make show of

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Calling for paper and pens, he would make show of writing a letter, producing no words or intelligible signs, but only a mass of scrawls and blotches.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

In 1683 "Robert Austine at ye Angel hath leave given him for a week from ys Daie to make show of the storie of Edward the 4th and Iane Shore, and noe longer."

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

It was of evil omen to make show of reluctance as the razor approached the chin, and hesitation was to be forthwith punished with a box on the ears.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

Mathias' face lighted up, and, foreseeing his opportunity to make show of his Greek proficiency he began: heaven is our intelligence and the earth our sensibility.

From The Brook Kerith A Syrian story by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Pierre will not even make show of such defense.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay