vizard
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I have seen men strive for rectitude, and in the end, take off the vizard of right to discover only self there.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
It was but a masking face, noble Duke, put on for sport, and, like a mummer's vizard, laid aside the moment it suited him to resume himself again.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Love himself wore a vizard, and the dances were very slow and stately.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
One of these was not merely a vizard for the face; it had false hair, and came over the whole head like an helmet.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
The most serious use made of him is when, in the Augellino Belverde, for purposes of pungent parody, Gozzi invests him with the vizard of a Machiavellian egotist.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
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