semblant
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Et vn keu le roi le retint, Purceo qe fort le vist & grant, Et mult le vist de bon semblant.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Sir Tristram made semblant as if he were sorry, and yet better knew he how it was than the king.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo
She meeteth Lancelot and saluteth him and maketh him right great joy, of semblant.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
El ne fu gaie ne jolive, Ains fu par semblant ententive Du tout à bonnes ovres faire; Et si avoit vestu la haire.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Lorsque je veux, sans y faire semblant, me livrer aux méditations d'une douce philosophie, je vais à la pêche.
From Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing by Penn, Richard