Whilst he was disturbing all Europe by his victories, the gallantries of La Favart, an actress, allowed him no ease.
During the first years of my marriage, the King’s gallantries were much talked of at Paris: his fleeting amours opened a field for all women, who had beauty enough to put in for his heart.
Her effrontery blushed at nothing, and after many gallantries she had linked herself on to M.
Yet it was a pleasure to hear him talk of the time of Scarron and the Hotel d'Albret, and of the gallantries and adventures of his sister, which he contrasted with her present position and devotion.
To hear these men of position boast of their gallantries with all classes, one would have thought that the entire canton underwent periodical changes and became one vast Saturnalia, where rustic satyrs courted their favorite nymphs.
The Empress Elizabeth of Russia knew that her gallantries afforded him a favorite theme for ribaldry and invective.
The Empress Elizabeth of Russia knew that her gallantries afforded him a favourite theme for ribaldry and invective.
How do I know but that even now you are trifling with me, mocking at me, smiling at the beardless priest who is unlearned in all the gay gallantries of libertine churchmen and soldierly courtiers?
In our elder writers, there are no paintings of scenery for its own sake; no euphuistic gallantries with Nature, but a constant heartlove for her, a constant dwelling in communion with her.
But that our Society may not appear a Set of Humourists unacquainted with the Gallantries and Pleasures of the Age, we have among us the gallant WILL.
She was well known for her gallantries and her influence at Court.
This lady's gallantries were innumerable, and furnished a fresh topic of conversation every day.
The two vying in gallantries of an old-fashioned kind made a situation all to Madame Ribot's taste, as her shrewd eyes turned from one to the other.
But more, far more than Lady Longueville's assurances, did the delicate and unceasing gallantries of Hastings himself flatter the fond faith of Sibyll.
As for work-girls and serving-maids, Don Serapio's gallantries did not stop with compliments.
I could not but see that Mr. Crawford allowed himself in gallantries which did mean nothing.
But to journey in quest of gallantries with malice aforethought--no.
The gallantries of such men as Sir John and Walter Butler were known to everybody in the country; and so were the carryings on of all the younger gentry and the officers from Johnstown to Albany.
Well, then, Sir John's gallantries neither pleased nor flattered me from the first.
Tell me, do you, also, go about your rustic gallantries in the shameful manner of these educated and Christian gentlemen?
He was celebrated in Venice not only for his eloquence and his great talents as a statesman, but also for the gallantries of his youth.
What a family--with the gallantriesof the pair of you thrown in!
For had not the girl threatened her with the man's coarse gallantriesif she screamed?
For the present the three limited their coarse gallantries to words.
Between his insidious court and the dread of Mr. Hornyold's gallantries she was uncomfortable as well as wretchedly unhappy.
Their gallantries have taught, both them and their admirers, good-breeding; without which they could keep up no dignity, but would be vilified by those very gallantries which put them in vogue.
Her levities," says a chronicler of the time, "were very publicly talked of, and some gallantries were ascribed to her which were greatly believed.
Within a few months the incorrigible Duke had another "dearest little angel" in his toils, and pursued his gallantries without a thought of the Countess he had left to her shame.
The Queen, hopeless of ever being the exclusive object of the gallantries of a man to whom she was chained by the blindest infatuation, probably feared lest the step she had taken should tear him away from her presence.
Her gallantries had brought her into such repute that I had no pleasure in her visits.
Are not we obliged to that same evil genius of yours, which rashly inspired you to intermeddle even in the gallantries of your prince?
His passions and intentions, with regard to Miss Hamilton, appeared both at once; but his magnificence only appeared by halves in those gallantries which love inspires.
Your place in her heart will soon be vacant, and I do not doubt that another or even several othergallantries will follow yours.
Protestant writers declared that the Queen had him poisoned to bury the secret of her gallantriesin the tomb.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gallantries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
