I know thee well: a serviceable villain, As duteous to the vices of thy mistress[4432] As badness would desire.
Thy duteous children not in vain Plead for old Cornet yet again, To spare it, ere it falls!
The mode in which he spoke of my father was gratifying to my vanity; the veil which he delicately cast over his benevolence, in alledging a duteous fulfilment of the king's latest will, was soothing to my pride.
It was a sight for the lovers of the human race to enjoy; to behold, as in ancient times, the patriarchal modes in which the variety of kindred and friendship fulfilled their duteous and kindly offices.
The first check to her duteous demonstrations was a formal intimation from the fallen majesty of England, that I was in no manner to be intruded upon her.
What lordly wight was this, who, seeming poor, Would fee a duteous courtesy?
From your most duteous and obedient servant Eppelein Gockel to the lady Margery Schopper," was the superscription.
A seruiceable Villaine, As duteousto the vices of thy Mistris, As badnesse would desire Glou.
We can afford to smile at the doleful knight, ferried o'er on his back, in duteous and loyal submission to his task mistress.
Here she was tended with all the duteousservice of ancient times by the shepherd's wife, Tibb Tacket, who in better days had been her own bowerwoman.
Only kneel on, nor turn away From the pure shrine, where Christ to-day Will store each flower, ye duteous lay, For an eternal wreath.
With duteous sighs, Filial and kind, and with averted eyes, I meet the gay temptation, as it falls From a seducing pen.
Then first was known The rigorous Sonnet, to be fram'd alone By duteous Bards, or by just Taste admir'd.
Duteous before the altar standing, With lively hope his soul expanding, O!
Or say, dost thou, a duteous handmaid, wait Familiar at the chambers of the great?
In November, the Reverend Mr. Nelson came to Merton, on the pressing invitation of his ever duteous son.
The duteous hero, unconscious of crime, happily perceived not, in his beloved father, any symptoms of suspicion.
All are not rebels; some are duteous still, Attend thy precepts, and obey thy will; Thy interest is opposed by those alone Who either know not, or oppose their own.
Thus you may earn your bread: this is your duteous work.
His sons around him mild obeisance pay, And duteous take the orders of the day.
Why, dearest object of myduteous love, (Replied the prince,) will you the bard reprove?
Eumaeus flies In duteous haste, and to Ulysses cries: "The queen invites thee, venerable guest!
A hide beneath the portico was spread, And fleecy skins composed an humble bed; A downy carpet cast with duteous care, Secured him from the keen nocturnal air.
She said: with duteoushaste a bevy fair Of twenty virgins to the spring repair; With varied toils the rest adorn the dome.
Three sons remain'd; to climb with haughty fires The royal bed, Eurynomus aspires; The rest with duteous love his griefs assuage, And ease the sire of half the cares of age.
Ill suits it with your shows of duteous zeal, From me the purposed voyage to conceal; Though at the solemn midnight hour he rose, Why did you fear to trouble my repose?
To the QUEEN] Whenever Buckingham doth turn his hate Upon your Grace, but with all duteous love Doth cherish you and yours, God punish me With hate in those where I expect most love!
The answer of course is--No; outward acts do not constitute filial piety, unless prompted by a genuine duteous feeling in the heart.
The Royalists of Cheshire, though in a minority, were prompt in obeying the King’s summons.
