Putting punctilio in his pocket, he threw open his door, and had before him a much-perplexed Baron of Doom, wrapped from neck to heel in a great plaid of sombre tartan and carrying a candle!
There was no longer any debate between punctilio and precaution.
Then with a sudden access of ceremoniousness he bade adieu to Hilda; no detail of punctilio was omitted from the formality.
So long as the newspaper was held aside and did not touch the table, so long as he did not read more than ten lines at a time, he considered that punctilio was satisfied, and that he was not in fact reading the newspaper at all.
Fenellan, would have discharged an extinguisher on punctilio in emission.
A short run or attempt at running after the idea, ended in pain to his head near the spot where the haunting word punctilio caught at any excuse for clamouring.
With the punctilio that was part of the man, he insisted that the Squire of Nappa should ride beside him at the head of this good company.
Hearing that the lackey was even then donning his outdoor livery (for among the Spaniards punctiliorules over high and low alike), I bade him stay the man until I should have seen his excellency.
The Spaniards, as all the world knows, have the name for the nicest punctilio and courtliness, but I own that the Captain received me none too graciously.
And is it not more excellent than the knowledge and acknowledgment of some present questionable matters, about governments, treaties, and such like, and far more than every punctilio of them?
Is not charity more excellent than the knowledge and acknowledgment of some present questionable matters about government, treaties, and such like, and far more than every punctilio of them?
Duke Miguel de Salolja, who at that date represented my honoured family, heard of this breach of punctilio on the morning of the day he had appointed for offering the fair Astoria his hand and dukedom.
It is customary," he explained, "in my country, that in affairs of honour strict punctilio should be maintained.
In Spain punctilio gives way to nothing, not even to an angry old lady's impatience.
But it is better to risk missing the strict punctilio than to have to intrude again.
The religious punctilio of this most discreet cavalier immediately took umbrage at what he conceived a banter.
This was immediately decided in the affirmative by a large number of ancient cavaliers, accustomed (says Antonio Agapida) to the lofty punctilio of our most dignified court and transcendent sovereigns.
If he affect the gentleman as the humour most commonly lies that way, not the least punctilio of a fine man, but he is strict in to a hair, even to their very negligences, which he cons as rules.
National integrity and autonomy are to be preserved on the received lines, and international division and discrimination is to be managed as before, and with the accustomed incidents of punctilio and pecuniary equilibration.
That won't do, said he; for though this may appear a punctilio to you, to me it is of high importance.
But here your words, that all punctilio is at an end the moment I am out of my father's house, added to the still more cogent considerations of duty and reputation, determined me once more against the rash step.
Punctilio at an end, the moment she is out of her father's house.
Punctilio is out of doors the moment you are out of your father's house.
I will not carry a punctilio of welcome so far as not to break bread in your house; but I will bid you now, and finally, good-bye.
For my own part, I have sacrificed to a rigid punctilio of honour the dearest ideas of my heart.
The month of August produced a remarkable instance of desperate revenge, perpetrated by one Stirn, a native of Hesse-Cassel, inflamed and exasperated by a false punctilio of honour.
This was an event which sufficiently proved the absurdity of the punctilio that gave rise to it.
Punctilio will, at any time, stand for reason with such an one.
As for myself, I will only be your escort, in disguise, if you will have it so, even in your livery, that your punctilio may not receive offence by my attendance.
To say, that a person of your known steadiness and punctilio was over-persuaded when you gave him the meeting, how will that sound?
Governor Reynolds seemed determined not to conform to the punctilio of bureau fighting.
I'll acquit him of having any punctilio about him," said Wildrake, "either touching honour or honesty.
This punctilio proved him to be a true child of his age; and if we may credit his own account of both incidents, he behaved himself as became a gentleman of the period.
Much of this savagery was due to the false ideas of honor andpunctilio which the Spaniards introduced.
Nothing can be more remarkable than this contrast, which exacts a more than Levitical punctilio of observance from the devout, while leaving open every door for the entrance of the profane.
They resolved to retire with honour," says Papencordt: and for this purpose troop by troop advanced to the gate, and then turned to retreat: perhaps in obedience to some punctilio of ancient warfare.
