I want to be seen here in my simple, natural, ordinary fashion, without straining or artifice. From LearnThat.org. [Michel Montaigne, Source: Essays]
This declaration of artifice is to the point because it both invests in the power of representation and recognizes its limitations. From Wordnik.com. [Projection, Patriotism, Surrogation: Handel in Calcutta] Reference
And so he did, with sly artifice, which is worse in such hands than a crowbar. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
They assumed that we must live by artifice, and they entitled artifice 'Science.'". From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
The artifice was a new one, and showed that the fugitives were assisted by men with intellect far in advance of their own. From Wordnik.com. [Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main] Reference
So artifice is not, in itself, a criticism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Eleanor studied his expression for artifice. From Wordnik.com. [Strangers at the Feast] Reference
An "artifice" means a fabricated action or account. From Wordnik.com. [Who's Looking Out for You]
But there doesn't seem to be that level of -- that kind of artifice here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2009] Reference
As I've insisted before, a novel is a construction of words, "artifice" by nature. From Wordnik.com. [Canonical Writers] Reference
But the women were addressing him continuously, using every kind of artifice, and he couldn't concentrate. From Wordnik.com. [Zombie Lover]
With the emergence of Post-Modernism, a very different kind of artifice had seeped into artistic practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Medium Is the Message] Reference
This is a little artifice which is excusable in almost any lady at such. From Wordnik.com. [Orley Farm] Reference
To render the delusion more successful, every kind of artifice was put in practice. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Necromancers] Reference
Another kind of artifice to which he has resort, is the repetition of a dominant word. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction] Reference
"artifice" of Stockett's dialogue was too obtrusive. From Wordnik.com. [ Politics] Reference
Empirical evidence demonstrates political artifice is nonpartisan. From Wordnik.com. [Most Voters Differ With the Government on Spending] Reference
Brilliant as its artifice is, there's something hollow at its core. From Wordnik.com. [A Blast Of Hollywood Bile] Reference
Heidi reminds us that Hollywood is, above all, the capital of artifice. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood & Vice] Reference
Then, as now, such artifice evoked a simpler past in a rapidly modernizing world. From Wordnik.com. [Rebuilding the Past] Reference
Lennon's early solo work was utterly different -- raw, pained and without artifice. From Wordnik.com. [Imagine All The Outtakes] Reference
To a certain and necessary degree, the U.S. Senate is built on insincerity and artifice. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Hothead] Reference
In a solemn season, "Australia's" bold, kitschy, unapologetic artifice is a welcome respite. From Wordnik.com. [It's Epic] Reference
One reason glam rock proved so short-lived may have been its devotion to artifice and image. From Wordnik.com. [A Sprinkling Of Ziggy Stardust] Reference
Candour about her cosmetic artifice has, paradoxically, earned Price a reputation for being "real". From Wordnik.com. [Katie Price: 'People think I'm not normal'] Reference
Parker's plan was to create as realistic a visual style as possible within the artifice of the genre. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna Tangos With Evita] Reference
Naturally it was all artifice: that perfect evocation of a late-night mood began taping at 6: 30 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [JOHNNY CARSON, 1925-2005] Reference
"There was not an artifice, con, contrivance, dupe, trap or double cross the team didn't want to run.". From Wordnik.com. [Playing for Keeps] Reference
You're almost as obsessed with depth - and as wary of commerce and artifice - as your peers in Pearl Jam. From Wordnik.com. [A Piece Of The Action!] Reference
Yet his adaptation of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" (1975) is a sunny artifice Fellini himself might have loved. From Wordnik.com. [Famous In Life, Noted In Passing] Reference
The words came from the core; in them, there was a glimpse beyond and behind the artifice of a lawyer-candidate. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor's Desk] Reference
What is absolute is that choosing art rather than entertainment is really about preferring substance to artifice. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Lasarow: Art Versus Entertainment: The Gap is Essential] Reference
The least palatable portraits in the "West" book are the most overdirected; the artifice refuses to melt into art. From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
This is one very odd epic, shot with deliberate artifice by DeVito, complete with fake sunsets and bird's-eye vantage points. From Wordnik.com. [Not A Season To Be Jolly] Reference
And who are we, my unborn one and I, to tear through all their complicated artifice of living in the manner they understand best?. From Wordnik.com. [Fourteen Days In November] Reference
We may never know - celebs are loathe to admit any artifice (none of them have extensions, or implants, or have used botox, right?). From Wordnik.com. [Jag Carrao: Carrie Underwood, Rules Success Story?] Reference
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