At the Elysee she was amiable and courteous to everybody and her slight deafness didn't seem to worry her nor make conversation difficult.

Stern, when the occasion forced him to be stern, just in all his dealings between man and man, dignified and courteous in all his ways, a soldier through every inch of his stalwart six feet, he was a ruler with whom no one ever dreamt of taking liberties.

In the momentary glare of the light I could see my father, his lips pressed together more tightly than usual, but alertly courteous as ever, helping Mademoiselle over the side, and there was Brutus grinning at me.

It is enough that they were desirable in the eyes of maidens for reason of their beauty, and that men esteemed them because they were courteous of manner and open of hand.

Hitherto some native women had been accustomed to assemble in this church and worship, under care of a fat, unctuous little padre, very obsequiously courteous toward filibusters;and

" "I visited him," said Imlac, "with more and more frequency, and was every time more enamoured of his conversation: he was sublime without haughtiness, courteous without formality, and communicative without ostentation.

What could be more polite and courteous than the intercourse carried on in Greece among cultivated and famous people?

Every one was most courteous at Manaos, especially the governor of the state and the mayor of the city.

Grim, stern,but courteous throughout the interview,the major paced the floor beside his desk.

The old gentleman was very attentive and courteous during the stately dinner, and did much to relieve the girls' embarrassment.

He was generous, too, and courteous by nature; but he had some faults, which perhaps belonged as much to the fierce period in which he lived as to his own character.

'I prefer,' she said, 'to have been too courteous towards that man, than to have been guilty of the least incivility to a knight.'

They are cautious and courteous out of regard for the President.