She was often demure, but behind that demureness was firmness: she was mistress of herself, and yet possessed a marvellous vitality.
Could women only know it, nothing can add to their charms: how provokingly delightful is the uniformed demurenessof an hospital nurse beside the elaborate bedizenments of a woman of fashion!
It is marvelous to what a pitch of demureness features by nature that the most coquettish can be set.
Katherine kept her eyes fixed upon the keyboard with that meek, deferential demureness suitable to her station when amidst such exalted company; but her red mouth had an indefinable expression about it which was exasperating.
There never has been a scandel about me in my life--I am a model of circumspectness, demureness and present-day virtuous wifeliness.
Sheila O'Leary broke in abruptly, a smile of amusement breaking the demureness of her lips.
On the threshold stood a nurse in surgical wrappings, with eyes that shone like a whole firmament of stars and a mouth that curved to the gentle demureness of a nun.
She knew me then; but I somehow fancied, from the old-fashioned demureness with which she gave her hand, that she believed herself to be once more the little maid of Craigendarroch, and me to be her old master.
I stopped short in front of her, and looked down on the little Dresden china figure, sitting with clasped hands and crossed feet in exasperating demureness on the sofa below me.
Hastings glanced at the prim demureness written on each blooming visage, and replied,-- "You wrong their ardour in such noble studies.
Susie Billings, minus her khaki and cartridges, looked the picture of demureness in white muslin and baby-blue ribbons.
Elsie, with a demurenessthat rivaled Tilly's best efforts.
Very much so, indeed,' said Cherry, with a demurenessof manner that gave a very disinterested character to her assent.
And having given him this answer with great demureness she was so overcome by her own humour, that she was fain to stifle her merriment in her sister's shawl.
Peggy's eyes were turned upon the ground with a demureness that represented the finest art of the coquette.
Kitty, sinking in a curtesy with the look of mock demureness with which she was accustomed to fascinate her audiences at Drury Lane.
She hath demureness and dignity, and suits me better than yon whimsical baggage you are all mad over.
These impressions of her daintiness and demureness are particularly vivid in a picture my memory has retained of our walking together, unattended, to Susan Blackwood's birthday party.
When they got to the Pool, Fleda's nervousness returned a little; but she went through the dreaded introduction with great demureness and perfect propriety.
In Fleda's usual mood her next movement would have been made with a demureness that would have looked like bashfulness.
The severe charm, rigidity, and demureness of the Quattrocento is weakened into lackadaisical melancholy.
When they got to the Pool Fleda's nervousness returned a little; but she went through the dreaded introduction with great demureness and perfect propriety.
