abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c. 638.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

mannerism, simagree, grimace. conceit, foppery, dandyism, man millinery, coxcombry, puppyism. stiffness, formality, buckram; prudery, demureness, coquetry, mock modesty, minauderie, sentimentalism; mauvais honte, false shame. affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, doctrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule[Fr], bas bleu[Fr], blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan &c. (deceiver) 548; petit maitre &c. (fop) 854; flatterer &c. 935; coquette, prude, puritan.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

So up, and Creed and I to my wife again, and after a game or two at cards, to the Cockpitt, where we saw “Claracilla,” a poor play, done by the King’s house (but neither the King nor Queen were there, but only the Duke and Duchess, who did show some impertinent and, methought, unnatural dalliances there, before the whole world, such as kissing, and leaning upon one another); but to my very little content, they not acting in any degree like the Duke’s people.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

This is, of course, not the case: they have their effects, just as much as physical phenomena do, but their effects follow different laws.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

And when I have all my proud, and, perhaps, punctilious doubts answered, I shall have nothing to do, but to make you happy, and be so myself.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Never did the capricious audience of a Parisian pit dare to hiss Silvia, not even in her performance of characters which the public disliked, and it was the general opinion that she was in every way above her profession.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

In Cuba, General Wood began the work of reconstruction at Havana with a central government and the best men he could get hold of, and acted through them, letting his plans and purposes percolate downward to the masses of the people.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

And my uncle ought to have known, for he was a perfect polyglot dictionary in himself.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Pahuta ang písì pára dílì mabadbad, Make the rope into a looped knot so it won’t come undone.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

To create these etexts, the Project expends considerable efforts to identify, transcribe and proofread public domain works.
— from A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare

Our whole strength will be put into this state of emancipation—emancipation from the threat and attempted mastery of selfish groups of autocratic rulers—whatever the difficulties and present partial delays.
— from England, Canada and the Great War by L. G. (Louis Georges) Desjardins

It is the female of our race, Who holds a parasitic place Dependent on the male.
— from Suffrage Songs and Verses by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This particular session of the Court was to proceed with unusual spirit and importance, for after the reading of the King’s Proclamation, the Royal Court and the States were to present the formal welcome of the island to Admiral Prince Philip d’Avranche, Duc de Bercy; likewise to offer a bounty to all Jerseymen enlisting under him.
— from The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Complete by Gilbert Parker

He seems to have found more pleasure in the quiet hours of walking, sketching, and playing piano duets with the little blue-eyed cousin.
— from In the Days of Queen Victoria by Eva March Tappan

Acquaintances purely professional do not receive cards to a wedding.
— from The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. (Edith Bertha) Ordway

Think I'll let you go moonin' off now by yourself with no one to look after you?" Like young Juno both in her majesty and plenitude, Peachy did this time move out of sight, leaving her victim greatly shaken.
— from The Loves of Ambrose by Margaret Vandercook

A Practical Pocket Dictionary, Spanish-English, English-Spanish. Cloth . .
— from 1000 Things Worth Knowing by Nathaniel C. (Nathaniel Clark) Fowler

Taphetta alone was unconcerned; to him, it was an interesting and perhaps profitable discovery, but important only because of that.
— from Big Ancestor by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace

At the great Philadelphia Poultry Show, held at Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1900, won, on Black Minorcas, 1st pen, 2d cock, 5th hen, 2d and 4th cockerels, 2d and 4th pullets.
— from A Virginia Village by Charles Alexander Stewart