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Quelque regularite que ces bancs puissent affecter dans leur disposition generale, ils ne sont cependant pas tous homogenes dans leur substance; il est sur-tout une variete de ces roches plus remarquable par sa structure.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker

Son tissu parait aussi lamelleux, et les lames semblent affecter une sorte de divergence.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

Bring forth the princess dress'd in royal robes, The true affecter of Alvero's son, Virtuous Hortenzo.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

He was, as Boyle says, the sort of person "who supplied what he wanted in scholarship himself, by being both a passionate affecter, and eminent patron of it."

From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Howard, Clare