He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an exactly so, as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.
to affect a languid air, especially disingenuously
الواصلة
to af·fect a lan·guid air, es·pe·cial·ly dis·in·ge·nu·ous·ly