Persons, however, of great respectability had been called as witnesses who had not seen the treatment of the Negroes as he had now described it.
Mr. Joseph Harford, a man of fortune, of greatrespectability of character, and of considerable influence, had attached himself to the cause.
It occurred to him that a stroll there and a call upon "Uncle Hannibal and Aunt Chloe" combined the propriety and respectability due to the young person he was with, and the requisite secrecy and absence of publicity due to himself.
Neither appeared to be a sailor, although both were dressed in that dingy respectabilityand remoteness of fashion affected by second and third mates when ashore.
Through the quarter to which all that is disreputable in Europe drifts, where any sort of virtue is exposed to damage beyond repair, she had carried her respectability and emerged more respectable than ever.
To anybody coming in from the not too respectable little street the respectability of the house was overwhelming, and I often noticed that strangers, on entering, lowered their voices and stepped more softly.
I may be wrong, but I fancy that the Housekeeper would have found a way to rout this weekly invasion if, in the aprons and gaiters, she had not seen symbols of the respectability which was her pride.
He hunts in the season, and, as he motors down to the meet, he is apt to put on his red coat and white breeches before he starts, and they give the last touch of respectability to our respectable house.
No one runs so hurriedly to the cover of respectability as the unconventional woman who has exposed herself to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety.
He took his hand from the boy, and laying it on the back of that hand of hers, whose timid and yet earnest touch addressed him no less appealingly than her voice and eyes, looked more intently on her.
In this house I possess apartments, the remainder being occupied by an English Lady and her daughter, the former of whom is the widow of an officer of the highest respectability who died in the naval service of Great Britain.
A few days later (25th July) he wrote proposing as a member of the Bible Society Dr Luis de Usoz y Rio, "a person of great respectability and great learning.
For social purposes the caste consisting of a number of these endogamous groups generally occupies the same position, determined roughly according to the respectability of its traditional occupation or extraction.
The Indian word for caste is jat or jati, which has the original meaning of birth or production of a child, and hence denotes good birth or lineage, respectability and rank.
By no means,' said I, 'I am utterly unacquainted with either of you, and before parting with the horse I must be satisfied as to the respectability of the purchaser.
I have plenty of vouchers for my respectability about me;' and, thrusting his hand into his bosom below his waistcoat, he drew out a large bundle of notes.
For his respectability of birth and family he certainly ought to obtain some vouchers.
Accordingly, the young man proceeded in the course of the morning to the address indicated, and found Mr. Walkden's establishment to be large and having every appearance of respectability as well as solidity.
Thus I lost a place where the duties were easy, but where the respectability attached to it was not very likely to increase my own.
And you will guarantee therespectability of your client, sir?
Fortunately the respectability of Dr Marjoribanks's house was enough to cover its guests with a shining buckler.
Promises of two children and superhuman happiness are of no avail, nor assurance of extreme respectability carried to an age far exceeding that usually allotted to mortals.
Mr Thorne who was respectability itself, did not quite like having a guest about whom the Honourable John De Courcy had heard no end of stories; but he couldn't help himself.
Whether it was the fourteen children with their probable bare bread and the possible bare backs, or the respectability of the father's work, or the mingled dust and tears on the mother's face, we will not pretend to say.
It was stupid; but if you can understand me it seemed to put a cachet of respectability on our position.
It had been our one tie, as you may say, to respectabilityand home--and it had deserted us.
He had been my patent of respectability so far in what was, to say the least, an unconventional situation.
The confusion of the Turk, who, by his dress and exterior possessions, was passing for a man of respectability in the town, may be better imagined than described.
He is the only man with whom I have ever met, of whom I could be sure, that independent of his own interest, without the allurements of respectability and decency, of habit and custom, he believes in God.
He was impressed by the evident respectability of the surroundings.
The Latin Quarter, from the Luxembourg, its northern frontier, sneers at its respectability and regards with disfavour the correctly costumed students who haunt it.
Not that she wanted very much to hear the sermon, any more than the First or Second Lesson--all three being parts of the whole which every person of respectability must hear once a week.
The university of Oxford was tainted to the core with jacobite prejudices; but it must be added that it never stood so low in respectability as a place of education.
We have faults enough, of which mention has frequently been made in this book, but lack of respectability and of hopefulness are not among them.
A man of the firstrespectability in the town in which Mr. H.
The general, however, assured him that it was a grave mistake, since gentlemen of such standing and valor would not deign to trifle with the respectability of a secretary invested with such important functions.
At length it turned into the drive of one of those solid abodes of pretentious respectability which front the Common, and pulled up before a big stucco portico.
I have often wondered what the rigid respectability of Clapham Common would think if it knew the true character of this harmless-looking house.
Madame --- has a daughter, and she offered a quarter of a million to any man laying claim to respectability who would marry her.
The fashion and respectability of the city which had clustered near it were driven up town.
This arrangement has nearly put an end to the sales of stocks on the side walks, and has given a tinge of respectability to the class known as "Curb-stone Brokers.
She completely deceived the clerk, who vouched for her respectability and responsibility, and thus satisfied the proprietor of the hotel.
Their outward appearance of respectability is a great assistance to the scoundrels who seek to entrap an innocent female within their walls.
But it has saved many of them from sin and vagrancy, and has put them in paths of respectability and virtue.
One is never certain as to the respectability of his neighbor at the table, and it is well to be over-cautious in forming acquaintanceships at such places.
Persons of former respectability or wealth, widows and orphans, are always sure to carry with them into their poverty some of the trinkets that were theirs in the heyday of prosperity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "respectability" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
