Barbara shook hands with her, in her friendly way; and Mr. Carlyle crossed the room to open the door for her, and bowed her out with a courtly smile.
Of course they displayed themselves in their most courtly state.
Yet, amidst all this confusion, there was maintained both something of a courtly pomp and something of a learned and religious society.
Penn, the courtly Quaker, endeavoured to bring about a compromise, but seems to have been convinced at last that an agreement was impossible.
You can learn something of courtly manners from the polished descendant of our nobility.
If Cibber played Sparkish and Sir Courtly Nice with applause, it was entirely owing, so he nobly avows, to the ideas and impressions he had received from Mountfort's acting of those characters.
Extremes of hardship learn to bear, Nor, sad, regret eachcourtly scene Where thou wert fairest of the fair?
No longer dressed in silken sheen, No longer decked with jewels rare, Say, canst thou quit each courtly scene Where thou wert fairest of the fair?
He was engaged in gay parties, or with his courtly bow at some episcopal levée, when he should have been attending upon us.
Here is a young and courtly Mandarin, handing tea to a lady from a salver--two miles off.
If you lack somewhat of courtly manners it will matter not at all, since you are leaving so soon for the wars.
Smiles passed between many of the courtly dames and ladies at the choice that was to be made among them by the apprentice lad; and they thought that he would be sorely puzzled at such a duty.
I should think, by his splendid dress and courtly aspect, that he was one of the king’s friends.
The courtly Frenchman won the ladies to join him in whipping the cream of the world for five minutes, and passed out before his flavour was exhausted.
Remonstrance was not to be thought of; for at a mere show of reluctance the courtly admiral flushed, frowned, and beat the bed where he lay, a gouty volcano.
This calamity fell very heavy upon that part of women who are distinguished by the name of prudes, a courtly word for female hypocrites, who have a short way to being virtuous, by showing that others are vicious.
My Lady Courtly is an instance of this: she was talking the other day of dress, and did it with so excellent an air and gesture, that you would have sworn she had learned her action from our Demosthenes.
In and out among the lilies, Court each rural Amaryllis: Seek the signet of Love's hand In each courtly Corisande!
Arrayed in innocence, what touch of grace Reveals the scion of a courtly race?
He helps her to rise, and leads her forward: then he kisses her hand, bowing over it with a very courtly air.
All the art of his ornate and courtly periods cannot disguise the fact that there was nothing now for paganism to say.
These Senecan imitations, it should be noted, were designed for special performances under academic or courtly auspices, and not for the popular theatre.
Though perhaps the most successful of English imitations of Seneca, it marks the failure of amateur actors and courtly audiences to revive the classical drama on the English stage.
The moral insight of Shakespeare or even of Webster is not maintained; courtly and sophisticated ideals ring false; the language becomes gross; the vulgarities of the early plays are replaced by mawkish sentimentality or lewd suggestiveness.
In "The Bashful Lover" there is a presentation of idealizing and self-sacrificing love, far surpassing the courtly compliments of Fletcher and rivaling the magnanimity of Browning's conceptions.
It offered the serious drama either objects for satire and cynicism or sophisticated and courtly ideals of conduct.
The most animated eloquence, the keenest observation, the most sparkling wit, the most courtly grace, were united to charm her.
But my view is that Achaean society, courtly society at least, had not adopted the beliefs and usages of the conquered races at the time when our epics, which ignore them, were composed.
Once more it is my assumption that our epics were made in the main as we have them, for a peculiar audience, a courtly and knightly audience, known to themselves and their poet as "Achaeans.
My courtly escort took as much pains to entertain me as if I had been a belle and a beauty, instead of an unformed school-girl.
He was a man in the prime of life; like the Ritchies, descended from an ancient and honorable Virginia family, noble in physique, and courtly in bearing.
Nevertheless, I always associated that amiable and courtly gentleman with our probable expatriation.
I can refuse thee nought after thy good service," said the courtly prelate.
He made this last appeal with a courtly air of conviction which was not without its own charm.
You must make your conversation regarding my dear new country of England less interesting, so that I may not forget how time flies by us," and, with a courtly bow, he left me.
This voluptuous southern maiden, with her courtly manners and her gentle speech, has touched a chord in his heart which never responds to the Saxon maiden!
The latter opinion was attributed by courtly divines to the influence of Calvin.
Sidenote: 1537] One of the courtlypoets of Northern Italy, Francis Berni, bears witness to the good repute of the Protestants.
Though self-controlled and courtly in manner, his passionate patriotism and bigotry made him a fit instrument to execute Philip's orders to make the Netherlands Spanish and Catholic.
The latter section is already laid out into streets and building-lots; elegant structures are rapidly going up, and, at no distant day, this is destined to become the most courtly and beautiful portion of the city.
But our London Nereids and courtly Tritons were always well pleased with the interest of what they graciously termed "an adventure;" and our assemblies were too numerous to think an unbroken secrecy indispensable.
His manner was courtly without the slightest affectation; he was courtly by nature, and dignity was an element of his every-day demeanor.
Even the most courtly historian would be hard put to it if he were set to find out any passage in the whole of George the Fourth's matured life which compels admiration.
