"Mannerly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... librarian is much "dressed up" and can take time to play that she is an agreeable hostess, all children, whether little aristocrats or arabs, enter into the civilized spirit of the occasion and become more mannerly. ...
— Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine
... Mannerly-hearted! more than handsome face— Beauty's bearing or muse of mounting vein, All, in this case, bathed in high hallowing grace . ...
— Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Now First Published • Gerard Manley Hopkins
... should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c (respect) 928. prostrate oneself &c (worship) 990. give one's duty to, send one's duty to, &c n.. render polite &c adj.; polish, civilize, humanize. Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well- mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c (taste) 850; gentlemanlike &c (fashion) 852 [Obs.]; gallant; on one's good behavior. fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... lordship's passing mannerly in jest; But that you may perceive we smell your drift, We both will sit, and ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various
... they passed amicably together on the sunny porch. She would look up occasionally from her sewing, and say, "Good doggy!" and David would immediately wag his tail in delighted response. He was extremely mannerly and appreciative of the slightest attention—always excepting his enforced ablutions—and he seemed to approve of the kind eyes of his little protectress as warmly as she approved of his cool leather nose and speaking ears. As often as he moved, his license, hitting against the ...
— Peak and Prairie - From a Colorado Sketch-book • Anna Fuller
... names to every one of 'em. It was me took the sheriff through the house, an' I spoke to a whole lot of 'em, an' they answered me back—quite friendly like. They did their business with little noise, but my word! they did it well. The sheriff spoke to 'em, and they answered him mannerly, as they always do. But there wasn't no stoppin' of them. They hacked on at the beautiful furniture as if they was ...
— The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume I • Gerhart Hauptmann |
