeded circulation.

Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888

This, perhaps, cannot be called Affectation; but it has some Tincture of it, at least so far, as that their Fear of erring in a thing of no

Spectator, April 13, 1711 1711

This, perhaps, cannot be called Affectation; but it has some Tincture of it, at least so far, as that their Fear of erring in a thing of no Consequence, argues they would be too much pleased in performing it.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

"Affectation," the judicious Locke observes, "has always the laudable aim of pleasing:" upon this principle Mr. Mountague could not reasonably think of it with severity.

Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Maria Edgeworth 1808

I do not know any thing that I ever thought so very distasteful as the Affectation which is recorded of Cæsar, to wit, that he would dictate to three several Writers at the same time.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

Lady (pseudonym, don't you think?) lies the Country of Eligibleness, and within it, the cliffside Land of Love of Admiration ( & Vanity) as well as the "High grounds of Matrimonial," camouflaged by the sheer drop into Land of Coquetry where one encounters "Male Traps: Province of Deception," "Affectation," and "Valley of Mother's Artifice."

Suzanne O'Malley: Day 14 of 29: Secrets to the Map of a Women's Heart Suzanne O'Malley 2012

Lady (pseudonym, don't you think?) lies the Country of Eligibleness, and within it, the cliffside Land of Love of Admiration ( & Vanity) as well as the "High grounds of Matrimonial," camouflaged by the sheer drop into Land of Coquetry where one encounters "Male Traps: Province of Deception," "Affectation," and "Valley of Mother's Artifice."

Suzanne O'Malley: Day 14 of 29: Secrets to the Map of a Women's Heart Suzanne O'Malley 2012

Several others scrutinize the manners and morals of the age (such as “On Vulgarity and Affectation”, “On Patronage and Puffing”, and “On Corporate Bodies” [all 1821]).

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