2817 examples of behave in sentences

Yours till me meet At all events I behave more gentlemanlike than Emma did, in returning the copies.

We rejoyce to have E. come, the first Visit, without Miss , who, I trust, will yet behave well; but she might perplex Mary with questions.

Lady Macadam, widow of General Macadam, who lived in her jointure-house, took Kate Malcolm to live with her as companion, and she took pleasure in teaching Kate all her accomplishments and how to behave herself like a lady.

After giving a deep and sore sigh, she inquired, "How did he behave?

"You shall have a gift too," she said, "if you behave well."

After he was grown he believed his mother had made up these stories about the elves to make him behave himself.

And one likes to be at home when one has anything to say, is it not so, Monsieur le Curé? Marcel bent his head: You are a girl of sense, and that is why I can behave to you as one cannot usually with a ... common housekeeper.

I think a gentleman would behave in that way to his servant, and thereby give John an opportunity for answering.

Socrates having deterred Alcibiades from the Prayers and Sacrifice which he was going to offer, by setting forth the above-mentioned Difficulties of performing that Duty as he ought, adds these Words, We must therefore wait till such Time as we may learn how we ought to behave ourselves towards the Gods, and towards Men.

Now, Sir, as on the one hand I take care not to behave myself towards him like a Wasp, so likewise I would not have him look upon me as an Humble-Bee; for which Reason I do all I can to put him upon laying up Provisions for a bad Day, and frequently represent to him the fatal Effects [his ] Sloth and Negligence may bring upon us in our old Age.

I have to be civil to what gives an Idea of Merit; or tell these Creatures how to behave themselves in Return to the Esteem I have for them.

The best of young men will often behave like prigs and donkeys, and I have no doubt the fellows have grossly exaggerated what he said; but I thought it right to put you on your guard.'

They know exactly what to expect, and behave with greatest decorum.

I do not know how the gentler sex behave under such circumstances, but I have heard stories that I am too polite to repeat.

In the principles of Christianity, then, we have a comprehensive and faithful account of its objects, institutions, and usagesof how it must behave, and act, and suffer, in a world of sin and misery.

There is a practice prevalent among the planters, of letting a negro off from severe and long-continued punishment on account of the intercession of some white person, who pleads in his behalf, that he believes the negro will behave better, that he promises well, and he believes he will keep his promise, &c.

I told him I would; and when his master came in to whip him again, I went up to him and told him I had been talking with Charles, and he had promised to behave better, &c., and requested him not to punish him any more, but to let him go.

Then, thinking that her conduct required some apology, she answered, as none save one as fresh and ingenuous as Maggie Miller would have answered: "I don't know any better than to behave as I do.

"I knew you'd be angry, and I tried to make Maggie behave, but she wouldn't.

How are they going to behave when they realise fully that they have suffered and died and starved and wasted all their land in vain?

Is it not very difficult to believe thoroughly that the great God whom we hear about, really and truly cares how we behave and what we doreally and truly listens to our prayersreally and truly takes as much interest in us as our earthly Fathers and Mothers do?

'Why, of course!' exclaimed Mrs. Rymer. 'Do you think it would be possible for us to behave in any other way?

[-15-] While mortals were being influenced by money to behave themselves so, Heaven at the very beginning of the next year by striking with a thunderbolt the statue of Jupiter erected on the Alban hill, delayed the return of Ptolemy some little time.

Behave like men.

Did we behave ourselves lightly?

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