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You are in the wrong, and you will be hard set to prove yourself in the right; and that is as true as gospel." "I am, at least, a gentleman, rector; and I know how to treat gentlewomen." "Gentle-man! Gentle-sinner, let me say! Will Satan care whether you be a peasant, or a star-and-garter gentleman? Tut, tut! in my office I know nothing about gentlemen.
Such a one can't have anything but true politeness, can't be anything but a gentle-man; for one can't truly be anything but himself.
The gentle-man referred to in this letter retained so much regard for her as to be her friend to the end of her life; a circumstance to his credit and to hers. Before her friend E took her departure, Mr. Bronte caught cold, and continued for some weeks much out of health, with an attack of bronchitis.
Smith in the kitchen. "You'd better go for a walk," said that gentle-man, regarding him kindly; "that's wot the cap'n thought." Mr. Wilks acquiesced eagerly, and tapping at the door passed through the room again into the street. A glance as he went through showed him that Jack Nugent was drinking, and he set off in a panic to get away from the scene which he had contrived.
Smith in the kitchen. "You'd better go for a walk," said that gentle-man, regarding him kindly; "that's wot the cap'n thought." Mr. Wilks acquiesced eagerly, and tapping at the door passed through the room again into the street. A glance as he went through showed him that Jack Nugent was drinking, and he set off in a panic to get away from the scene which he had contrived.
P.S. The office nurse has been changed since you left. I have now Miss Watkins, returned from overseas. I think you knew her name of Mary? Very good looking almost her only fault. P.P.S. What you say about your pleasant old gentle-man with the umbrella sounds very much like masked epilepsy. Ought to be under treatment. I should say dangerous.
The meek man of the Bible is simply what we call the gentle-man the man without swagger or arrogance, not self-assertive or forthputting, but honorable and considerate. This is the sense in which it has been said of Jesus that he was the first of gentlemen. Now these people, the gracious and generous, not the self-important and ostentatious, are, according to Jesus, in the end to rule.
It preferred instead to give minute instructions with regard to the eating of asparagus. In this dilemma he consulted Jernshaw. "Don't know, I'm sure," said that gentle-man; "besides, it doesn't matter." "Doesn't matter?" repeated Mr. Barrett. "Why not?" "Because I think Tillett is paying her attentions," was the reply. "He's ten years younger than you are, and a bachelor.
"In private, watch your thoughts; in your family, watch your temper; in society, watch your tongue." "To arrive at the heart of true courtesy," says a modern writer, "separate the onld English titles for the well-bred; they were the gentle-man and gentle-woman." It is better to live alone than in low company. If you cannot keep good company, keep none.
He was a gentleman such a gentleman as I should be glad to believe every boy who reads this book will one day be. If you would be polite to all, you must cultivate kind feelings towards all. A gentleman is not a rough man. He may have great energy and power of character, as had Washington, but still he is a gentle-man. Nelly Wallace is about six years old. She has a pleasant, attractive face.
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