"Deferent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... them. A garbled quotation from the Scriptures or an appeal to their domestic affections is the very thing required. Moreover, the man understands an audience. He can bully it, you know; put on airs of sham independence to cover his real obeisance; while you are polite and deferent to ...
— The Half-Hearted • John Buchan
... good taste to retire from the library as soon as the conversation became personal. From the vantage point of a room across the hall he had been quietly listening, and decided it a rather unfruitful piece of eavesdropping. He appeared the faithful, deferent employee in every ...
— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard
... was so earnest, and there was so deferent a look in his eyes, that the Princess recovered some of ...
— Fantomas • Pierre Souvestre |
