'Then who knows but the gentleman, anticipating our objection to play for love,
civilly desired to play for money?'
Late at night they arrived at an inn; and as it was bad travelling in the dark, and the duck seemed much tired, and waddled about a good deal from one side to the other, they made up their minds to fix their quarters there: but the landlord at first was unwilling, and said his house was full, thinking they might not be very respectable company: however, they spoke
civilly to him, and gave him the egg which Partlet had laid by the way, and said they would give him the duck, who was in the habit of laying one every day: so at last he let them come in, and they bespoke a handsome supper, and spent the evening very jollily.
The captain, like a well-bred man, had, before marriage, always given up his opinion to that of the lady; and this, not in the clumsy awkward manner of a conceited blockhead, who, while he
civilly yields to a superior in an argument, is desirous of being still known to think himself in the right.
On the present occasion she addressed herself chiefly to Miss Crawford and Fanny, but there was no comparison in the willingness of their attention; for Miss Crawford, who had seen scores of great houses, and cared for none of them, had only the appearance of civilly listening, while Fanny, to whom everything was almost as interesting as it was new, attended with unaffected earnestness to all that Mrs.
Rushworth, civilly taking the hint and following them.
I thought, where folk differed, it was the part of gentlemen to differ civilly; and if I did not, I may tell you I could find a better taunt than some of yours."
"But it's time these manners ceased," I continued; "and I mean you shall henceforth speak civilly of my King and my good friends the Campbells."
She received me very civilly, and with her usual obliging manner told me she would not have the less respect for me for my being reduced; that she had taken care my boy was very well looked after, though I could not pay for him, and that the woman that had him was easy, so that I needed not to trouble myself about him till I might be better able to do it effectually.
desires the favour of her to take the two children in; poor lady, she will be undone, their house is all of a flame,' They took the children in very civilly, pitied the family in distress, and away came I with my bundle.
"You will make my excuses, my dear, as
civilly as possible.
(after their manner, as we shall describe in its proper place) between his hoof and pastern; I took it in my hand, and, having smelt it, returned it to him again as
civilly as I could.
If any of us thinks that his marriage can be
civilly outside the civil law without, however gradually, finding himself persecuted by the State, he would do well to study the ways of civil governments.
What's more, in a pluralistic society, we learn to respect that disagreement, even cultivate it
civilly. There is a middle ground between adulation and homophobia, and unless you're perpetually 12 years old, you can't go through life believing that everyone who doesn't sing your praises is out to get you.
My wife is so angry she can barely speak
civilly to me.
Article 100 of the RPC says 'every person criminally liable for a felony is also
civilly liable'.