Hitherto, our proceedings have been carried on not only with good humor, but with great urbanity also; to stop the debate, might have a tendency to change this, which no one would regret more than the gentleman himself.
Our host, a septuagenarian of the old-fashioned school, in his youth was cook to Louis Philippe, and has carried with him to this remote spot all the polish and urbanity of the court.
Then, turning with much urbanity of manner to the ladies, he entered into conversation with them.
I have met with but four men in my experience who have been distinguished by that splendid urbanity of manner which was once thought to express the acme of high breeding.
Urbanity of the surface he had, of course; he called on it at need in very much the same way that he called on his stenographer.
From each of these unfortunate endeavors Mr. Gunterson had emerged with unblemished reputation, and even enhanced gravity and authority due to his wider experience, and with his air of slightly melancholy urbanity diminished not at all.
There was a stern rigidity of look as he sat still and motionless in his saddle, which relaxed into the polished urbanity of an old courtier as often as the Emperor addressed him.
He has so much of that regal urbanity in his manner.
The urbanity was not exactly cold enough for George's notions.
Herrera speaks repeatedly of the gentleness and urbanity of his manners, and pronounces him of a noble disposition and without deceit.
They had heard much, also, of the beauty and urbanity of the inhabitants: the mode of their reception was calculated to confirm their favorable prepossessions.
He had taken the measure of his man, and met him with a mock-urbanity and a suave detachment that matched his own.
There was no trace of humour or urbanity now in Captain Blood.
They seem to have been immemorially handed down to him, from ancestors emulating the urbanity of Caesar, and refined by the grace of Horace.
His taste produced the first, whilst the urbanity of his disposition gave birth to the latter.
This fact would have raised him a host of enemies had it not been for the kindness of his disposition and the urbanity of his manners.
As if to compensate for this, however, the man was exceedingly communicative in regard to all other subjects, and there was a quiet urbanity in his manner which rendered his conversation exceedingly attractive.
The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country.
Defn: Want ofurbanity or courtesy; unpolished manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness.
You were invited--not for what you were, but for what you had done or because you could talk; and Bertrand in black tie and short jacket radiated a new urbanity over the gathering.
Urbanity and courtesy to the older members of the Bar, protecting and loving kindness to its younger members, and deep and abiding interest in the reputation of all, were among his distinguishing characteristics.
This liberal margin for festivals in Italy gives the masses a more than man-of-the-world urbanity in taking their pleasure.
It is always wise to act with urbanitywhen it costs one nothing.
He was all urbanity and smiles, therefore, when the pirate captain obeyed his summons.
Gentlemen," said Colonel Langley, with much urbanity of tone and manner, "I suppose you wish to make a prisoner of this man?
She had always found his urbanity a little trying, it seemed particularly out of place just now.
All at once he changed his tone, he became urbanity itself.
Nothing could exceed the extreme polish and urbanity of the aduaneros, of whose severity we had heard so much.
At Soller, as everywhere throughout the island, there is a decency of deportment, a respect for law, a modesty and urbanity of demeanor which it is really delightful to witness.
We are all very much delighted with the urbanity of their manners, and the ease with which they adapt themselves to the forms and ceremonies of ordinary life.
She retarded the reign of clubs, retained the urbanity of French society, and preserved a proper and unique character in the ancien salon francais, in the way of excellence of tone.
It was the guardian of urbanity and maintained all the laws that are derived from taste.
On my making some remark as to the urbanity of the French, "Oh!
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