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1 " He had a certain air of being a handsome man--which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man--which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world. "
― Charles Dickens , Little Dorrit: Volume 1
2 " There is something distinguished about even his failures they sink not trivially but with a certain air of majesty like a great ship its flags flying full of holes. "
3 " Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery. "
4 " There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. "
