How To Use Feigned In A Sentence
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Charged they were that they worshipped an ass's head; which impious folly -- first fastened on the Jews by Tacitus, Hist., lib.v. cap. 1, in these words, "Effigiem animalis, quo monstrante errorem sitimque depulerant, penetrali sacravere" (having before set out a feigned direction received by a company of asses), which he had borrowed from Apion, a railing Egyptian of Alexandria [224] -- was so ingrafted in their minds that no defensative could be allowed.
The Sermons of John Owen
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She feigned shock and gasped in mock horror.
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a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
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The only people who listen to him with unfeigned respect are sommeliers.
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If the less perfect ophidians, or snakes, which now abound on the earth had taken the lead in those ancient days among the land reptiles, and the Deinosaurians had been contemporary with Man, there can be no doubt that the progressionist would have seized upon this fact with unfeigned satisfaction as confirmatory of his views.
The Antiquity of Man
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He increased his feigned ardour for the bushwoman, at the same time increasing the imperiousness of his will of desire over her to be led to look upon the Red One face to face.
THE RED ONE
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Clutching my book to my chest in feigned terror, I shrunk back in mock fear and straggled out,
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She pretended to trip on a cobblestone and feigned a sprain.
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McSweeny's Books Theodore Pull In his shows, Theodore Pull feigned a trance and foamed at the mouth to add drama.
Conjurers, Con Men & Other Strange Celebrities
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Wherefore -- Greek, "For which cause," namely, because thou hast inherited, didst once possess, and I trust ( "am persuaded") still dost possess, such unfeigned faith [Alford]. stir up -- literally, "rekindle," "revive the spark of"; the opposite of
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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They walk away with a look of feigned understanding while I jiggle away, belly and double chin and all.
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I rolled my eyes and curled my upper lip in feigned revulsion.
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I mean look at how they feigned ignorance about Obama's use of the word refine to somehow come out with the meaning that he was switching his position, when even the most cursory understanding of the word means to be more precise.
Hillary Explains Vote Against FISA Cave
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The chatterers who argued two weeks ago that the war was turning into a quagmire have found a new cause for feigned despair: looting.
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Therefore I do not doubt that he feignedly reproved his son, from a desire to appease contention.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2
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The first general in feigned outrage tells the Fuhrer that they should exterminate one hundred thousand Jews.
Think Progress » Beck: Obama is ‘dividing the nation’ by reacting ‘so rapidly to Haiti.’
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These two develop the degree of intense chemistry that only mature actors can muster (and which might make some less experienced performers uncomfortable); their interaction feels entirely unfeigned.
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In the face of interrogation by members of the committee, you waffled, equivocated, lied, feigned lack of memory, and even remained silent, in the face of the most probing questions.
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He feigned to be a hawker and fared through the streets, crying out, 'Donne, donne, chi baratta anelli di ferro contra anelli di argento?'
Arabian nights. English
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The hero of that scene is called Oberon, one of the feigned names which Hawthorne himself used at times in contributing to periodicals.
A Study Of Hawthorne
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Hardenberg, at a loss for an answer, feigned an interest in the grummets of the life-boat cover and left me to lie as best I might.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West
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He shaved hairs from the back of his hand, glanced along the edge with microscopic acuteness, and found, or feigned that he found, always, a slight inequality in its edge somewhere.
Chapter 9
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There had been no formal rehearsals; the emotion had to come out raw and unfeigned; they owed this to the real people whose real stories they were reading.
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He shook his head, and twinkled his eyes in feigned amusement, and marveled to himself that her intuition should have so squarely hit the mark.
CHAPTER XXX
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Then Arrhae shut the computer down, with a yawn not entirely feigned, went to the clothespress in the main room, and pulled out her carrybag.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages
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I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round.
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But the inquisitors 'efforts to impugn the bankers' morality were rich with the sort of feigned shock that might have been exhibited by a genteel Victorian woman confronted by an unclad piano leg.
A Return to Old-Fashioned Principles
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In return he feigned anger, bristling and growling ferociously, and clipping his teeth together in snaps that had all the seeming of deadly intention.
The Call of Kind
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These is feigned blitheness about crises that will predictably attract immediate attention.
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I feigned scorn and indignation but really I was just too scared to apply myself.
21 DOG YEARS
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The only thing remarkable about the exchange is McCain's feigned linguistic duncery.
General Election Alert: McCain Mocks Obama Over Iraq
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As best as he could, Thomas shrugged and his scowl gave way to feigned indifference.
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Once the immediate impact of the flooding has passed, the government, the opposition and the media will drop their feigned concern and leave the victims to their fate.
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Or, "I came not to call the righteous," that is, the feignedly righteous, those who boasted of their righteousness as the Pharisees, but those that owned themselves sinners.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
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His work is unfeigned and natural, and he shows a poise that should allow him to make the difficult transition through puberty that kills so many promising young careers.
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Toni turned her gaze back to the fireplace to grasp a newly feigned interest in the bright flames.
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In a send-up of best picture Oscar nominee "The King's Speech, " a Razzie presenter wearing a crown feigned a stammer as he read names of the worst screenplays.
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The auditors to whom it is feigned to be told, do not _arride me_.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
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All eyes immediately lighted with unfeigned interest.
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It is executed and performed with unspoiled and unfeigned good humor by everyone involved, which makes it a surprising, but most welcome winner.
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Boehner, speaking today on Fox News, said he brushed off Biden's outburst, which he described as "feigned moral outrage" from the vice president.
Boehner: Biden's budget outburst was 'feigned moral outrage'
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It is a tribute to those skills that his ovation was unfeigned.
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He showed unfeigned satisfaction at his friend's success.
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Here, if Camilla had not been premonished by Lothario that the love of Chloris was but feigned, and that he himself had told it to Anselmo to blind him, that he might with less difficulty celebrate her own praises under the name of Chloris, she had without doubt fallen into the desperate toils of jealousy; but being already advertised, she posted over that assault lightly.
The Fourth Book. VII. Wherein Is Prosecuted the History of the Curious-Impertinent
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I lost interest in the sign, feigned stomach cramps, and begged off early, fashed as I was by a new and infernal knowledge.
Falling for Captain D.
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Frye's essay was enormously influential in all but one respect: his unfeigned affection for the poets in question was not contagious.
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‘You reasoned it out beautifully,’ I exclaimed, in unfeigned admiration.
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‘Well, my lord, unfortunately not,’ he said with unfeigned sadness.
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Some feigned smiles, others looked away with haughty contempt.
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For its realistic and colorful depiction of life, that is appropriate and unfeigned.
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Spear showed him around the flat, and Brenner noted the layout and feigned an interest in the various amenities.
A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
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I dance for lonely men, men who feel neglected, men who need the feigned affection and artful wiles of the dancer.
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Supposing then that the testator died within a year, but that a condition, subject to which the heir was instituted, was not fulfilled within the year, would it be feigned that the testator was a soldier at the date of his decease, and the testament consequently upheld? and this question we answer in the affirmative.
The Institutes of Justinian
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I couldn't do anything when I was sitting down, but when Saisse forced me to stand up I feigned a dizzy spell.
CODE BREAKER
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I feigned a mask of innocence as I pretended to study the menu, as if the choice of seafood paella versus black paella vastly interested me.
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Peter shows, that when, on a previous occasion, she called Abraham lord, she did not do so feignedly; since he proposes her, as an example of voluntary subjection, to pious and chaste matrons.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1
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As if truly he had prayed in vain; or had feignedly professed that the remedy was in the hand of God.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2
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‘You reasoned it out beautifully,’ I exclaimed, in unfeigned admiration.
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At least three of his opponents claim he feigned injury as a psychological tactic.
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Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage which man can put upon the providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
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This makes an average of thirty little parcels which it's only proper to open with feigned joy and surprise.
The Times Literary Supplement
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Michael B says: jukeboxgrad, wise and venerable one, preeminent in modesty and modest formulations (I mock not, nor [now to the audience in feigned sotto voce], nor do I indulge any mean paraleipsis),
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next)
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I ran menial errands, tasted everything, and feigned indifference towards the whole process.
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Living together creates the illusion of having found adequate shelter and a feigned ability to resist in case of attack.
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Might your ex-friend have in fact already spotted you and feigned absent-mindedness in order to avoid renewing a difficult relationship?
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Whatever is the matter?" asked Bezalel in feigned surprise.
The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories
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These fewe exam - ples of their vanities and lies, doe shewe the feigned ground and aucthoritie of the reste.
A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde
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he feigned sleep
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When it came to the financial concerns, they feigned ignorance.
Times, Sunday Times
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He could have feigned a headache maybe and bunked off for the afternoon and saved us all a bit of bother.
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In a time of snarling footballers and feigned injuries and all-round nasty behaviour, it is good to see two footballers smile and laugh so much.
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But… he had feigned sleep as his sty-mates awoke, and had heard them leave.
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Now he sat down with a feigned ease that Aubrey was compelled to admire.
THE LAST RAVEN
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And I do beseech him, for the sake of his own soul, and, as a messenger of Jesus Christ, require him, as he will answer the contrary at the bar of God, that he lay aside the stoutness and impenitency of his heart, and unfeignedly confess and lament his sin before God and this congregation.
The Reformed Pastor
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At first, I thought this might be a conversational gambit, a feigned interest.
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Greet sb with unfeigned pleasure, delight, sympathy, etc.
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I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round.
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However, I forgive him this sophomoric passage because its empty hatred was so obviously feigned after the event, and because it describes me as five years younger than I am.
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She feigned love for my children the way only Iranian nannies do with shameless conspicuousness that may be partially fake but is comforting nonetheless.
Working Class and Female in Iran
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With untroubled confidence in the omnipotence of his guardian angel, Toni admitted with feigned remorse, `You did, Daddy.
MURKY SHALLOWS
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A controlled belly-laugh, followed by a small closing cough of feigned detachment.
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But pardon me worthy Sir, my loyall and unfeigned love to your Daughter
The Decameron
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He recovered himself quickly, and again feigned indifference.
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But John Fox feigned anger, crying: What foolishness is this?
THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT
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It is said that one could have feigned illness.
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
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She listened to Richard until nearly midnight, then she feigned tiredness.
YELLOW BIRD
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He covered his disbelief with a feigned smile, walking his wrinkled fingers across the deep mahogany colored desk.
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When it came to the financial concerns, they feigned ignorance.
Times, Sunday Times
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And he halted, in unfeigned respect for the burly and impressive figure, garbed in blue and brass, helmeted and truncheoned, bull's-eye shining on breast like the
The Black Bag
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It was part of a certain mood of feigned seriousness about ‘climate change.’
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He spoke musingly, his anger supplanted for the moment by unfeigned pleasure.
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Rubbing the sweat from my brow, I ask a few questions and smile with feigned nonchalance.
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She has a long speech at the end of the movie, which could have gone very wrong, but she simply delivers it with unfeigned naive honesty.
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I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round.
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Her blush climbed higher as he watched her with feigned serious thoughtfulness.
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Learn from this in future not to extinguish your spirit even for a moment during your prayer; pray in spirit and truth, unremittingly, and not flattering the Lord during prayer by one single word -- that is, not pronouncing a single word feignedly, hypocritically; let your prayer be only the expression of truth, the mouthpiece of the Holy Ghost, and do not let it serve by a single word the enemy's lie, nor be in any way the organ of the Devil.
My Life in Christ, or Moments of Spiritual Serenity and Contemplation, of Reverent Feeling, of Earnest Self-Amendment, and of Peace in God
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Though she had felt unfeigned at the time, the word had dug itself into her subconscious and remained there until it could reveal itself when she was alone.
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Evelyn's grief at his son's death was massive and unfeigned, and was perhaps that of a man whose love was most alive when it had lost its object.
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He did not truly suspect Chester or Pembroke, but he was relieved, none the less, to see that their surprise was unfeigned.
HERE BE DRAGONS
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The patients were not diagnosed as having a factitious disorder or malingering because their symptoms were judged not to be fabricated, feigned, or intentionally produced.
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He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm.
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Here, some sparse wall decorations - a row of fezzes, an evil eye, a painted plate - and the unfeigned warmth of the waitress signal that you have stumbled upon a Turkish zone.
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To his unfeigned astonishment the questions were answered promptly, simply, and decisively, and when the interview was ended my companion naively expressed his wonderment.
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He feigned that he was ill
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Sally spun round, a feigned look of surprise on her face.
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Margaret, with feigned simplicity, but far from being sorry at heart, that she had found an indirect mode of mortifying her monitress.
The Fortunes of Nigel
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His interactions with Bujold, and with his character's daughters (one of which, as noted earlier, is indeed his own), resonate with unfeigned affection.
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Feigned unwillingness or indifference in obedience to such advice may perhaps be called coyness, but it is only a coarse primitive phase of that attitude, based on sordid, mercenary motives, whereas true modern coyness consists in an impulse, grounded in modesty, to conceal affection.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
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As she leans with sinuous insouciance against Billy's flank, her unfeigned ease fills the image with sexual heat.
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He picked absently at his jagged canine with a long thumbnail, watching his guard with feigned interest.
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What of Anni's unsisterly remark, during the European championships, that she, Claudia, had deliberately feigned illness?
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They concealed this knowledge from their children with talk of recipes and feigned anguish at every toy dropped inquisitively down the toilet.
Still Life, With Girl
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What is most attractive about Elie's book is its earnest and unfeigned passion for such a worthy but unfashionable subject.
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Houellebecq's disgust and horror is not feigned.
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I would be irresponsible to criticise all newspapers for the actions of a minority when the majority are unfeigned and responsible.
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He feigned surprise when one of his wife's colleagues rang to say that she had not arrived at work.
Times, Sunday Times
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He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.
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And, indeed, he does not speak feignedly, nor pretend something different from what he has in his mind.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2
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He gracefully feigned an injury and limped off the stage with feeling.
Times, Sunday Times
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He saw that life itself infinitely outvalued anything that could be feigned about it, but its richness seemed to corrupt him, and he had not the clear, ethical conscience which forced George Eliot to be realistic when probably her artistic prepossessions were romantic.
Literature and Life (Complete)
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These effects consisted of a feigned or imaginary disease known as tarantism, which was prevalent in Apulia and other portions of southern Italy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
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* 'ment'% This was not by any mean, A compleat remedy, for ftill if the leflbr fuA fefed a recovery by a feigned title, there was a record againft the termor, which he could not traverfe; therefore his title ivas de - ftroyed, and he had remedy only in damages, on his covenants.
A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment
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And, for that part of religion which consisteth in opinions concerning the nature of powers invisible, there is almost nothing that has a name that has not been esteemed amongst the Gentiles, in one place or another, a god or devil, or by their poets feigned to be inanimated, inhabited, or possessed, by some spirit or other.
Chapter XII. Of Religion
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You'll pardon me if I don't take this feigned outrage very seriously.
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her interest in people was unfeigned
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People said that I feigned injury and that I winked when I was on the stretcher.
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This makes an average of thirty little parcels which it's only proper to open with feigned joy and surprise.
The Times Literary Supplement
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So he tossed and turned, pretending to awaken, then feigned surprise at seeing the lady of the castle upon opening his eyes.
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It is said that one could have feigned illness.
Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
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Correct me if I’m wrong but it looks like Specter is just like all the other Republicans and simply posturing, blubbering in feigned indignation, and mugging for the camera’s in the wake of the November elections.
Think Progress » Specter Caves, Proposes Blanket Amnesty For Illegal Government Surveillance
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She feigned sleep, lying rigid in bed.
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Fortunately mortgage lending, financial institution credit stability and employment actually are considered economic fundamentals so it is not inaccurate (contrast it with John McCain's feigned indignancy at how Obama apparently attacked the American Worker (tm) who are naturally the foundations McCain meant ..)
Obama To McCain: "Senator -- What Economy Are You Talking About?"
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As early as 1959, Grass had his first and most slippery narrator, Oscar Matzerath in The Tin Drum, allude to this maritime disaster, though only in passing and with feigned unconcern.
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They learned that trickery, lies, deceit, intentionally feigned ignorance and any other unethical behavior required to protect their bonus pools is what pays in the end.
Mike Stark: Confidence Game Kills a Zombie Lie (Well, Sorta...)
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Roos feigned nonchalance by studying the pictures of Paloma Blanca on the wall.
FINAL RESORT
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Slim turbaned Indians blew through long pipes of reed or brass and charmed-or feigned to charm-great hooded snakes and horrible horned adders.
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He was about to express interest, polite but unfeigned, when Whitticombe snorted again.
A RAKE'S VOW
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Even obscenities were caught by roving cameras, resulting in feigned shock from the announcers while no doubt delighting the director and producer.
The Show of the Game | PopPolitics.com
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The baron might possibly have perceived it, but attributing it to a caprice, feigned ignorance.
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That justification has already been rendered void by the judiciary, so a feigned appeal to ‘diversity’ is the only rationalization left.
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And now Birdalone told herself that the knight was frank and friendly; yet forsooth she wotted that her heart scarce trowed what it feigned, and that she yet feared him.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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This fine ballad on the solitude of a star who moves from town to town was made for a singer whose vulnerability was again, unfeigned.
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He feigned surprise when one of his wife's colleagues rang to say that she had not arrived at work.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is told of Anushirwan, the Just King, that once upon a time he feigned himself sick, and bade his stewards and intendants go round about the provinces of his empire and the quarters of his dominion and seek him out a mud-brick thrown away from some ruined village, that he might use it as medicine, informing his intimates that the leaches had prescribed this to him.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Music producers are, discovering that many of the songs played online are unauthorized, says state news organ Xinhua in feigned surprise and concern, quoting Xu Chao, a senior official with the State Copyright Bureau, as saying more and more disputes over music copyright have occurred recently.
China to control ISPs
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Epicharis, when questioned and confronted with Proculus, resolutely denied that she had ever held any such conversation with Proculus as he alledged, and feigned the utmost astonishment at what she termed the impudence of his accusation.
Nero Makers of History Series
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We are fed up with the expenses system and feigned innocence of those caught with their fingers in the till.
The Sun
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Hudson Bay blanket about her with a mock reverence more real than feigned, while Malemute Kid, whose arm she had taken, found it a severe trial to resume his wonted mentorship.
The Wife of a King
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She thinks that his public intoxication was mostly feigned, part of a "masquerade" to hide his tuberculosis; that he used drugs and especially alcohol "medicinally," as a "necessary anesthetic" and antispasmodic "to soothe his coughing fits.
The Bad Boy of Montparnasse
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He feigned a teasing laugh, a clear conscience.
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Scrutinize those buildings, touch those surfaces and you'll discover a disconcerting number of restored façades, reassembled colonnades and a positive glorying in what the Italians call "feigned" materials: simulated marble, cleverly disguised concrete and a cunning assortment of ashlar, or thin stone slabs applied to resemble weighty blocks.
The Heirloom City
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But what sort of compassion is this for feigned and scenical passions? for the auditor is not called on to relieve, but only to grieve: and he applauds the actor of these fictions the more, the more he grieves.
The Confessions
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And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
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She feigned interest in a magazine article to avoid meeting the man's stare.
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He gracefully feigned an injury and limped off the stage with feeling.
Times, Sunday Times
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His hair was short, and stuck up aggressively; his brogue was the strongest in the regiment; his blunders were innumerable, and his look of amazement at the laughter they called forth was admirably feigned, save that the twinkle of his eye induced a suspicion that he himself enjoyed the joke as well as anyone.
With Moore at Corunna
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feigned sympathy
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``Oh, thanks very much," Katrina said with feigned indignation.
FINAL RESORT
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was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher
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She feigned interest in a magazine article to avoid meeting the man's stare.
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The St Mirren player received a retaliatory dunt, causing him to collapse in real or feigned agony.
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Isabelle was always friendly, but now she greeted Will with such unfeigned delight that he flushed with startled pleasure.
HERE BE DRAGONS
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In one memorable episode, he feigned a reconciliation with several enemies, laughing and joking with them as they rode into his stronghold of Sinigaglia; whereupon he immediately ordered them siezed and shortly thereafter garrotted.
:Acquired Taste
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He feigned disappointment. Secretly, he was mightily relieved.
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I said to the patient, with feigned brightness, "You're in one of the best hospitals in the country, with one of the best transplant teams."
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She may have used this as a way to draw a link between herself, her "humanity," and "what the country needs," but the point is that her emotions - real or feigned - were triggered by a question about * her*.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears
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I cringed, but covered it by stroking my nose in feigned indifference.
An Heroic Tale in an Enormous Tomb « A Fly in Amber
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a rebel, his wife Antonina, who enjoyed the secret confidence of the empress, communicated his feigned discontent to Euphemia, the daughter of the praefect; the credulous virgin imparted to her father the dangerous project, and John, who might have known the value of oaths and promises, was tempted to accept a nocturnal, and almost treasonable, interview with the wife of Belisarius.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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You will not find many casual visitors who browse through the pages of books with feigned interest.
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With untroubled confidence in the omnipotence of his guardian angel, Toni admitted with feigned remorse, `You did, Daddy.
MURKY SHALLOWS
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Crime drama about a "mentalist" who uses his feigned psychic powers and keen observational skills to solve crimes.
Jay Leno Gets Ready for Prime Time
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Toni turned her gaze back to the fireplace to grasp a newly feigned interest in the bright flames.
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Halting, my strange traveller chanted in a feignedly senile and tremulous voice, as he beat time with his foot:
Through Russia
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Besides, Ginny and I were aware of the military maxim that in any engagement the first casualty will be your own battle plan; while the sword harked back to eras when you might occasionally pull a smart trick like a feigned retreat, but mainly you just charged.
Operation Luna
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All of this feigned rankle and melodramatic outrage!
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Possibly because they aren't overplanned, engineered affairs, the wedding parties tend to have a glow about them, of pleasure and happiness that's unfeigned.
A Wedding, A Backroom Deal, and An Art Show
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We are fed up with the expenses system and feigned innocence of those caught with their fingers in the till.
The Sun
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He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm.
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So for all of Clinton's feigned outrage over no progress in Michigan, the fault lies with her and her wealthy backers: Michigan officials bear considerable responsibility for the mess they have helped to create, and a revote is one way out, though that looks increasingly unlikely given the political stalemate.
Effort by rich Clinton supporters to finance Michigan re-vote actually undermined the re-vote
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jukeboxgrad, wise and venerable one, preeminent in modesty and modest formulations I mock not, nor now to the audience in feigned sotto voce, nor do I indulge any mean paraleipsis
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next)
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As Nick, Louis Lovett finds the perfect balance between feigned and real innocence, and between decency and the first signs of careerist deviousness.
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Companies indicated that, in their opinion, a whopping 75% of time taken was due to feigned illness or malingering.
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It merely would have ensured that the real deal-making took place somewhere else off camera, while everyone on camera feigned politeness and common cause and preened for the audience.
Matthew Yglesias » Franken Hits Obama Over CSPAN Promise
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Therefore, if you will that I take any meddling in this process, first cause all these papers to be burnt; secondly, make the two gentlemen come personally before me, and afterwards, when I shall have heard them, I will tell you my opinion freely without any feignedness or dissimulation whatsoever.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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Nur al-Din feigned to forget he was there and, drinking off the cup, threw himself on the ground as if the drink had overcome him; whereupon Anis al-Jalis glanced at him and said, O Shaykh
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
