They never visited; it was a resolution she had made on fixing her residence here, but if Mrs. Wilson and Miss Moseley would forgive the rudeness of not returning their call, nothing would give her more satisfaction than a frequent renewal of their visits.

He sobered in a breath, and with an entire change of countenance said, in an embarrassed tone, "Pardon my rudeness; mademoiselle's acuteness threw me off my guard.

It seems wrong for me to be talking about myself to those who are practically strangers, and you will realize how unused I am to the society of ladies by considering my rudeness in this interview.

I trembled and was affected like a child, because it has pleased a little school-girl to write me a couple of lines in order to excuse her father's rudeness.

But what you fancied rudeness, was in truth a compliment.

The old banqueting-hall is a noble specimen of the baronial hall of the reign of Edward III., when both house and table exhibited the rudeness of a martial age, and both gentle and simple revelled together, parted only by the salt.

"His friend bore the abuse very patiently; which served to increase his rudeness: it produced, at length, contempt and insolence.

why, what should they rebel for now, since they have got their liberty!" Physicians informed us that they were in the habit of riding into the country at all hours of the night, and though they were constantly passing negroes, both singly and in companies, they never had experienced any rudeness, nor even so much as an insolent word.

"Familiarity produced a feeling of equality, on which he presumed so far as to offer rudeness to a little relative of mine, a Miss Chute, who was on a visit to my mother.

Being no longer able to endure his rudeness, the Inca punched him on the breast, and bid him to consider with whom he talked.

Heaven knows I'm uncouth enough at best, but now I have to exaggerate my rudeness.

Why, madam, can you doubt a rudeness from me?

He knew that he would have to face neither rudeness, nor bluntness, nor lack of imagination, nor lack of quick sympathy.

the hind Felt his own rudeness; silent women blessed The lady, as her beauty swam in eyes Sweet with unwonted tears.

They had no mind to ruin the enjoyment in store for them by offending their guest, so they soon resumed a fitting gravity and began to assist the youth to forget their rudeness.

I hate rudeness.

"She has a bad case of tonsilitis, but there is no danger," he said quietly, utterly ignoring her rudeness at the time of his last visit.

I rather complained to W. after the first three or four dinnersit seemed to me bad manners, but he said no, I was the wife of a French political man, and every one took for granted I was interested in the conversationcertainly no one intended any rudeness.

Why did Ducie, when you were about to quit the Montauk together, so unceremoniously stop you, as you were about to get into the boat first; is the etiquette of a man-of-war so rigid as to justify so much rudeness, I had almost called it?" "The etiquette of a vessel of war is rigid certainly, and wisely so.

It has sometimes seemed to me, my ladypardon the rudeness of suggesting itthat you may have seen something romantic, something heroic in me from time to time.

Knaves, leave your rudeness; how now, brother Gloster?

Equality to them does not mean either rudeness or insolence.

Forgive meforgive my rudeness.

He enjoyed intensely every petty humiliation he could inflict on the Prince, who, with the greatest tact, never noticed his rudeness.

"Prevent this rudeness," he whispered, plucking Sir Francis's cloak.