Both Uses of
dissimulation
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- To do Ralph Nickleby justice, he seldom practised this sort of dissimulation; but he understood those who did, and therefore suffered Bray to say, again and again, with great vehemence, that they were jointly doing a very cruel thing, before he again offered to interpose a word.†
Chpt 54
- The cant of the lying world is, that men like me compass our riches by dissimulation and treachery: by fawning, cringing, and stooping.†
Chpt 56 *
Definition:
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(dissimulation) hide (feelings) from other people by pretense