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1664 T. Porter Carnival ii. i. 24 Or shall we go to this peevish woman's, That she may see how easily I bear her scorn? Come, wee'l go in Masquerade; Her frowns can neither make my Vizard blush With grief nor shame.

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 41 There are some Women without in Masquerade.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 21 The Presbyterians said..that he [sc. Chillingworth] was always a Papist in his heart, or, as we now say, in masquerade.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. iii. 224 The Devil in Masquerade, Satan in full Disguise.

1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour I. 116 The beau-monde used to go in masquerade about the streets.

1774 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 8 June Everybody is to go in masquerade, but not in mask.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI xxxvii. 121 And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but The truth in masquerade.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 10 I have not the slightest objection to your friend the Major, whom I take to be a nobleman in masquerade.

1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows iii. 51 Copses, dells, quarries and all hidden places..seemed to ask him to overlook their shabby poverty for a while, till they could riot in rich masquerade as before.