"I could not be expected to give her up," he said, after a moment's hesitation: it was not a case for any pretence of generosity.
Farebrother—his effort after the cynical pretence that all ways of getting money are essentially the same, and that chance has an empire which reduces choice to a fool's illusion—was but the symptom of a wavering resolve, a benumbed response to the old stimuli of enthusiasm.
It's all a pretence, if the truth was known, about their being forced to take one way.
But now he may be no better than a Dissenter, and want to push aside my son on pretence of doctrine.
" "But Fred gives me his honor that he has never borrowed money on the pretence of any understanding about his uncle's land.
To Dorothea this was adorable genuineness, and religious abstinence from that artificiality which uses up the soul in the efforts of pretence.
The pretence was bravely made, but it wasn't very successful.
Miss Tilney, understanding in part her friend's curiosity to see the house, soon revived the subject; and her father being, contrary to Catherine's expectations, unprovided with any pretence for further delay, beyond that of stopping five minutes to order refreshments to be in the room by their return, was at last ready to escort them.
Setting her own inclination apart, to have failed a second time in her engagement to Miss Tilney, to have retracted a promise voluntarily made only five minutes before, and on a false pretence too, must have been wrong.
Otherwise we can never really know them and any pretence we may make to the contrary will never impose on them.
Nevertheles I drew closer to her and made the pretence of buying some fish.
Winners do not dedicated their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others.
There has, of course, been an element of pretence.
But while there's no pretence that he's started sketching sweaters himself, it's clear that he's hands on.
" "With sex robots and prostitution, you are having a one way relationship with an object or a person that does not return your love except by pretence.
If Turnbull's account is itself trustworthy (it may not be), in the face of extreme hunger, the Ik had abandoned any pretence at ethical behaviour and would lie, cheat and steal whenever possible.
This is the worst possible preparation for corporate life, which demands that everyone goes through the pretence of liking all the people they are forced to work with.
Get the captain and squire down to the cabin, and then make some pretence to send for me.
"Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity," said Coker.
Ali Cogia made a movement as if he was taking off the lid, and the little Cadi on his part made a pretence of peering into a vase.
