1 Next day I had the meanness to feign that I was under a binding promise to go down to Joe; but I was capable of almost any meanness towards Joe or his name.
2 However hard she tried, she could not love this little child, and to feign love was beyond her powers.
3 She was often defeated in her purpose, by encountering their watchful eyes, when it became necessary to feign an alarm she did not feel, and occupy the limb by some gesture of feminine apprehension.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 10 4 He particularly remembered an old fellow who used to sit upon a cracker box in front of the store and feign to despise such exhibitions.
5 "I weigh not these evils," said Rebecca, afraid to provoke the wild knight, yet equally determined neither to endure his passion, nor even feign to endure it.
6 Among these men, to beat means to feign; one beats a malady; ruse is their strength.
7 Wherefore, like Brutus, men must feign folly; and to play the part effectively, and so as to please their prince, must say, do, see, and praise things contrary to their inclinations.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II. 8 He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 1 9 He pushed onward nervously, feigning a still greater haste and faintly conscious of the smiles and stares and nudges which his powdered head left in its wake.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2 10 de Treville, feigning the most profound astonishment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII 11 I found my knife where I had placed it, under my pillow, and while feigning to sleep, my hand grasped the handle of it convulsively.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY 12 Noirtier and the elder d'Epinay, well understood the agitation and anger which the announcement had produced; but, feigning not to perceive either, he immediately resumed the narrative begun by his wife.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort. 13 It will correct you of feigning more valour than you possess.
14 That the honest fellow had not been feigning emotion, was abundantly demonstrated by the very red eyes with which he regarded the young gentleman, when he turned round and addressed him.
15 Never did any man by the most splendid achievements gain for himself so great a name for wisdom and prudence as is justly due to Junius Brutus for feigning to be a fool.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II.