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The upper middle classes simultaneously developed a half-anxious, half-affected piety, originating in fear of the Fourth Estate.
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Amelie, following the advice of the Duchesse de Maufrigneuse, affected piety to win the proud lady's favor.
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By degrees his affected piety grew cool and the friar's garb became irksome.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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