英语词汇“complaisance”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The stranger thought that her small talk was a way of covering her complaisance, so that when she began to soap herself he gave into temptation and went a step further. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the gentlemen’s appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“He is, indeed—but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance; for who would object to such a partner?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s part of Yee’s precocity to realize that a population molded into sheeplike complaisance is ideologically vulnerable. The Arrest of a Teen-Aged YouTube Star 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Or maybe the way to think about it is that she right-sized her career, away from the silly and grim expectations of complaisance that come with universal acclaim and toward a more earnest plane. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

“The hope for a privileged relationship demanded big gestures and compromises, special restraint and complaisance of the tango partners,” Aleksandr Baunov wrote in an opinion piece on the analytical website Carnegie.ru, of which he is editor. Feud Over Syria Missile Strike May Have an Upside for U.S. and Russia 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

There are more emphatic reasons for the market’s complaisance. The Trump Stock Rally: Calamity Averted With a Little Charm 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Mason warned about a “false complaisance” that would make Senators reluctant to oppose a nominee if that meant openly sparring with the president. Obama’s Ahistorical Scolding About the Supreme Court 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

Robert J. Samuelson exuded a dangerous fatalism regarding climate change sadly similar to that which Republican presidential candidates are using to justify their irresponsible complaisance on the issue. Fighting climate change is not impossible 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

Mrs. Balfame may have had her faults, but a vulgar complaisance to publicity was not among them. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z

He also won the hearts of the populace, by hunting daily amongst them with all confidence, and by his "liberality and complaisance to all sorts of people." Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z

This act of complaisance, however, was soon followed by one I little expected. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z

It is supposed with good reason, that there could be nothing personal in this curiosity, and therefore that it was intended as a political signification of a certain degree of complaisance towards America. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z

I could have laughed at the awkward complaisance of the man's manner, if something in the gravity of the Cur�'s face had not restrained me. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z

He did not so much as know that I had ever read a metaphysical book:—was I therefore, out of complaisance or deference to him, to forget whether I had or not? Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z

From the year 907, Rome behaved with complaisance to Leo VI. called the Philosopher, whose fourth marriage had been censured by the patriarch of Constantinople. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z

Nor was his complaisance overcome even when Mr. Jobling put to him a half-whispered petition for a further small cash advance to account of expenses. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z

The Count asked me to dine, which I accepted, and was treated with more attention and complaisance than ever, both by him and the Countess. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z

We cannot too much admire the faith of the Gallileans, who exposed at all seasons their sick in the streets, and the complaisance of Jesus, who indefatigably cured them. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z

They are told that you have a hump on your back, and then wonder at your assurance or want of complaisance in walking into a room where they are, without it. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z

But surely he would not carry his slavish complaisance so far as to sacrifice his only brother to the English dragon? My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z

This speaking proof of her ready matrimonial complaisance affected her husband to the soul. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z

She listened with an extraordinary complaisance, and now and then a compliment upon the Parson's fluency; so that Mr. Wogan lost all his apprehensions as to her meddling in the King's affairs. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z

Fear not the consequences of your complaisance; your husband is a simpleton; by visions and dreams we can make him believe whatever we desire. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z

Your touch of complaisance in observation, your genial excess of epithet, and the grace of your antiquarian allusions, have been cultivated like the virtues. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z

If our clothes were somewhat drier I could regard the approach of night with greater complaisance.” Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z

There were four who were noted for their complaisance. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

Now I understood the reason for Nixon’s complaisance when Harmon’s outfit, travelling in the rain, had passed our camp a couple of days before. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z

We find that the term of ten years is, through complaisance, invented on account of the dispute between him and the doctors of Jerusalem, which Luke places in his twelfth year. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z

The bar ought not to be wrapped in any covering that would lessen its hardness; we should be severe when we demand possibilities, and avoid the abuses that always result from an ill-devised complaisance. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z

I proceed how to examine some of those practices to which the priests tell us the Deity attaches his complaisance and his favors. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z

He had never been humble to her, but he had yielded, and she had grown more used than she realized to his pliant complaisance. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z

Messengers are not long-suffering, and they don't stand by and allow their loves to be taken from them with the complaisance and patience of the majority of our husbands in fashionable society. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z

He is moreover very sensible of the attention in communicating to him the last advices received respecting the affair of Charleston, and persuades himself that Mr Jay will always observe the same complaisance. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z

I had seen, at the end of the Cavaignac Administration, how a government can be supported in its visionary hopes by the self-interested complaisance of its agents. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z

The Englishman looks upon the one with complaisance, but regards the other with horror. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z

It is amusing to observe the complaisance with which a Brahmin gives a consecrated Billaputtra or flower to a devotee in return for a Rupee or so. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z

At this time I am not problematically given; I have a humour of complaisance upon me, and will contradict no man. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z

These sentiments are not unnatural, but we are under no obligation, from mere complaisance, to sacrifice interests of such deep and lasting consequence. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z

"She will give you the complaisance of the entire female sex." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z

My sincerity is for myself; 'tis my honour! and whereby I keep my own good opinion; but my complaisance is for my neighbours; serving only to coax over the good opinion of others. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z

The savages, through complaisance, sung and danced after the French fashion, and the French in the Indian style. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z

Its consistent policy, notably revealed in its complaisance toward Germany and its intrigues with other anti-American régimes like those of Colombia and Venezuela, makes Mexico the centre of anti-Americanism in Latin America. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z

Or red coat or blue, my lord," she said, her smile fading to a glimmer, "men have had of me my last complaisance. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z

But you overestimated my complaisance—my conscience is not for purchase, however high the price.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z

Keane said it par complaisance, but rather carelessly; young ladies, as a class, being one of his aversions. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z

Rather than confess the emptiness of his flattering complaisance Keith preferred to rely upon the chance that, once in London, the youth would be either unable or disinclined to return to his own native land. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z

And they used to go about attended by two or three lovers at a time; and they expected no complaisance from others which they were not prepared to exhibit themselves. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

His complaisance had been the more gratifying because she fancied it was not every woman who could bend such an individual to her will. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

With eloquent anger he described the cynical complaisance with which the very existence of God and the inspiration of the Bible were now challenged and discussed. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z

To this treatment he resigned himself without protest—with, in fact, almost ludicrous complaisance, lowering his head and thrusting it forward as if eager for the scrubbing. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z

Every thing was promptly arranged, and Monsieur carried his complaisance so far as to be present as an official witness at Madame's wedding, doubtless for the purpose of thoroughly making sure of its validity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z

Wilhelm looked at them, and had reason to admire them both; and as the black-bearded, sturdy contender soon afterwards forsook the place of action, the other with extreme complaisance offered Wilhelm the rapier. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z

As for complaisance, the camera covers a multitude of indiscretions. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z

The husband occasionally shows fight, and bitter jealousies prevail, but, at the great ceremonial meetings, complaisance is enforced under penalty of strangling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

What I hoped from your complaisance you have given me without your knowledge. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z

Thanks for your amiable complaisance; and now I retire to follow you in dreams. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z

Do not make me blush, dear uncle, by your complaisance in talking in my language! Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z

“Voltaire, like the French in general,” said Dr. Young, “showed the greatest complaisance outwardly, and had the greatest contempt for us inwardly.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

His servile complaisance to despots abroad, his predilection for the worst engines of government at home, were for a moment forgotten. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z

They consoled one another for their long periods of chastity by alternate complaisances. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z

That party had been with me the same morning at Whitehaven; some complaisance, therefore, was their due. Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 2011-05-25T02:00:23.427Z

The surgeon entered from the cabinet; and, to the question how his patient was, he answered, with a lively air of complaisance, "Extremely well, indeed: I hope soon to see him quite recovered." Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z

Opinion is our own consciousness transferred to the public, and there disengaged from all complaisance and armed with an inflexible severity. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z

With a certain complaisance Seyd looked on while his enemies scattered on a run that was diversified by uncouth leaps as the mozo’s whip bit on tender places. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z

But at this point, as at all points, the complaisance of Sainte-Beuve’s writing is a manner with him, rather than a spirit. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z

He himself wondered at this complaisance of the Princess, with whom, generally, petitions were sins, and who refused nothing–except what was asked. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z

He had no great difficulty in persuading my father, who granted, out of complaisance to a friend, what he had denied from conviction to his children. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z

If you dispute with him in such a manner as to show a due deference for his judgment, your complaisance may win him, though your saucy arguments could not. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z

Such demonstrations of love are never altogether displeasing to women, and the most disdainful, in spite of all their coyness, reserve a little complaisance in their hearts for their admirers. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z

My first theft was the result of complaisance, but it opened the door to others which had not so laudable a motive. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z

Besides, she retired only in complaisance to a man she blindly yielded to; and resolving to preserve her fidelity inviolable, she strove to conquer her desires, and make a virtue of necessity. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z

I will show the public any other complaisance; but, as to this, I cannot. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z

Gentlemen, you'll pardon my complaisance to the lady.—How now! is it civil to be so out of humour at my entertainment, and I so pleased with yours? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z

Still, Appleby had seen that complaisance can be carried too far, and knowing rather better than most people how little stiffness there was in Palliser’s character, watched him somewhat curiously until the keeper moved away. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z

It is true that it could not be difficult to show complaisance to Catherine de Rambouillet. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z

Shew me the same complaisance in my present condition as you did when we were in the world. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z

There are many reasons for the relative complaisance of fans who chant "red army" as they ascend the steps to the Emirates Stadium. Will Stan Kroenke burden Arsenal like Malcolm Glazer has United? 2011-04-11T11:21:02Z

"I believe I have never shown you our garden, my Lord," said the Knight, who, at last taking compassion on the suffering complaisance of the Earl, proposed this change. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z

His complaisance, too, is awkward, and his generosity is evidently about to run into profusion. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

He could, and did doubt; not that she had spoken love-words to him, and listened to his, with apparent complaisance. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z

I felt myself very comfortable in that house, and every individual of the family had all kind of complaisance for me. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z

I am accused indeed of using this complaisance only to vex the ruler of the world. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z

We looked at the child with surprise; but he was evidently in earnest, and the cat, though astonished, and not much pleased at the experiment made on her eyes, behaved with most exemplary complaisance. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z

Your cheerful complaisance in this matter is much to be admired. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z

But he bitterly repented his complaisance when he found I had heard them talking; though he rejoiced in my restored hearing, which had seemed quite gone. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z

Was there any truth in his statement that she had listened with complaisance to the proposals of V.E.—proposals of the nature of which there could be no misconception? The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z

“Oh! what complaisance!” said the latter, moving much more lightly than he had done on first mounting. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z

"What is the object of the complaisance of your doctrines in all circumstances?" The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z

All at once towards Lebeau, that man of infinite complaisance, he experienced a sense of secret resistance. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z

More than one person wearing a beard gave abundant proof of an equal complaisance. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z

In fine, why should she be there, riding by his side, voluntarily: for there was no appearance of compulsion; but rather of complaisance. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z

He was used in society to meet with the greatest complaisance from any young lady upon whom he bestowed attention. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z

But his complaisance did not extend to me. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z

Does nothing ever really change because the system is terminally rigged, or is a fundamental and enduring complaisance equally to blame? Bang goes the dream of real change. Is it them, or us? 2010-04-30T19:00:00Z

But Aben-Humeya's passion did not carry him to this extent of complaisance; and Zahara, indignant at finding herself degraded to the rank and file of the seraglio, soon breathed only a desire for vengeance. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies

If he should call upon you, and you should be about, I hope you will treat him with all the complaisance that is due to his character. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

An Orbweaving spider's web was spun upon an adjacent bush, and three courtiers were established at different parts of the margin of the snare awaiting the complaisance of Madam Aranea the housekeeper. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies

Now they were sorry for this too hasty offer, and they had no desire to send him the sword, as they had not found that complaisance in him which they expected. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II.

The nobles in some German provinces took the opportunity of practising similar complaisance, even in our century, towards Napoleon's princes and marshals. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I.

In a word, a mixture of discretion and complaisance, cordiality and respect, together with words and manners full of mildness and benignity. Fraternal Charity

Several packets have been sent to Neptune, though improperly directed, and I query whether, having found his mistake, he has had complaisance enough to forward them. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

"You do not say so out of complaisance?" Marguerite de Valois

Have the complaisance now to help yourself, and be gone. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern

Your Court physician can carry his complaisance even to poison. The Fortunes Of Glencore

He was under no illusion as to the apparent complaisance with which his rebellion had been accepted, and as to Nugent's quiescence in the matter of Levison's murder. A Traitor's Wooing

We have been treated with unbounded civility, complaisance, and respect. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

Coconnas did not know that Henry was in the prison, and the complaisance of the jailer told him that above his head hovered a certain protection which he called the invisible bucklers. Marguerite de Valois

I did not wear diamonds, because my husband was too prudent to indulge in such expenses; but, if the Count think differently, complaisance requires your acquiescence. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern

The law he serves, commands That he show mercy, but not complaisance. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise

So the picture formed itself; and the last bit to fit in, and thereby to give completeness, was what I had seen that night—the strange complaisance of Octon toward the intolerable Powers. The Great Miss Driver

You hear nothing from the ladies but about Major Mifflin's easy address, politeness, complaisance, etc. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

She was helpless, and the violence of her grief and anger soon changed to passive resistance, and then to a complete forbearance and complaisance which gained the king’s regard and favour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"

“I will show him the way, sir,” Nathan said promptly, and the colonel favored him with a glance of surprise, but took no further heed of his sudden complaisance. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga

Definite objections are the first steep steps down from refusal to complaisance. Helena Brett's Career

Such complaisance on the part of her duenna astonished me. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois

From complaisance towards the world, and from an unwillingness to appear disobliging and ungracious to our friends, we often allow our own privacy to be invaded. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine

Cook was staring open-eyed, a faint misgiving mingled with the former complaisance. Lady Cassandra

As other theatres adopted the same policy of upholstery, both on and off the stage, fashion extended its complaisance to them as well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin"

The Chinese work more rapidly and cheaply, and their complaisance contrasts most favourably with the tenacious self-opinion of their brethren in Europe. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2]

Arrived there, he found his ghostly prisoner, with all complaisance waiting to welcome him. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West

She has said in this very paper: "No man can be absolutely true to himself, eschewing cant, compromise, servile imitation, and complaisance, without becoming original." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)

To-night his remembrance of the game was hazy, but Teresa as the victor was entitled to complaisance. Lady Cassandra

These details show with what facility, with what complaisance, Theodora adapted herself to the conditions of her rank. Women of Early Christianity

Still more melancholy was to be the fate of P�tion, who showed such complaisance toward the Swiss on this occasion. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

But there was no complaisance in Lady Dashwood's face as she looked at her brother's drawing-room, just because her thoughts were deeply occupied with his future. The New Warden

To Bertha must be ascribed the credit for the complaisance of her husband and the opening that was made to restore the Christian faith, which had perished with the Britons. Women of England

Three or four men belonging to the company gathered round, but, neither out of complaisance nor in the hope of gain, did any of them offer his services. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things

Instead there was a placid tolerance, a spirit of friendly good will, an ingenuous complaisance that grated on Matson's nerves like the screeching rasp of a file drawn across the edge of thin metal. Assassin

Someone with his own needs and longings, who would not melt into ready complaisance when he drew near, but who would speak honestly and clearly, who would understand how he felt and why. Assignment's End

He was white-hot, and not hesitating to mention names, he told them just what he thought 63 of their smug complaisance, their careless, unfounded confidence. Under Boy Scout Colors

Generally speaking, it is less by his passion, than by his assiduity and complaisance, and by flattering woman's fancy. Priests, Women, and Families

The more she humbled herself, the less Jan seemed to care for her complaisance. Jan Vedder's Wife

It is amusing and provoking to notice the air of complaisance with which some of these begging epistles are suffused. Maids Wives and Bachelors

His manners were very gracious, of the old style; a dignified complaisance. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906

The Archduke laughed, and heartily, too, at this sally; and Purvis, emboldened by the complaisance, edged more closely towards him to point out the lady in question. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life

She was all honied complaisance when she called upon Constance that morning immediately after breakfast, much to that lady's consternation and surprise. The Song of the Wolf

With his usual complaisance he complied with my request. Coelebs In Search of a Wife

Henry's mother immediately won their affection by her good-natured complaisance and sympathy. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance.

This register our friend had the complaisance to submit to our inspection, and we were astonished at the exactitude of its detail. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847

He greeted me with the utmost cheerfulness and complaisance. Francezka

All, methought, had the same thing in view, but prosecuted their hopes with a different air: some showed an unbecoming eagerness, some a surly impatience, some a winning deference, but the generality a servile complaisance. The Tatler, Volume 3

Poor Reynolds' life is one continued struggle between his sense of duty to his children, and his complaisance to his wife. Coelebs In Search of a Wife

Back and forth assertion and complaisance fled and followed; only assertion was holding its own. The Blue Goose

I failed him; he hoped for more complaisance. The Kempton-Wace Letters

The ladies and gentlemen all showed great joy and complaisance. Francezka

I proceed now to examine some of those practices to which the priests tell us the Deity attaches his complaisance and his favors. Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices

Here follows the letter above alluded to, which I had stopped in complaisance to Mr. Monroe. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804

Whether he had been true to me at the beginning, and then had faltered at the last, or whether he had deceived me all along with affected complaisance, I never knew. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2

There was something in all this which was flattering to the vanity of Russell; arid he stood regarding the woman with very much complaisance. A Castle in Spain A Novel

But that, he said to himself, not without some complaisance, would be impulse, which he had just concluded to be a very bad thing. A Country Gentleman and his Family

Be yet a little juster, and own, if only in complaisance, that you yourself regret that past.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)

The same respect and complaisance has always accompanied his actions, and you yourselves have been witnesses of my power, by his granting me without hesitation your lives. The Princess of Ponthieu (in) The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository

By a further miracle of the goddess's complaisance I was permitted to ignore the Orphanage dinner that day, and intoxicate myself with Ted upon sandwiches and cakes and ginger-beer. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography

The two men faced each other savagely, like characters symbolizing forces in a play; complaisance and discontent. In the Heart of a Fool

If you are so good a brother as that, your complaisance is likely to bring you into trouble, Mr. Carroll. The Landleaguers

In fact, after a comparative study of their works, one is amazed at the number of melodies which Wagner borrowed from Liszt and at the generous complaisance of the latter. Music: An Art and a Language

Anne paused before a stall spread with cotton cloth and bought enough for several skirts, the result of her complaisance being a siege of itinerant vendors that nearly deafened her. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842

For a time was coming when our relations would be changed, and the severity of the tutor must succeed to the complaisance of an equal. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts

It was in a cherubic complaisance with the whole scheme of the universe that the white-clad Doctor jogged up Elm 226Street behind his maternal sorrel in the pha�ton, to get his noon day meal. In the Heart of a Fool

The woman had spoken in complaisance; but she had warmed to her own words, and tenderness followed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25)

In the middle of them was the learned doctor himself, who with much complaisance invited the company to eat heartily. The History of Sandford and Merton

More than once McGuire paused to curse silently at the complaisance of this people. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931

There were limits to the complaisance he found due to this future relation; the family secrets, the family confidences, though they might indirectly concern him, should at least be kept from him for the present. Angelot A Story of the First Empire

The royalists had somewhat overstrained the complaisance of the authorities. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life

She did indeed––as good women do a kindness––surrender herself entirely, and pretended that the surrender was her own desire and her husband’s complaisance a thing he deserved praise for. A Singer from the Sea

He takes her little caprices with complaisance, and contemplates her with love. A Romance of the West Indies

With bronzed faces and the indubitable air of campaigns endured, they were the objects of lively interest to the fair maskers, nor were themselves indifferent to the complaisance of their entertainers. The Strollers

Mrs. Fisher was soon heartily tired of her, and could have regretted her complaisance to Mrs. Danvers' wishes in receiving her against her judgment; but she was too good to send her away. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.

Thus those who have wished to be wholly subservient to that Court are very badly paid for their complaisance. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX

He had been seated at the table while served by the maroon, but, as she entered, with unusual complaisance he arose and bowed to her with something of the grace of a gentleman. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main

Civil behaviour costs indeed some pains, Requires of complaisance some little share; But soon or late its due reward it gains, And meets it often when we're not aware. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

“Your complaisance does credit to your good nature, sir,” exclaimed the old man. The Strollers

Finding this experiment fail, they had recourse to a different conduct, and became all kindness and complaisance. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

The hopes of a speedy general pacification, and a sense of complaisance and apprehension of the Empress of Russia, may procrastinate the treaty between the United States and them. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX

Aaron laughed, but there was a grim complaisance in the tone that argued secret receptiveness for the idea. The Roof Tree

She sat down with some complaisance, and let her Indian scarf droop from her shoulders, and her pretty dress show itself. Phoebe, Junior

I could not well make any objection, after having availed myself of his complaisance, to his now proceeding to carry out his wishes to their entire fulfilment. Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover

Yet when he came to the wider yard before the stone house something of his complaisance left him. The Brass Bound Box

The time will come when they will be obliged to have recourse to the city of Amsterdam, to remove the proscription, which too much complaisance to the Court of London is drawing upon these Provinces. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX

This lack of complaisance on the part of the Zamorin he attributed, not without reason, to the jealousy of the Arab merchants, whose swift-sailing dhows crowded the port. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Yet it was not like Holgate to give them the reins so completely unless he had some purpose to serve by his complaisance. Hurricane Island

In his complaisance for power, he was more governed by sincere inclination than egotism. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1

The girl obeys the request and gesture—both sufficiently rude after such sweet complaisance. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness

It is impossible that the president or his advisers could have believed they would carry their complaisance so far. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831

Saying this, he took his departure, when the major-domo remarked: “It must be agreed, gentlemen, that nothing can exceed the complaisance of this cavalier of the red handkerchief.” Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora

I need to acquire skill in the art of narration, and accordingly, I must have someone to tell them to, a person whose complaisance will cause him to overlook the faults of a novice. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton

They are essentially revolutionary and antisocial; order can never be thoroughly re-established as long as honourable minds encourage them with secret complaisance. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1

I was not without suspicion as to the motive of her complaisance: in fact, I understood it. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness

And when her inexhaustible forgiveness has induced a temporary but passionate reconciliation, he takes fresh umbrage, and sends money to her for her complaisance with another letter of more abominable insult than ever. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century

At all events, he submitted, in the main good-humouredly, to my frequently personal diatribes, and, by his very complaisance and merry indifference, supplied me again and again with point and illustration for my sermons. The Message

Some were employed as butchers and cooks; others as nurses in the hospital; and they were every where favoured for their complaisance, obedience, and good humour. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself.

Free nations and governments have but one honourable and effective method of dealing with the liberty of the press,—to adopt it frankly, without undue complaisance. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1

On the contrary, it is the squatter who exhibits the appearance of complaisance. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness

On the other hand, the irritable teacher, who can hardly look with complaisance upon good behavior, is disposed to magnify the most trifling departure from the rules of propriety. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes

But, though calm resolve was in George Stairs's gift that day, he suffered no complaisance; and, by this time, he held that great assembly in the hollow of his hand. The Message

However, history, rigorously studied, knows neither these complaisances nor these weaknesses. Principles Of Political Economy

Phœbe was strongly tempted to decline this peremptory invitation, but curiosity threw its weight into the balance with complaisance, and with a dignified lift of the chin she turned to the door. The Panchronicon

I was myself puzzled at the attitude of the Utah chief—as well as the silent complaisance with which his attentions appeared to be received. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness

He certainly neglected this duty as far as Miss Macdonald's boat was concerned, possibly out of complaisance to her hostess, Lady Margaret, possibly because the young lady's careless demeanour disarmed all suspicion. The True Story Book

Out of complaisance the pedagogue invited himself to dinner. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man

Many similar skirmishes, both on his home 55 ranch and on the trail, had sharpened Larkin’s wits for emergencies, and it was with really no spirit of humble complaisance that he faced the future. The Free Range

Mistaking the situation, and used to the complaisance of the French peasant, M. le Petit-Maitre presented himself at Dovelands Cottage and made certain overtures of a financial nature to Mrs. Duveen. The Orchard of Tears

There were eminent English writers, though perhaps one only to whom the first rank could even by the utmost complaisance be opened or allowed. A History of Elizabethan Literature

Hence the complaisance shown to drinking shops, which, as M. Fouillée remarks, it would be more dangerous for the Government to close than to close the churches. The Cult of Incompetence

He had, out of complaisance, drunk a little too much. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man

Anne and Henri, therefore, contented themselves with the possibility which the complaisance of the Holy Father had given them of contracting an indissoluble bond, and with the oath by which they reciprocally pledged their faith. Political Women, Vol. 1

Bolton, known in two hemispheres by his prose and poetry, had come out of complaisance, protesting rather indignantly to his friends that he didn't believe in Americans making such an ado over a mere baron. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York

It is not true that, except by great complaisance of the reader, Jeremy Taylor's long sentences are at once understandable. A History of Elizabethan Literature

But in the course of a few weeks, as I began to understand the trade better, and to cut down their exorbitant demands, these men marvellously abated their complaisance. Athelstane Ford

Her silence clearly demonstrated that she knew nothing about the matter, and had failed to comprehend his meaning, so that out of complaisance he said to her: "Perhaps you are getting tired of this?" Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man

If you are pleased with the complaisance and attention of others to you, depend upon it the same complaisance and attention, on your part, will equally please them. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies

"I will consent," said the monarch, "to hear the adventures of this merchant; but it is the last instance of complaisance I shall show you." Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers

Yes, Mr. Rogers was plainly pleased at my complaisance and the prospect of using me to gather in another harvest of dollars later. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated

He paid the consommation and started to leave without waiting for a reply, because he knew of my complaisance. The Merry-Go-Round

You will listen to them with the same critical exactitude that I have bestowed on their composition, but with greater complaisance, I hope, than I can feel in reciting them. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura

They foresaw no end to this cruel separation; for they could not expect that a husband's complaisance to his wife should increase after he ceased to be a bridegroom. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue

The new missionaries soon began to accuse the Jesuits of undue complaisance and conformity with heathen customs, and made complaint against them at Rome. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Harold rewarded Edgar for his complaisance and discretion by conferring upon him the honor of knighthood immediately after the coronation, and in the church where the ceremony was performed. William the Conqueror Makers of History

We determined to return the complaisance of the natives by giving a ball on board our ship to our acquaintances in Talcaguana, and some from Conception. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1

But I would be most firmly resolved not to destroy my own faculties and constitution in complaisance to those who have no regard for their own. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2

And yet Northampton has a surface and a solid content, as well as a circumference; and amidst all his complaisance and all his versatility, Doddridge had a mind and a calling of his own. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851

Your submission turns their gall to honey—converts their vinegar to milk—to the very cream of human complaisance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843

Her Bridegroom aids in her spoliation for two reasons: the first, because she has soiled her beautiful garments by her vain complaisances, and has appropriated the gifts of God in reflections of self-esteem. Spiritual Torrents

He had the complaisance to surrender for our accommodation and the convenience of our astronomical observations, a large house belonging to him in Talcaguana, which had once been inhabited by La Pérouse. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1

A fifth is "complaisance"—that every man strive to accommodate himself to the rest. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics

I am sure that he walked nineteen miles out of the twenty-three, out of complaisance to the ungrateful brute. A Confederate Girl's Diary

Grenville's complaisance to the French envoys was perhaps little more than a blind to mask his contempt for them and their principles. William Pitt and the Great War

The complaisance of the British public towards capitalists goes no further than giving them their strict legal rights—and certainly does not extend to pouring out money and blood like water for their support. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct

Time was, in the Ellices, when the undue complaisance of a married woman meant a sudden and inartistic compression of the jugular, or a swift blow from the heavy, ebony-wood club of the wronged man. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896

If the Yugoslavs, in simply accepting the judgment of their Allies, acted against their own ultimate advantage, they can, at any rate, believe that their complaisance, their extraordinary lack of chauvinism, will be recognized. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2

After the return of the king, I had the complaisance, to restore some of them to the writers. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II

Bute, acting on orders from London, carried complaisance to lengths derogatory, as he thought, to the honour of Great Britain, and Godoy humoured him to the top of his bent. William Pitt and the Great War

With what complaisance the social elements of this capital fostered the brood of traitors who rushed hence to the service of the rebellion in 1861! History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States

She confessed to me that she had listened to him once before, when he suggested an elopement; but she was now, as she began to reap the fruits of complaisance, convinced of her own imprudence. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk

He next mounted Queen Mab, who treated him with little more complaisance, and, in carters' phrase, would neither hap nor wynd till she got rid of him. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)

It defended patriotic writers from the anger of the prince, and the complaisance of his agents. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II

Pen and Jane looked at each other and at the two men's grins of complaisance. Still Jim

That a daughter of the same name existed is not improbable, but who can tell whether the Maria Island of Tasmania's coast was named in complaisance to the daughter, or to conciliate the mother! The History of Tasmania, Volume I

How empty and bottomless the oppressive institutions and how burdensome the taxes which rested on nothing but a paper grant, musty with age and backed only by royal complaisance! The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.)

A moment after, everything disappeared, with Beauty's apprehensions at this proof of Beast's complaisance. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk

“Well, well: let us keep clear of Mrs Grey’s connexions, and then you may talk of them as you please,” said the sister, in the complaisance of the hour. Deerbrook

Under the circumstances I felt sure of your complaisance. Waring's Peril

His remarks were often in a tone austere and reproving; nor did he think himself obliged to preserve that dignified complaisance which softens the differences of political life. The History of Tasmania, Volume I

As Lord Brougham was suspected of undue complaisance towards the Duke at the time, the neatness of the political allusion was received with extraordinary favour by the public. The History of "Punch"

Above and directly before my eyes was a full-rigged ship, sailing among furious painted billows directly against the lofty cliffs of a lea-shore, the captain on the bridge regarding this manœuvre with the utmost complaisance. The Dew of Their Youth

Truly, the capricious, but august, monarch must have been well pleased with the complaisance of his fair ward, and the face of the fool, glowing and eager, became on the instant hard and cold. Under the Rose

Benevolence and complaisance conjoined with virtue, and yet nature has nothing more rare than these. Plutarch's Morals

Respectable men, who did not question or cross his path, might usually calculate on his complaisance. The History of Tasmania, Volume I

He would be all kindness to his grandson and win from him, if it might be possible, reciprocal courtesy and complaisance. Orley Farm

Since then she had never forgiven Boyd Connoway, and had never been able to look upon a gun with any complaisance. The Dew of Their Youth

By her complaisance in the past she had fanned the embers of a passion which now burst beyond control. Under the Rose

As he ought to govern the body by not being a slave to its pleasures and desires, so he ought to rule his wife by cheerfulness and complaisance. § xxxiv. Plutarch's Morals

By the oversight or complaisance of Lord Bathurst, the rule which made the outlay of capital the condition of a grant, was not inserted in the covenant. The History of Tasmania, Volume I

These particulars surprised me, though I confess, it was still more astonishing to me, to find the resentment of this Arab turned into acts of kindness and complaisance. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.

Hurault, however, suspected that some mischief, which time would reveal, lay concealed under this outward show of complaisance. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1

In complaisance to you, and husbanding My fortune, I retir’d into the country: Scraping, and laboring beyond the bounds Of reason, or my age, that my estate Might furnish means for your expense and pleasure. The Comedies of Terence

One morning his door opened as usual at meal time; but instead of withdrawing, the keeper approached Monte-Leone kindly, his ugly face, on account of the complaisance which lit it up, seeming yet more horrid. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851

Martha looks well, and wants me to find out that she grows fat; but I cannot carry my complaisance farther than to believe whatever she asserts on the subject. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record

This high-handed mode of dealing with the Church is in marked contrast to the monarch's complaisance when dealing with the people. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

Other lines condemned Catharine for her excessive complaisance to the cardinal. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1

Let him prevail on you; your complaisance Shall be requited doubly. The Comedies of Terence

As it rained fast, and she was obliged to step in the water to land, she hesitated; but this excited no complaisance in the lord in waiting. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs

The Emperor, moved, enchanted, submitted with kind complaisance to the gentle fetters of these amiable infants. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I

That venerable prelate rose, and with his usual complaisance declared that, having sworn allegiance to his gracious lord the king, he felt in duty bound to honor his commands. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

But they left Francis in no doubt respecting the price of their complaisance. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1

He married at Orleans and my husband had the complaisance to go to his marriage. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

After my return to London I had to expiate in bed the consequences of my fatuous complaisance. My Reminiscences

Even this obtained for him neither complaisance nor immunity from abuse. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion

She even, and in reality, did not think him handsome or engaging in his manners—she thought his gaiety frivolousness, his complaisance affectation, and his good humour impertinence. A Simple Story

If one's enemies are of flesh and blood, they do not carry complaisance so far as to chose the dies Alliensis for their birthday and the most ineligible spot in Africa for their birthplace. The Last Poems of Ovid

Doubtless the Free Traders thought they were paying for some complaisance on the part of the master of Abbey Burnfoot. Patsy

Did I imitate your forbearance, or lessen your restraints, by taking any part in those offices of general complaisance or particular gratitude which you had hitherto been left to discharge alone? Sense and Sensibility

No complaisance of mere speech could have been so flattering, or expressed such striking politeness as this mute eloquence of thoroughly digesting attention. The Confidence-Man

It is to be noted, that a woman's flatterer is generally elder than herself, her years serving to recommend her patroness's age, and to add weight to her complaisance in all other particulars. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II

Dawn's judgments were remorseless, as becoming clean-souled, fearless youth as yet unacquainted with the great gulf 'twixt the ideal and real, and untainted by that charity and complaisance which, like senility, come with advancing years. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn

To establish still further his character, he declared, "that he designed to govern according to the model of Augustus"; and omitted no opportunity of showing his generosity, clemency, and complaisance. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome

But it is very questionable whether, in return for this want of complaisance in them, the generality of ladies would not prefer the beau, and the man of fashion. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1

Seeing that it is you, sir," with complaisance replied the barber, now mixing the lather, "seeing that it is you sir, I won't answer that question. The Confidence-Man

Cyclopean epithets are piled together almost at random on any substantive which will have the complaisance to receive them. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art.

He repaid the insidious complaisance of Leicester with good will and even with confidence; and it was not till all was lost that he appears to have recognised this fatal and irreparable error. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth

‘I am greatly indebted to the Prime Minister for his complaisance.’ The Bibliotaph and Other People

Nations, like kings, are not good by facility and complaisance. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings

“It’s very good of you,” said Janet, genuinely persuading herself for the moment that Edwin was quite exceeding the usual bounds of complaisance. Clayhanger

At that moment she could not bring herself to say that she forgave him, or to express any complaisance at the thought of the future. A Houseful of Girls

Some such absolution she would have been ready to bestow upon a tearful and dejected Cornelia, but the pink and white complaisance of the uplifted face steeled her heart afresh. Flaming June

Not even her youthful complaisance could apply that description to herself. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story

The next morning she realised that those thanks had been darling Miss Blake’s farewell, and shed bitter tears; but for the moment she was filled with complaisance. The Independence of Claire

This sudden complaisance on the part of the boatswain put a very different complexion upon the whole affair, and was infinitely better than I had dared to hope. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship

Miss Lord replied with some complaisance that she endeavored to have her girls think for themselves. Just Patty

"Well, I knew you wouldn't," Winny answered, touches of triumph and complaisance sounding in her voice. Three People

He was shrewd, selfish, and sensual; the last two of which qualities he screened from observation, under a specious varnish of exterior complaisance. St. Ronan's Well

A wife with a moderate fortune usually brings more complaisance and submission, and blesses a house with peace, union, and friendship. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March

Charles would think himself well paid by his brother king's complaisance towards his own inclination. Simon Dale

This complaisance was amply rewarded by a speedy display of Mr. Richards's powers of entertainment. Stories of Comedy

The senators were standing now, and several of them winced and looked frightened at the swift result of their complaisance. The Lion's Brood

Johnson's wrath was evidently appeased by the complaisance shown by leading men of the South. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860

This complaisance displeased the duke, who sent word to the knight that if he proposed to play with his adversary he had better withdraw at once. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.

On my explaining the true state of the case, he merely observed, "He is a great man;" and yet I thought the remark was made coldly, or in complaisance to us. Recollections of Europe

Fräulein's lack not only of amatory complaisance but of social polish or even facility kept him dubious and disconcerted. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life

My courtly complaisance will carry me no farther. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886

We yielded at last, out of complaisance towards her, and were rewarded by feeling wonderfully refreshed by a solid meal. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls

I have carefully looked at thy picture and found that from thy face emanates the spiritual glad-tidings, the merciful complaisance and the heavenly brightness. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas

The contents of the letter were: Sir!—Accept our hearty thanks for your generous complaisance, having succored foreign interest in a foreign land. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World

When the matter was laid before the council, all voices concurred in approving the resolution; and the parliament expressed the same complaisance. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

But though full of complaisance to the whole sex, Charles reserved all his passion for his consort, to whom he attached himself with unshaken fidelity and confidence. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell

"I expect that you will carry your complaisance further," said the king; "I desire to have Suffolk put into my hands, where alone I can depend upon his submission and obedience." The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary

The single fault which Saint-Beuve finds with the spirit of the society she formed, and governed so long with her irresistible sceptre, is that there was too much of complaisance and charity in it. The Friendships of Women

"Your great complaisance would seem very suspicious, at all events." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"

But those who deemed every acquisition of the prince a detriment to the people, were apt to complain of this instance of complaisance in the parliament. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

A precarious liberty, the commons thought, which was to be preserved by unlimited complaisance, was no liberty at all. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell

The extreme complaisance of the convocation, which sat at the same time with the parliament, encouraged him in his resolution of breaking entirely with the court of Rome. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary

Nature abhors such complaisances, which threaten to melt the world into a lump, and hastens to break up such maudlin agglutinations.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

They strive with their own hearts, and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2

His complaisance in this particular contributed more to gain the commons, than all the pompous pretences of supporting the triple alliance, that popular measure by which he expected to make such advantage. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

These guardians of law and liberty replied, with great complaisance, "that in a case of necessity he might impose that taxation, and that he was sole judge of the necessity." The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell

To forgive a man will not mean to escape from the trouble of securing his punishment; it will not mean the weak complaisance of indolent tolerance. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals

Punctual to the minute the motor came puffing along, the youthful-looking chauffeur drawing up before the door with an air of conscious complaisance. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911

At this hour, Herr Fischelowitz is doubtless asleep, and would certainly be justified in refusing to come here out of mere complaisance. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance

He apologized for deserting his ally, by representing to him all the real, undissembled difficulties under which he labored; and Lewis, with the greatest complaisance and good humor, admitted the validity of his excuses. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

The Scots being such useful allies to the malecontent party in England, no wonder they were courted with the most unlimited complaisance and the most important services. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell

It would be the silliest complaisance to pretend that all of this, or much of it, or any but a very little of it, has been of permanent value. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters

His complaisance made her uncomfortable and shy of him, it was so strange; it gave her a little shiver, as if he were behaving undignifiedly. A Chance Acquaintance

And so great is the complaisance of mankind, that no one thinks of intimating any necessity for consulting another authority before giving judgment. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852

But these instances of complaisance had the contrary effect in England from what was expected by the contrivers of them. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

And such was their preoccupation, each with the bitterness of his own case, that neither wondered at the other's strange complaisance. Gentle Julia

Some lie out of custom, as lovers, coxcombs, footmen, sailors, mechanics, merchants, and chambermaids; and others lie out of complaisance or necessity, as courtiers, chaplains, &c. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish

The man into whose eyes she gazed with such obvious complaisance was not the man she lived with in that house on the river bank. The Hidden Places

With every semblance of complete complaisance the representative was escorted into the camp. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben

The next step taken by the commons had the appearance of some more complaisance; but in reality proceeded from the same spirit of liberty and independence. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

It felt itself king, by seeing courtiers bowing to it, and excused their rank by reason of their complaisance. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution

I never remember your telling me, sir, that my wilful moods were particularly becoming, but I began to think it must be so; and actually thought of trying a little complaisance.' Wych Hazel

Whereas those who succeeded to me in the government, by their incapacity, their corruption, and their servile complaisance to the humour of the people, presently lost all the fruits of my virtue and prudence. Dialogues of the Dead

But I was egged on by curiosity, and I made a direct appeal to our host's complaisance. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2

The tories took advantage of this obvious impropriety, which had been occasioned merely by the complaisance or prudence of the whigs; and they insisted upon the word desertion, as more significant and intelligible. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

It seemed to consider itself as a weakened institution, which ought to have its long duration pardoned in consequence of its complaisance towards princes and the age. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution

The moment being auspicious, Tom sounded the master of the Deer Trace coal lands on the reorganization scheme, and found nothing but complaisance. The Quickening

You gained Henry’s by a complaisance and course of life which were a reproach to your character and sacred orders. Dialogues of the Dead

I should not like her to marry a pauper—one dependent on the complaisance of other people. Sunrise

During these zealous efforts for the protection of liberty no complaisance for the crown was discovered by this parliament. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

In the first place, the work of the Constituent Assembly was not principally to perpetuate this wheelwork of useless royalty, placed out of complaisance to the people's eyes, in machinery which did not regulate it. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution

Some have an inherent complaisance which makes them all but unfit for any such operation as cutting, or even for the less violent one of cooling off. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852

The ferocious pride of our ancient republican senators had bent itself to the obsequious complaisance of a court. Dialogues of the Dead

Colonel Bradshawe might amuse himself and his cronies by expressing astonishment at his blindness or complaisance, but Shortridge had good reasons for what he did. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters

Finding all his efforts fruitless, he had dissolved the parliament, and was determined to call a new one, from which he expected more complaisance and submission. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

He had a reputation for complaisance, which sufficed for every thing. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution

How would she be able to bear it; or to act even complaisance when every fiber of her being was turning in mad passion and desire to Michael, her love? The Man and the Moment

The government of the Republic," wrote one, "has a right to complain of this excessive complaisance. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain

In complaisance to him I whittled down the expressions without opposition; struck out that of 'favors ancient and recent' from France; softened some terms, and omitted some sentiments respecting Great Britain. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4

Queensberry, who showed not the same complaisance, fell into total disgrace, notwithstanding his former services, and the important sacrifices which he had made to the measures of the court. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

The weakness or complaisance of a municipal officer freed the passage, and the battalion fell back, and took up its ground beneath the windows of the Château. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution

This is a sacrifice no treaty could ever contemplate, and which we are not disposed to make out of mere complaisance to a false definition of the term privateer. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

A complaisance to the latter on some occasions, and an adherence to the former on others, may give an appearance of trimming between the two parties, which may lose you both. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2

They promised to report to me at La Baye des Puants, and I saw by their complaisance that the French star was at the zenith. Montlivet

The only proof of complaisance which James received from the pontiff, was his sending a nuncio to England, in return for the embassy. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

It is possible the probability of Theodora's father making a fourth may have had something thing to do with her complaisance. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story

A dependant of the King of France and a subject of the King of England, the new pope showed a complaisance towards kings which stood in strong contrast to the ultramontane austerity of his predecessors. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)

I owe much to your friendship and great complaisance on all occasions, but I cannot expect to interfere with what will occupy you in those places with so much reason. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life

The group was apparently "nonplussed," as the adjutant afterwards put it, by such unlooked-for complaisance on the part of the usually crotchety senior captain. From the Ranks

Her father and mother have changed their names to Noel, in compliance with Lord Wentworth's will, and in complaisance to the property bequeathed by him. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals

It is but losing a little to her, out of complaisance, as they say, to a fair lady; and whatever she wins, I will make up to you again in private. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06

Even his complaisance was exhausted by Master Martin. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)

But he comes; he looks up; his eyes seem to thank me for this excess of complaisance: what is there I would not do to give him pleasure? The History of Emily Montague

It is well known by what a gross insult Bonaparte rewarded their complaisance. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son.

"Oh, but you may come in too!" she said, with great complaisance. Prince Fortunatus

"Then here is my song," said Arundel, "but I shall look for a like complaisance on thy part." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance

The very charm of his personal appearance awakened resentment in her; his deft and easy complaisance angered her because it could be effective. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem

You will not, my dear Rivers, refuse this proof of complaisance to her who too plainly shews she can refuse you nothing. The History of Emily Montague

On his visits to Paris he had dined with them, given them dinners, and treated her with the utmost complaisance. Grey Roses

It almost seemed as if a real lion were peeping over the back of the chair, and smiling at the group of auditors, with a sort of lion-like complaisance. True Stories of History and Biography

As to the military situation, they were all complaisance. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.

William being desirous to have his brother's picture, Hugo had the complaisance to sit for it, and send it to him. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works

He has a trick of climbing to Miss Goodson's shoulder, from which point of vantage he surveys the world about him with all the complaisance of which an animal of such high degree is capable. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers

He reread his despatch with complaisance, he made Maurice read it, who could not help thinking the incident funny. Parisian Points of View

But his natural complaisance induced him at least to feign himself asleep; whereupon. Israel Potter

The obstinacy of age had, in short, overmastered its complaisance, and the young woman said no more. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

The Church of England has been freely accused of too great complaisance to the powers that be, when those powers were oligarchic. Outspoken Essays

There is the folly of resistance and the folly of complaisance. Success (Second Edition)

He saw that he was getting beyond control, and, under an exterior of compliance and complaisance, he was genuinely alarmed. Sevenoaks

However unhandsome the desire of these men, some complaisance seemed due them from me, for their general good conduct and bravery on former occasions. Israel Potter

I know not how far a French audience may carry their complaisance, but, were I in the author's case, I should be unwilling to trust to the civility of an English pit or gallery.... A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character

There was no want to which, its complaisance did not lend itself, for indigence is ever obsequious. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)

But whom but himself could he blame, if, when common sense demanded only civility and complaisance, she persisted in adhering to the tragic and sentimental? The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal

The archdukes, who were aiming at the conclusion of a truce in which to recuperate and not of a definitive peace, showed an unexpected complaisance in granting a concession which they regarded as only temporary. History of Holland

The pilot, less out of complaisance to the Father, than out of his desire to undeceive him, went up himself, and could discover nothing. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16

"Your suggestion is admirable," he cried, striving desperately to affect a careless complaisance. The Wings of the Morning

His complaisance toward Quince and his companions has been considered an indication that he was a most perfect gentleman; does he not rather conceitedly patronize them? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies

"Is my dress so very wonderful?" said Sheila with a grave complaisance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873

Leicester was in raptures over her complaisance and glowed with triumph and delightful anticipation. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

Nevertheless, her complaisance earned general sympathy, while the bullying tone of German diplomacy, continued during the Conference held at Algeciras, hardened the opposition of nearly all the Powers, including the United States. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)

For three months after her return, he evinced a fervent sentiment for Gabriella, which she, who was staunchly paying the price of her folly, received with an inner shrinking but an outward complaisance. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage

Molly, who had no memories of fine gentlemen and the complaisance which was their due, blushed fire-red at the touch of his Excellency's lips, forgot to curtsy, and knew not where to look. Audrey

Mr. Parnell and his Parliamentary associates are held and bound by the essential conditions of their political existence to treat with complaisance the most extreme and violent men of their party. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)

His favourite term for this mental complaisance is "catholicity of faith," or, it may be, "a divine hope." Life of Robert Browning

The new Ministry soon showed the desire to adopt a more spirited foreign policy than their predecessors, who had fretted public opinion by their numerous acts of complaisance or surrender. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)

Nay, Mother Samuel's complaisance in the latter case only led to a new charge. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

"He's firm in the saddle; he'll ride easy to the day he drinks himself to death, thanks to this sudden complaisance of Governor and Commissary!" Audrey

Committees of charitable organizations are not usually wanting in complaisance toward gentlemen who can spare lump sums of £130,000; so Mr. Cassall and his lawyers had very much of their own way. A Dream of the North Sea

There firmness and complaisance were paralyzed now by erroneous movements and next by contradictory orders. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850

This was the dread personality that urged Talleyrand and Joseph Bonaparte to their utmost endeavours and steeled them against any untoward complaisance at Amiens. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)

Eccelino, indeed, loved this weak sister with extraordinary tenderness, and we read of a marvelous complaisance to her amorous intrigues by a man who cared nothing himself for women. Italian Journeys

He forgets that, as a rule, Feminine complaisance varies directly as masculine audacity. Hints for Lovers

"I confess," in an even, emotionless voice, "your lordship's complaisance amazes me." Half A Chance

Frances is buying the king's complaisance, God knows at what price! The Touchstone of Fortune

Lannes at Lisbon and Brune at Constantinople learnt a little diplomacy and some complaisance to the head of the State, and were taken back to Napoleon's favour. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)

The deeper we penetrated the mighty pile, the fonder I grew of my friend Mayenne, by whose complaisance none of these doors would shut on me. Helmet of Navarre

Indeed, Men put a higher value upon a woman's complaisance than she does herself. Hints for Lovers

Meanwhile Melrose, in high spirits, and full of complaisance, now that the hated Undershaw had departed, walked up and down as usual, talking and smoking. The Mating of Lydia

Perhaps the fact that it was a good chest and better than anything she could have bought had something to do with Aunt Senath's complaisance in permitting it to remain. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly

You are always less dull with Inachia than me: in her company you are threefold complaisance; but you are ever unprepared to oblige me in a single instance. The Works of Horace

Nor do I think his complaisance altogether feigned. Helmet of Navarre

Since To arouse jealousy in another feminine breast is sometimes the motive of feminine complaisance. Hints for Lovers

None had reason to congratulate himself on his complaisance. Political Pamphlets

He was sincerely courteous, and capable of all complaisance. The Problem of China

McEwen's unexpected complaisance led to a great softening in Anderson's feeling towards his father. Lady Merton, Colonist

But, secretly pleased at the turn of events, he hastened to apologize for war's brutal necessities, and Marta's complaisance led him to consider himself something of a diplomatist. The Last Shot

The pity o' it is that The worshiper cannot away with the complaisance that permits a woman to give even her finger-tips to the gallant. Hints for Lovers

Then he said, "I am certain, however, that Brother Borromée, like a wise master, often let Jacques touch him out of complaisance." The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Treat me with so much complaisance, As fits a princess in romance! The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2

During the solitary day he had been alone with them Elizabeth had been kindness and complaisance itself. Lady Merton, Colonist

Yes—let her go!' said the Squire, in a tone of excessive complaisance. Elizabeth's Campaign

Since Diana had vanished from the scene, no complaisance, no liberality had been too much for his mother's good-will. The Testing of Diana Mallory

He urged me to beg you to evince more complaisance and deference for the Elector, that you may acquire influence over him. The Youth of the Great Elector

Beethoven is as full of caprice as he is devoid of complaisance. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2

What feebleness, what puerile complaisances this particular friendship may not be the source. Evelyn Innes

It is evident that none of the absurdities I met with in this visit proceeded from an ill intention, but from a wrong judgment of complaisance, and a misapplication of the rules of it. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer

Yet, she was not a person to be suspected of complaisance, and her attachments, one might say, were chemical. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I

I have written out all that it is necessary that you will have the complaisance to do between this and to-morrow. The Youth of the Great Elector

The mistress poured out half of it into one glass which she drank off to the health of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, adding with great complaisance. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences

I feel almost ashamed of your complaisance and kindness in permitting me to see the MS. of your as yet unknown literary treasures. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1

If many of our young gentlemen, were here," said Mrs. Towers, "they might improve themselves in all the graces of polite and sincere complaisance. Pamela, Volume II

The lift carried them up to the third floor, and there at the top the ex-army cook and his wife were waiting, a pair of stout and comfortable people, all smiles and complaisance. Missing

With a nice blending of reserve and complaisance she appeared to yield to his mood and yet to withhold herself. A Young Girl's Wooing

He had not even the complaisance to take his hair out of queue, nor hide his thin legs in pantaloons. Famous Americans of Recent Times

Nay, it was even said that Jack was inclined to carry his complaisance rather far, and after a time seldom troubled himself much about the usher's qualifications, provided his credentials were all right. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843

Instead of the refreshing April-like showers, which beautify the sun-shine, she shall stand a deluge of complaisance, be wet to the skin with it; and what then? Pamela, Volume II

She had always observed Bridget's complaisance towards her brother, and even towards herself—a clumsy complaisance which had never appealed at all either to her or him. Missing

France joined in the protests of the other Powers, and Cavour's enemies spread a monstrous rumour that he was going to give up Genoa to win Napoleon's complaisance. Cavour

It would be a sign of extraordinary complaisance, were Captain Ludlow to apply to the girls of the colony for instruction in his duty! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas

He thanked her with a look for her complaisance. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance

Catch gentlemen, the best of them, in too great a complaisance that way, if you can. Pamela, Volume II

Unfortunately, too, Akenside availed himself of that mixture of complaisance and arrogance by which almost alone a man of no birth can rise in a society graded by birth. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1

For these many tokens of unselfish cordiality, for further manifold proofs of political complaisance, to be reviewed by me in detail later, proofs of a sincere desire to be enduringly united with a brother nation— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes

As for the Princess, she accepted her new dignities with the complaisance to be expected from the daughter of a Tsarina. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe

"Giving men thus blindly to the devil, is an extraordinary piece of complaisance to a lay chancellor." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1

But you next require of me an instance, where, in complaisance to my will, he has receded from his own? Pamela, Volume II

But there was another source of my satisfaction and complaisance: things were in a grand way now for my revenge on Sir Gilbert Carstairs, and what had been a mystery was one no longer. Dead Men's Money

We do not glide lightly over a beloved subject; a prolongation of tones is the complaisance of love. Delsarte System of Oratory

An hour later his anger had changed to an amused complaisance, and he was supping with the culprits, and with boisterous laughter was drinking their healths. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe

"Yes, Jan," she said, smiling with a gentle complaisance which made me like her somewhat better than before, "I will look out at least once in the hour." Red Axe

"Then I will not," returned Mr. B. Will this instance, my dear, come up to your demand for one, where he recedes from his own will, in complaisance to mine? Pamela, Volume II

He entreated Mr. Addison to speak candidly and freely, though it might be with ever so much severity, rather than by keeping up forms of complaisance, conceal any of his faults. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V.

Art is an instrument, but not an instrument of vanity or complaisance. Delsarte System of Oratory

She listened smilingly to the Elector's honeyed words, and received his attentions with the gracious complaisance of a Queen. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe

All the disappointed livery men, their complaisance and cordiality, wholly a thing of the past, were jubilant that I had been so imposed upon by some one, even if they had failed. Adopting an Abandoned Farm

"Short as it has been, we should have reason to regret your absence, Signore, were it not for the admirable proofs it has afforded us of your resources and seamanship," returned Andrea, with due complaisance. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet

The nation sees nothing in it but a court-tribunal whose complaisance it would be afraid of, and whose movements and intrigues it would dread in times of minority and regency. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6

"What was wanted was the complaisance of submission, what was obtained was only that of gratitude." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5

In his complaisance and indifference Francis I. attended to his sister's wishes, and appeared to support Berquin in his appeal for a fresh and definite investigation of his case. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4

That unlimited complaisance, which on every occasion falls in with the opinions and manners of others, is so far from being a virtue, that it is itself a vice, and the parent of many vices. The Illustrated London Reading Book

Who does not know that vices which may be treated with tenderness, almost with complaisance, while they are kept in the background, became monstrous, prodigious, awe-inspiring when they are made public? John Caldigate

This great lady, we are left in doubt for what reason, carried her complaisance so far as to allow the future poet £40 a year until her death. Gossip in a Library

To be favorably heard there, you must have complaisance and flattery. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South

Though his comedies are horribly full of double entendre, yet 'twas owing to a false complaisance. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author

He lingered on, and so did they—watching each other, trying to outdo each other in complaisance to the humors of the old miser. The Second Generation

In the two parishes of Utterden and Netherden there is no rise of ground which can by any stretch of complaisance be called a hill. John Caldigate

No zeal, no faith, no intellectual trenchancy, but as much low-minded geniality and trivial complaisance as you please. On Compromise

His ready wit first procured for him the favour off Henri IV, which he subsequently retained by a system of complaisance of thoroughly Italian morality. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1

By the complaisance of our party machinery he was able to present himself to a perplexed constituency as the only possible alternative to Conservatism and Tariff Reform, and so we have him. An Englishman Looks at the World

If they can go so far, out of complaisance to their old enemies, methinks a little reason should persuade them to take another step, and see whither that would lead them. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes

It fortuitously happens that we have not "a connoisseuring eye," or we should swell this paper beyond the limits prescribed by editorial complaisance, in the pages of "THE MIRROR." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829

He cannot transform a monarchy into a republic, but he can make sure that one citizen at least shall aim at republican virtues, and abstain from the debasing complaisance of the crowd. On Compromise

Mrs Wyllys suspended her questions, just as long as complaisance to the last speaker seemed to require and then she resumed them as follows, addressing her next inquiry to Wilder. The Red Rover

Nothing but the height of affectionate complaisance passed all the way: over and over, what a joy would this unexpected visit give her cousin Leeson! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6

He delighted in innocent remedies—manna, magnesia, and camphor julep; never put on a blister in his life; and would sooner, from pure complaisance, let a patient die, than administer an unpalatable prescription. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number

The world is called conservative; but it is far easier to impress a plausible thought on the complaisance of others than to retain an unfaltering faith in it for ourselves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861

So that if ever he fell into any excesses of this kind, it was merely out of complaisance to his company, and that he might not appear stiff and singular. The Life of Col. James Gardiner Who Was Slain at the Battle of Prestonpans, September 21, 1745

Le Gros's complaisance in quitting the ship and in piloting her about the bay, a little drily, perhaps. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"

I have often more than half ruined myself by my complaisance; and, being afraid of controul, have brought controul upon myself. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6

But Hervey surprised her by the complaisance with which he heard the tidings. Alcatraz

The Muses smiled with a look more of complaisance than approval, as they reviewed the army of Troubadours and Minnesingers and the crowd of romancers who followed in their train. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860

However, let us go a step further, and, out of excessive complaisance, suppose that all the bodies in Nature are actually in motion. The Existence of God

"Told us," I say out of complaisance, but "tould" would be the better word, as all they uttered savoured so much of the brogue, that it was not always easy to get at their meaning. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"

I was sitting with my pen in my fingers; and stood up when I first saw her, with great complaisance, as if the day were still her own. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6

In that dislike I can sympathise fully: but on his method of escape Mr. Windrush will probably look with more complaisance than I do, who call it by the ugly name of Atheism.” Phaethon

Fortunately for her, those in closest authority over her were not so deeply smitten as to make obligatory on her a choice between complaisance and loss of position. Within the Law

Let us still attend the Epicureans even in their most fabulous suppositions, and carry on the fiction to the last degree of complaisance. The Existence of God

If so many distinct and independent powers did not exactly unite with each other, the complaisance of the senate was prepared to supply every deficiency by the most ample and extraordinary concessions. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

I had paid dear for my complaisance.—But what ails thee, brother?—Thy step totters, thy brow is as black as night. Ivanhoe

Their freedoms and impertinences at table were designed expressly to give to their obsequiousness in council the air of being not complaisance, but conviction. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

His favourite term for this mental complaisance is "catholicity of faith", or, it may be, "a divine hope". Life of Robert Browning

Whether it was the heart which dictated this new system of complaisance and humility adopted by our Rebecca, is to be proved by her after-history. Vanity Fair

"Your horse is blown," said the man, with a complaisance seldom used in a hunting-field. The Bride of Lammermoor

He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance. Ivanhoe

But certainly his natural temperament was one that could not bend to complaisance; and, besides, he wished to work the Syracusans back the other way, out of their present excess of license and caprice. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans

I contrived, before his departure, to let him have Manon for another moment to himself; so that he had reason to applaud my complaisance, as well as the hospitable reception I had given him. Manon Lescaut

The favour of that court, so much coveted, seemed to her to be purchased at too high a price if it was to be gained by ruinous complaisances. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II)

Be yet a little juster, and own, if only in complaisance, that you yourself regret that past.’ Prince Otto, a Romance

The woman had spoken in complaisance; but she had warmed to her own words, and tenderness followed. Merry Men

She waited upon herself as a princess might condescend to minister to her own wants—loftily, with a smile at her own complaisance. Remember the Alamo

The old King that was gone had come this far of his complaisance when he bade me farewell as I set out twenty years before for my vice-royalty in Yucatan. The Lost Continent

A complexity of instincts checked Elfride's conventional smiles of complaisance and hospitality; and, to make her still less comfortable, Mrs. Swancourt immediately afterwards left them together to seek her husband. A Pair of Blue Eyes

Meanwhile Lord Granville, then at the British Foreign Office, had Lord Granville's complaisance towards Germany. taken up an extremely friendly attitude towards the German claims. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

He twisted his heavy mouth into a faint smile—he was one of those saturnine people who smile with the corners of the mouth down,—and bowed his acknowledgment of my complaisance. The Island of Doctor Moreau

单词	complaisance
例句	complaisance The stranger thought that her small talk was a way of covering her complaisance, so that when she began to soap herself he gave into temptation and went a step further. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the gentlemen’s appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “He is, indeed—but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance; for who would object to such a partner?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It’s part of Yee’s precocity to realize that a population molded into sheeplike complaisance is ideologically vulnerable. The Arrest of a Teen-Aged YouTube Star 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Or maybe the way to think about it is that she right-sized her career, away from the silly and grim expectations of complaisance that come with universal acclaim and toward a more earnest plane. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “The hope for a privileged relationship demanded big gestures and compromises, special restraint and complaisance of the tango partners,” Aleksandr Baunov wrote in an opinion piece on the analytical website Carnegie.ru, of which he is editor. Feud Over Syria Missile Strike May Have an Upside for U.S. and Russia 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z There are more emphatic reasons for the market’s complaisance. The Trump Stock Rally: Calamity Averted With a Little Charm 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Mason warned about a “false complaisance” that would make Senators reluctant to oppose a nominee if that meant openly sparring with the president. Obama’s Ahistorical Scolding About the Supreme Court 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Robert J. Samuelson exuded a dangerous fatalism regarding climate change sadly similar to that which Republican presidential candidates are using to justify their irresponsible complaisance on the issue. Fighting climate change is not impossible 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Mrs. Balfame may have had her faults, but a vulgar complaisance to publicity was not among them. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z He also won the hearts of the populace, by hunting daily amongst them with all confidence, and by his "liberality and complaisance to all sorts of people." Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z This act of complaisance, however, was soon followed by one I little expected. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z It is supposed with good reason, that there could be nothing personal in this curiosity, and therefore that it was intended as a political signification of a certain degree of complaisance towards America. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z I could have laughed at the awkward complaisance of the man's manner, if something in the gravity of the Cur�'s face had not restrained me. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z He did not so much as know that I had ever read a metaphysical book:—was I therefore, out of complaisance or deference to him, to forget whether I had or not? Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z From the year 907, Rome behaved with complaisance to Leo VI. called the Philosopher, whose fourth marriage had been censured by the patriarch of Constantinople. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Nor was his complaisance overcome even when Mr. Jobling put to him a half-whispered petition for a further small cash advance to account of expenses. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The Count asked me to dine, which I accepted, and was treated with more attention and complaisance than ever, both by him and the Countess. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z We cannot too much admire the faith of the Gallileans, who exposed at all seasons their sick in the streets, and the complaisance of Jesus, who indefatigably cured them. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z They are told that you have a hump on your back, and then wonder at your assurance or want of complaisance in walking into a room where they are, without it. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z But surely he would not carry his slavish complaisance so far as to sacrifice his only brother to the English dragon? My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z This speaking proof of her ready matrimonial complaisance affected her husband to the soul. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z She listened with an extraordinary complaisance, and now and then a compliment upon the Parson's fluency; so that Mr. Wogan lost all his apprehensions as to her meddling in the King's affairs. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Fear not the consequences of your complaisance; your husband is a simpleton; by visions and dreams we can make him believe whatever we desire. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Your touch of complaisance in observation, your genial excess of epithet, and the grace of your antiquarian allusions, have been cultivated like the virtues. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z If our clothes were somewhat drier I could regard the approach of night with greater complaisance.” Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z There were four who were noted for their complaisance. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Now I understood the reason for Nixon’s complaisance when Harmon’s outfit, travelling in the rain, had passed our camp a couple of days before. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z We find that the term of ten years is, through complaisance, invented on account of the dispute between him and the doctors of Jerusalem, which Luke places in his twelfth year. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The bar ought not to be wrapped in any covering that would lessen its hardness; we should be severe when we demand possibilities, and avoid the abuses that always result from an ill-devised complaisance. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z I proceed how to examine some of those practices to which the priests tell us the Deity attaches his complaisance and his favors. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z He had never been humble to her, but he had yielded, and she had grown more used than she realized to his pliant complaisance. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Messengers are not long-suffering, and they don't stand by and allow their loves to be taken from them with the complaisance and patience of the majority of our husbands in fashionable society. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z He is moreover very sensible of the attention in communicating to him the last advices received respecting the affair of Charleston, and persuades himself that Mr Jay will always observe the same complaisance. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z I had seen, at the end of the Cavaignac Administration, how a government can be supported in its visionary hopes by the self-interested complaisance of its agents. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z The Englishman looks upon the one with complaisance, but regards the other with horror. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z It is amusing to observe the complaisance with which a Brahmin gives a consecrated Billaputtra or flower to a devotee in return for a Rupee or so. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z At this time I am not problematically given; I have a humour of complaisance upon me, and will contradict no man. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z These sentiments are not unnatural, but we are under no obligation, from mere complaisance, to sacrifice interests of such deep and lasting consequence. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z "She will give you the complaisance of the entire female sex." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z My sincerity is for myself; 'tis my honour! and whereby I keep my own good opinion; but my complaisance is for my neighbours; serving only to coax over the good opinion of others. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z The savages, through complaisance, sung and danced after the French fashion, and the French in the Indian style. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Its consistent policy, notably revealed in its complaisance toward Germany and its intrigues with other anti-American régimes like those of Colombia and Venezuela, makes Mexico the centre of anti-Americanism in Latin America. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Or red coat or blue, my lord," she said, her smile fading to a glimmer, "men have had of me my last complaisance. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z But you overestimated my complaisance—my conscience is not for purchase, however high the price.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Keane said it par complaisance, but rather carelessly; young ladies, as a class, being one of his aversions. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Rather than confess the emptiness of his flattering complaisance Keith preferred to rely upon the chance that, once in London, the youth would be either unable or disinclined to return to his own native land. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z And they used to go about attended by two or three lovers at a time; and they expected no complaisance from others which they were not prepared to exhibit themselves. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z His complaisance had been the more gratifying because she fancied it was not every woman who could bend such an individual to her will. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z With eloquent anger he described the cynical complaisance with which the very existence of God and the inspiration of the Bible were now challenged and discussed. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z To this treatment he resigned himself without protest—with, in fact, almost ludicrous complaisance, lowering his head and thrusting it forward as if eager for the scrubbing. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Every thing was promptly arranged, and Monsieur carried his complaisance so far as to be present as an official witness at Madame's wedding, doubtless for the purpose of thoroughly making sure of its validity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Wilhelm looked at them, and had reason to admire them both; and as the black-bearded, sturdy contender soon afterwards forsook the place of action, the other with extreme complaisance offered Wilhelm the rapier. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z As for complaisance, the camera covers a multitude of indiscretions. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The husband occasionally shows fight, and bitter jealousies prevail, but, at the great ceremonial meetings, complaisance is enforced under penalty of strangling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z What I hoped from your complaisance you have given me without your knowledge. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Thanks for your amiable complaisance; and now I retire to follow you in dreams. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Do not make me blush, dear uncle, by your complaisance in talking in my language! Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z “Voltaire, like the French in general,” said Dr. Young, “showed the greatest complaisance outwardly, and had the greatest contempt for us inwardly.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z His servile complaisance to despots abroad, his predilection for the worst engines of government at home, were for a moment forgotten. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z They consoled one another for their long periods of chastity by alternate complaisances. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z That party had been with me the same morning at Whitehaven; some complaisance, therefore, was their due. Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 2011-05-25T02:00:23.427Z The surgeon entered from the cabinet; and, to the question how his patient was, he answered, with a lively air of complaisance, "Extremely well, indeed: I hope soon to see him quite recovered." Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Opinion is our own consciousness transferred to the public, and there disengaged from all complaisance and armed with an inflexible severity. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z With a certain complaisance Seyd looked on while his enemies scattered on a run that was diversified by uncouth leaps as the mozo’s whip bit on tender places. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z But at this point, as at all points, the complaisance of Sainte-Beuve’s writing is a manner with him, rather than a spirit. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He himself wondered at this complaisance of the Princess, with whom, generally, petitions were sins, and who refused nothing–except what was asked. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z He had no great difficulty in persuading my father, who granted, out of complaisance to a friend, what he had denied from conviction to his children. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z If you dispute with him in such a manner as to show a due deference for his judgment, your complaisance may win him, though your saucy arguments could not. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Such demonstrations of love are never altogether displeasing to women, and the most disdainful, in spite of all their coyness, reserve a little complaisance in their hearts for their admirers. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z My first theft was the result of complaisance, but it opened the door to others which had not so laudable a motive. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Besides, she retired only in complaisance to a man she blindly yielded to; and resolving to preserve her fidelity inviolable, she strove to conquer her desires, and make a virtue of necessity. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z I will show the public any other complaisance; but, as to this, I cannot. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Gentlemen, you'll pardon my complaisance to the lady.—How now! is it civil to be so out of humour at my entertainment, and I so pleased with yours? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Still, Appleby had seen that complaisance can be carried too far, and knowing rather better than most people how little stiffness there was in Palliser’s character, watched him somewhat curiously until the keeper moved away. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z It is true that it could not be difficult to show complaisance to Catherine de Rambouillet. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Shew me the same complaisance in my present condition as you did when we were in the world. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z There are many reasons for the relative complaisance of fans who chant "red army" as they ascend the steps to the Emirates Stadium. Will Stan Kroenke burden Arsenal like Malcolm Glazer has United? 2011-04-11T11:21:02Z "I believe I have never shown you our garden, my Lord," said the Knight, who, at last taking compassion on the suffering complaisance of the Earl, proposed this change. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z His complaisance, too, is awkward, and his generosity is evidently about to run into profusion. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He could, and did doubt; not that she had spoken love-words to him, and listened to his, with apparent complaisance. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z I felt myself very comfortable in that house, and every individual of the family had all kind of complaisance for me. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z I am accused indeed of using this complaisance only to vex the ruler of the world. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z We looked at the child with surprise; but he was evidently in earnest, and the cat, though astonished, and not much pleased at the experiment made on her eyes, behaved with most exemplary complaisance. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Your cheerful complaisance in this matter is much to be admired. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z But he bitterly repented his complaisance when he found I had heard them talking; though he rejoiced in my restored hearing, which had seemed quite gone. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z Was there any truth in his statement that she had listened with complaisance to the proposals of V.E.—proposals of the nature of which there could be no misconception? The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z “Oh! what complaisance!” said the latter, moving much more lightly than he had done on first mounting. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z "What is the object of the complaisance of your doctrines in all circumstances?" The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z All at once towards Lebeau, that man of infinite complaisance, he experienced a sense of secret resistance. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z More than one person wearing a beard gave abundant proof of an equal complaisance. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z In fine, why should she be there, riding by his side, voluntarily: for there was no appearance of compulsion; but rather of complaisance. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z He was used in society to meet with the greatest complaisance from any young lady upon whom he bestowed attention. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z But his complaisance did not extend to me. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z Does nothing ever really change because the system is terminally rigged, or is a fundamental and enduring complaisance equally to blame? Bang goes the dream of real change. Is it them, or us? 2010-04-30T19:00:00Z But Aben-Humeya's passion did not carry him to this extent of complaisance; and Zahara, indignant at finding herself degraded to the rank and file of the seraglio, soon breathed only a desire for vengeance. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies If he should call upon you, and you should be about, I hope you will treat him with all the complaisance that is due to his character. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams An Orbweaving spider's web was spun upon an adjacent bush, and three courtiers were established at different parts of the margin of the snare awaiting the complaisance of Madam Aranea the housekeeper. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Now they were sorry for this too hasty offer, and they had no desire to send him the sword, as they had not found that complaisance in him which they expected. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. The nobles in some German provinces took the opportunity of practising similar complaisance, even in our century, towards Napoleon's princes and marshals. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. In a word, a mixture of discretion and complaisance, cordiality and respect, together with words and manners full of mildness and benignity. Fraternal Charity Several packets have been sent to Neptune, though improperly directed, and I query whether, having found his mistake, he has had complaisance enough to forward them. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams "You do not say so out of complaisance?" Marguerite de Valois Have the complaisance now to help yourself, and be gone. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Your Court physician can carry his complaisance even to poison. The Fortunes Of Glencore He was under no illusion as to the apparent complaisance with which his rebellion had been accepted, and as to Nugent's quiescence in the matter of Levison's murder. A Traitor's Wooing We have been treated with unbounded civility, complaisance, and respect. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Coconnas did not know that Henry was in the prison, and the complaisance of the jailer told him that above his head hovered a certain protection which he called the invisible bucklers. Marguerite de Valois I did not wear diamonds, because my husband was too prudent to indulge in such expenses; but, if the Count think differently, complaisance requires your acquiescence. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The law he serves, commands That he show mercy, but not complaisance. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise So the picture formed itself; and the last bit to fit in, and thereby to give completeness, was what I had seen that night—the strange complaisance of Octon toward the intolerable Powers. The Great Miss Driver You hear nothing from the ladies but about Major Mifflin's easy address, politeness, complaisance, etc. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams She was helpless, and the violence of her grief and anger soon changed to passive resistance, and then to a complete forbearance and complaisance which gained the king’s regard and favour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" “I will show him the way, sir,” Nathan said promptly, and the colonel favored him with a glance of surprise, but took no further heed of his sudden complaisance. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga Definite objections are the first steep steps down from refusal to complaisance. Helena Brett's Career Such complaisance on the part of her duenna astonished me. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois From complaisance towards the world, and from an unwillingness to appear disobliging and ungracious to our friends, we often allow our own privacy to be invaded. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Cook was staring open-eyed, a faint misgiving mingled with the former complaisance. Lady Cassandra As other theatres adopted the same policy of upholstery, both on and off the stage, fashion extended its complaisance to them as well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The Chinese work more rapidly and cheaply, and their complaisance contrasts most favourably with the tenacious self-opinion of their brethren in Europe. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Arrived there, he found his ghostly prisoner, with all complaisance waiting to welcome him. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West She has said in this very paper: "No man can be absolutely true to himself, eschewing cant, compromise, servile imitation, and complaisance, without becoming original." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) To-night his remembrance of the game was hazy, but Teresa as the victor was entitled to complaisance. Lady Cassandra These details show with what facility, with what complaisance, Theodora adapted herself to the conditions of her rank. Women of Early Christianity Still more melancholy was to be the fate of P�tion, who showed such complaisance toward the Swiss on this occasion. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty But there was no complaisance in Lady Dashwood's face as she looked at her brother's drawing-room, just because her thoughts were deeply occupied with his future. The New Warden To Bertha must be ascribed the credit for the complaisance of her husband and the opening that was made to restore the Christian faith, which had perished with the Britons. Women of England Three or four men belonging to the company gathered round, but, neither out of complaisance nor in the hope of gain, did any of them offer his services. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Instead there was a placid tolerance, a spirit of friendly good will, an ingenuous complaisance that grated on Matson's nerves like the screeching rasp of a file drawn across the edge of thin metal. Assassin Someone with his own needs and longings, who would not melt into ready complaisance when he drew near, but who would speak honestly and clearly, who would understand how he felt and why. Assignment's End He was white-hot, and not hesitating to mention names, he told them just what he thought 63 of their smug complaisance, their careless, unfounded confidence. Under Boy Scout Colors Generally speaking, it is less by his passion, than by his assiduity and complaisance, and by flattering woman's fancy. Priests, Women, and Families The more she humbled herself, the less Jan seemed to care for her complaisance. Jan Vedder's Wife It is amusing and provoking to notice the air of complaisance with which some of these begging epistles are suffused. Maids Wives and Bachelors His manners were very gracious, of the old style; a dignified complaisance. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The Archduke laughed, and heartily, too, at this sally; and Purvis, emboldened by the complaisance, edged more closely towards him to point out the lady in question. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She was all honied complaisance when she called upon Constance that morning immediately after breakfast, much to that lady's consternation and surprise. The Song of the Wolf With his usual complaisance he complied with my request. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Henry's mother immediately won their affection by her good-natured complaisance and sympathy. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. This register our friend had the complaisance to submit to our inspection, and we were astonished at the exactitude of its detail. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 He greeted me with the utmost cheerfulness and complaisance. Francezka All, methought, had the same thing in view, but prosecuted their hopes with a different air: some showed an unbecoming eagerness, some a surly impatience, some a winning deference, but the generality a servile complaisance. The Tatler, Volume 3 Poor Reynolds' life is one continued struggle between his sense of duty to his children, and his complaisance to his wife. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Back and forth assertion and complaisance fled and followed; only assertion was holding its own. The Blue Goose I failed him; he hoped for more complaisance. The Kempton-Wace Letters The ladies and gentlemen all showed great joy and complaisance. Francezka I proceed now to examine some of those practices to which the priests tell us the Deity attaches his complaisance and his favors. Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices Here follows the letter above alluded to, which I had stopped in complaisance to Mr. Monroe. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Whether he had been true to me at the beginning, and then had faltered at the last, or whether he had deceived me all along with affected complaisance, I never knew. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 There was something in all this which was flattering to the vanity of Russell; arid he stood regarding the woman with very much complaisance. A Castle in Spain A Novel But that, he said to himself, not without some complaisance, would be impulse, which he had just concluded to be a very bad thing. A Country Gentleman and his Family Be yet a little juster, and own, if only in complaisance, that you yourself regret that past.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The same respect and complaisance has always accompanied his actions, and you yourselves have been witnesses of my power, by his granting me without hesitation your lives. The Princess of Ponthieu (in) The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository By a further miracle of the goddess's complaisance I was permitted to ignore the Orphanage dinner that day, and intoxicate myself with Ted upon sandwiches and cakes and ginger-beer. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The two men faced each other savagely, like characters symbolizing forces in a play; complaisance and discontent. In the Heart of a Fool If you are so good a brother as that, your complaisance is likely to bring you into trouble, Mr. Carroll. The Landleaguers In fact, after a comparative study of their works, one is amazed at the number of melodies which Wagner borrowed from Liszt and at the generous complaisance of the latter. Music: An Art and a Language Anne paused before a stall spread with cotton cloth and bought enough for several skirts, the result of her complaisance being a siege of itinerant vendors that nearly deafened her. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 For a time was coming when our relations would be changed, and the severity of the tutor must succeed to the complaisance of an equal. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts It was in a cherubic complaisance with the whole scheme of the universe that the white-clad Doctor jogged up Elm 226Street behind his maternal sorrel in the pha�ton, to get his noon day meal. In the Heart of a Fool The woman had spoken in complaisance; but she had warmed to her own words, and tenderness followed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) In the middle of them was the learned doctor himself, who with much complaisance invited the company to eat heartily. The History of Sandford and Merton More than once McGuire paused to curse silently at the complaisance of this people. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 There were limits to the complaisance he found due to this future relation; the family secrets, the family confidences, though they might indirectly concern him, should at least be kept from him for the present. Angelot A Story of the First Empire The royalists had somewhat overstrained the complaisance of the authorities. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life She did indeed––as good women do a kindness––surrender herself entirely, and pretended that the surrender was her own desire and her husband’s complaisance a thing he deserved praise for. A Singer from the Sea He takes her little caprices with complaisance, and contemplates her with love. A Romance of the West Indies With bronzed faces and the indubitable air of campaigns endured, they were the objects of lively interest to the fair maskers, nor were themselves indifferent to the complaisance of their entertainers. The Strollers Mrs. Fisher was soon heartily tired of her, and could have regretted her complaisance to Mrs. Danvers' wishes in receiving her against her judgment; but she was too good to send her away. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Thus those who have wished to be wholly subservient to that Court are very badly paid for their complaisance. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX He had been seated at the table while served by the maroon, but, as she entered, with unusual complaisance he arose and bowed to her with something of the grace of a gentleman. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Civil behaviour costs indeed some pains, Requires of complaisance some little share; But soon or late its due reward it gains, And meets it often when we're not aware. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault “Your complaisance does credit to your good nature, sir,” exclaimed the old man. The Strollers Finding this experiment fail, they had recourse to a different conduct, and became all kindness and complaisance. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton The hopes of a speedy general pacification, and a sense of complaisance and apprehension of the Empress of Russia, may procrastinate the treaty between the United States and them. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX Aaron laughed, but there was a grim complaisance in the tone that argued secret receptiveness for the idea. The Roof Tree She sat down with some complaisance, and let her Indian scarf droop from her shoulders, and her pretty dress show itself. Phoebe, Junior I could not well make any objection, after having availed myself of his complaisance, to his now proceeding to carry out his wishes to their entire fulfilment. Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover Yet when he came to the wider yard before the stone house something of his complaisance left him. The Brass Bound Box The time will come when they will be obliged to have recourse to the city of Amsterdam, to remove the proscription, which too much complaisance to the Court of London is drawing upon these Provinces. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX This lack of complaisance on the part of the Zamorin he attributed, not without reason, to the jealousy of the Arab merchants, whose swift-sailing dhows crowded the port. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Yet it was not like Holgate to give them the reins so completely unless he had some purpose to serve by his complaisance. Hurricane Island In his complaisance for power, he was more governed by sincere inclination than egotism. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The girl obeys the request and gesture—both sufficiently rude after such sweet complaisance. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness It is impossible that the president or his advisers could have believed they would carry their complaisance so far. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Saying this, he took his departure, when the major-domo remarked: “It must be agreed, gentlemen, that nothing can exceed the complaisance of this cavalier of the red handkerchief.” Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora I need to acquire skill in the art of narration, and accordingly, I must have someone to tell them to, a person whose complaisance will cause him to overlook the faults of a novice. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton They are essentially revolutionary and antisocial; order can never be thoroughly re-established as long as honourable minds encourage them with secret complaisance. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 I was not without suspicion as to the motive of her complaisance: in fact, I understood it. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness And when her inexhaustible forgiveness has induced a temporary but passionate reconciliation, he takes fresh umbrage, and sends money to her for her complaisance with another letter of more abominable insult than ever. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century At all events, he submitted, in the main good-humouredly, to my frequently personal diatribes, and, by his very complaisance and merry indifference, supplied me again and again with point and illustration for my sermons. The Message Some were employed as butchers and cooks; others as nurses in the hospital; and they were every where favoured for their complaisance, obedience, and good humour. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Free nations and governments have but one honourable and effective method of dealing with the liberty of the press,—to adopt it frankly, without undue complaisance. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 On the contrary, it is the squatter who exhibits the appearance of complaisance. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness On the other hand, the irritable teacher, who can hardly look with complaisance upon good behavior, is disposed to magnify the most trifling departure from the rules of propriety. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes But, though calm resolve was in George Stairs's gift that day, he suffered no complaisance; and, by this time, he held that great assembly in the hollow of his hand. The Message However, history, rigorously studied, knows neither these complaisances nor these weaknesses. Principles Of Political Economy Phœbe was strongly tempted to decline this peremptory invitation, but curiosity threw its weight into the balance with complaisance, and with a dignified lift of the chin she turned to the door. The Panchronicon I was myself puzzled at the attitude of the Utah chief—as well as the silent complaisance with which his attentions appeared to be received. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness He certainly neglected this duty as far as Miss Macdonald's boat was concerned, possibly out of complaisance to her hostess, Lady Margaret, possibly because the young lady's careless demeanour disarmed all suspicion. The True Story Book Out of complaisance the pedagogue invited himself to dinner. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Many similar skirmishes, both on his home 55 ranch and on the trail, had sharpened Larkin’s wits for emergencies, and it was with really no spirit of humble complaisance that he faced the future. The Free Range Mistaking the situation, and used to the complaisance of the French peasant, M. le Petit-Maitre presented himself at Dovelands Cottage and made certain overtures of a financial nature to Mrs. Duveen. The Orchard of Tears There were eminent English writers, though perhaps one only to whom the first rank could even by the utmost complaisance be opened or allowed. A History of Elizabethan Literature Hence the complaisance shown to drinking shops, which, as M. Fouillée remarks, it would be more dangerous for the Government to close than to close the churches. The Cult of Incompetence He had, out of complaisance, drunk a little too much. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Anne and Henri, therefore, contented themselves with the possibility which the complaisance of the Holy Father had given them of contracting an indissoluble bond, and with the oath by which they reciprocally pledged their faith. Political Women, Vol. 1 Bolton, known in two hemispheres by his prose and poetry, had come out of complaisance, protesting rather indignantly to his friends that he didn't believe in Americans making such an ado over a mere baron. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York It is not true that, except by great complaisance of the reader, Jeremy Taylor's long sentences are at once understandable. A History of Elizabethan Literature But in the course of a few weeks, as I began to understand the trade better, and to cut down their exorbitant demands, these men marvellously abated their complaisance. Athelstane Ford Her silence clearly demonstrated that she knew nothing about the matter, and had failed to comprehend his meaning, so that out of complaisance he said to her: "Perhaps you are getting tired of this?" Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man If you are pleased with the complaisance and attention of others to you, depend upon it the same complaisance and attention, on your part, will equally please them. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies "I will consent," said the monarch, "to hear the adventures of this merchant; but it is the last instance of complaisance I shall show you." Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Yes, Mr. Rogers was plainly pleased at my complaisance and the prospect of using me to gather in another harvest of dollars later. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated He paid the consommation and started to leave without waiting for a reply, because he knew of my complaisance. The Merry-Go-Round You will listen to them with the same critical exactitude that I have bestowed on their composition, but with greater complaisance, I hope, than I can feel in reciting them. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura They foresaw no end to this cruel separation; for they could not expect that a husband's complaisance to his wife should increase after he ceased to be a bridegroom. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue The new missionaries soon began to accuse the Jesuits of undue complaisance and conformity with heathen customs, and made complaint against them at Rome. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Harold rewarded Edgar for his complaisance and discretion by conferring upon him the honor of knighthood immediately after the coronation, and in the church where the ceremony was performed. William the Conqueror Makers of History We determined to return the complaisance of the natives by giving a ball on board our ship to our acquaintances in Talcaguana, and some from Conception. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 But I would be most firmly resolved not to destroy my own faculties and constitution in complaisance to those who have no regard for their own. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 And yet Northampton has a surface and a solid content, as well as a circumference; and amidst all his complaisance and all his versatility, Doddridge had a mind and a calling of his own. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Your submission turns their gall to honey—converts their vinegar to milk—to the very cream of human complaisance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Her Bridegroom aids in her spoliation for two reasons: the first, because she has soiled her beautiful garments by her vain complaisances, and has appropriated the gifts of God in reflections of self-esteem. Spiritual Torrents He had the complaisance to surrender for our accommodation and the convenience of our astronomical observations, a large house belonging to him in Talcaguana, which had once been inhabited by La Pérouse. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 A fifth is "complaisance"—that every man strive to accommodate himself to the rest. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I am sure that he walked nineteen miles out of the twenty-three, out of complaisance to the ungrateful brute. A Confederate Girl's Diary Grenville's complaisance to the French envoys was perhaps little more than a blind to mask his contempt for them and their principles. William Pitt and the Great War The complaisance of the British public towards capitalists goes no further than giving them their strict legal rights—and certainly does not extend to pouring out money and blood like water for their support. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct Time was, in the Ellices, when the undue complaisance of a married woman meant a sudden and inartistic compression of the jugular, or a swift blow from the heavy, ebony-wood club of the wronged man. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 If the Yugoslavs, in simply accepting the judgment of their Allies, acted against their own ultimate advantage, they can, at any rate, believe that their complaisance, their extraordinary lack of chauvinism, will be recognized. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 After the return of the king, I had the complaisance, to restore some of them to the writers. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Bute, acting on orders from London, carried complaisance to lengths derogatory, as he thought, to the honour of Great Britain, and Godoy humoured him to the top of his bent. William Pitt and the Great War With what complaisance the social elements of this capital fostered the brood of traitors who rushed hence to the service of the rebellion in 1861! History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States She confessed to me that she had listened to him once before, when he suggested an elopement; but she was now, as she began to reap the fruits of complaisance, convinced of her own imprudence. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk He next mounted Queen Mab, who treated him with little more complaisance, and, in carters' phrase, would neither hap nor wynd till she got rid of him. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) It defended patriotic writers from the anger of the prince, and the complaisance of his agents. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Pen and Jane looked at each other and at the two men's grins of complaisance. Still Jim That a daughter of the same name existed is not improbable, but who can tell whether the Maria Island of Tasmania's coast was named in complaisance to the daughter, or to conciliate the mother! The History of Tasmania, Volume I How empty and bottomless the oppressive institutions and how burdensome the taxes which rested on nothing but a paper grant, musty with age and backed only by royal complaisance! The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) A moment after, everything disappeared, with Beauty's apprehensions at this proof of Beast's complaisance. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk “Well, well: let us keep clear of Mrs Grey’s connexions, and then you may talk of them as you please,” said the sister, in the complaisance of the hour. Deerbrook Under the circumstances I felt sure of your complaisance. Waring's Peril His remarks were often in a tone austere and reproving; nor did he think himself obliged to preserve that dignified complaisance which softens the differences of political life. The History of Tasmania, Volume I As Lord Brougham was suspected of undue complaisance towards the Duke at the time, the neatness of the political allusion was received with extraordinary favour by the public. The History of "Punch" Above and directly before my eyes was a full-rigged ship, sailing among furious painted billows directly against the lofty cliffs of a lea-shore, the captain on the bridge regarding this manœuvre with the utmost complaisance. The Dew of Their Youth Truly, the capricious, but august, monarch must have been well pleased with the complaisance of his fair ward, and the face of the fool, glowing and eager, became on the instant hard and cold. Under the Rose Benevolence and complaisance conjoined with virtue, and yet nature has nothing more rare than these. Plutarch's Morals Respectable men, who did not question or cross his path, might usually calculate on his complaisance. The History of Tasmania, Volume I He would be all kindness to his grandson and win from him, if it might be possible, reciprocal courtesy and complaisance. Orley Farm Since then she had never forgiven Boyd Connoway, and had never been able to look upon a gun with any complaisance. The Dew of Their Youth By her complaisance in the past she had fanned the embers of a passion which now burst beyond control. Under the Rose As he ought to govern the body by not being a slave to its pleasures and desires, so he ought to rule his wife by cheerfulness and complaisance. § xxxiv. Plutarch's Morals By the oversight or complaisance of Lord Bathurst, the rule which made the outlay of capital the condition of a grant, was not inserted in the covenant. The History of Tasmania, Volume I These particulars surprised me, though I confess, it was still more astonishing to me, to find the resentment of this Arab turned into acts of kindness and complaisance. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Hurault, however, suspected that some mischief, which time would reveal, lay concealed under this outward show of complaisance. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 In complaisance to you, and husbanding My fortune, I retir’d into the country: Scraping, and laboring beyond the bounds Of reason, or my age, that my estate Might furnish means for your expense and pleasure. The Comedies of Terence One morning his door opened as usual at meal time; but instead of withdrawing, the keeper approached Monte-Leone kindly, his ugly face, on account of the complaisance which lit it up, seeming yet more horrid. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Martha looks well, and wants me to find out that she grows fat; but I cannot carry my complaisance farther than to believe whatever she asserts on the subject. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record This high-handed mode of dealing with the Church is in marked contrast to the monarch's complaisance when dealing with the people. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Other lines condemned Catharine for her excessive complaisance to the cardinal. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Let him prevail on you; your complaisance Shall be requited doubly. The Comedies of Terence As it rained fast, and she was obliged to step in the water to land, she hesitated; but this excited no complaisance in the lord in waiting. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The Emperor, moved, enchanted, submitted with kind complaisance to the gentle fetters of these amiable infants. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I That venerable prelate rose, and with his usual complaisance declared that, having sworn allegiance to his gracious lord the king, he felt in duty bound to honor his commands. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa But they left Francis in no doubt respecting the price of their complaisance. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 He married at Orleans and my husband had the complaisance to go to his marriage. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon After my return to London I had to expiate in bed the consequences of my fatuous complaisance. My Reminiscences Even this obtained for him neither complaisance nor immunity from abuse. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion She even, and in reality, did not think him handsome or engaging in his manners—she thought his gaiety frivolousness, his complaisance affectation, and his good humour impertinence. A Simple Story If one's enemies are of flesh and blood, they do not carry complaisance so far as to chose the dies Alliensis for their birthday and the most ineligible spot in Africa for their birthplace. The Last Poems of Ovid Doubtless the Free Traders thought they were paying for some complaisance on the part of the master of Abbey Burnfoot. Patsy Did I imitate your forbearance, or lessen your restraints, by taking any part in those offices of general complaisance or particular gratitude which you had hitherto been left to discharge alone? Sense and Sensibility No complaisance of mere speech could have been so flattering, or expressed such striking politeness as this mute eloquence of thoroughly digesting attention. The Confidence-Man It is to be noted, that a woman's flatterer is generally elder than herself, her years serving to recommend her patroness's age, and to add weight to her complaisance in all other particulars. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Dawn's judgments were remorseless, as becoming clean-souled, fearless youth as yet unacquainted with the great gulf 'twixt the ideal and real, and untainted by that charity and complaisance which, like senility, come with advancing years. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn To establish still further his character, he declared, "that he designed to govern according to the model of Augustus"; and omitted no opportunity of showing his generosity, clemency, and complaisance. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome But it is very questionable whether, in return for this want of complaisance in them, the generality of ladies would not prefer the beau, and the man of fashion. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Seeing that it is you, sir," with complaisance replied the barber, now mixing the lather, "seeing that it is you sir, I won't answer that question. The Confidence-Man Cyclopean epithets are piled together almost at random on any substantive which will have the complaisance to receive them. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. He repaid the insidious complaisance of Leicester with good will and even with confidence; and it was not till all was lost that he appears to have recognised this fatal and irreparable error. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth ‘I am greatly indebted to the Prime Minister for his complaisance.’ The Bibliotaph and Other People Nations, like kings, are not good by facility and complaisance. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings “It’s very good of you,” said Janet, genuinely persuading herself for the moment that Edwin was quite exceeding the usual bounds of complaisance. Clayhanger At that moment she could not bring herself to say that she forgave him, or to express any complaisance at the thought of the future. A Houseful of Girls Some such absolution she would have been ready to bestow upon a tearful and dejected Cornelia, but the pink and white complaisance of the uplifted face steeled her heart afresh. Flaming June Not even her youthful complaisance could apply that description to herself. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story The next morning she realised that those thanks had been darling Miss Blake’s farewell, and shed bitter tears; but for the moment she was filled with complaisance. The Independence of Claire This sudden complaisance on the part of the boatswain put a very different complexion upon the whole affair, and was infinitely better than I had dared to hope. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship Miss Lord replied with some complaisance that she endeavored to have her girls think for themselves. Just Patty "Well, I knew you wouldn't," Winny answered, touches of triumph and complaisance sounding in her voice. Three People He was shrewd, selfish, and sensual; the last two of which qualities he screened from observation, under a specious varnish of exterior complaisance. St. Ronan's Well A wife with a moderate fortune usually brings more complaisance and submission, and blesses a house with peace, union, and friendship. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Charles would think himself well paid by his brother king's complaisance towards his own inclination. Simon Dale This complaisance was amply rewarded by a speedy display of Mr. Richards's powers of entertainment. Stories of Comedy The senators were standing now, and several of them winced and looked frightened at the swift result of their complaisance. The Lion's Brood Johnson's wrath was evidently appeased by the complaisance shown by leading men of the South. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 This complaisance displeased the duke, who sent word to the knight that if he proposed to play with his adversary he had better withdraw at once. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. On my explaining the true state of the case, he merely observed, "He is a great man;" and yet I thought the remark was made coldly, or in complaisance to us. Recollections of Europe Fräulein's lack not only of amatory complaisance but of social polish or even facility kept him dubious and disconcerted. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life My courtly complaisance will carry me no farther. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 We yielded at last, out of complaisance towards her, and were rewarded by feeling wonderfully refreshed by a solid meal. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls I have carefully looked at thy picture and found that from thy face emanates the spiritual glad-tidings, the merciful complaisance and the heavenly brightness. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas The contents of the letter were: Sir!—Accept our hearty thanks for your generous complaisance, having succored foreign interest in a foreign land. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World When the matter was laid before the council, all voices concurred in approving the resolution; and the parliament expressed the same complaisance. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. But though full of complaisance to the whole sex, Charles reserved all his passion for his consort, to whom he attached himself with unshaken fidelity and confidence. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell "I expect that you will carry your complaisance further," said the king; "I desire to have Suffolk put into my hands, where alone I can depend upon his submission and obedience." The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary The single fault which Saint-Beuve finds with the spirit of the society she formed, and governed so long with her irresistible sceptre, is that there was too much of complaisance and charity in it. The Friendships of Women "Your great complaisance would seem very suspicious, at all events." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" But those who deemed every acquisition of the prince a detriment to the people, were apt to complain of this instance of complaisance in the parliament. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. A precarious liberty, the commons thought, which was to be preserved by unlimited complaisance, was no liberty at all. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell The extreme complaisance of the convocation, which sat at the same time with the parliament, encouraged him in his resolution of breaking entirely with the court of Rome. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Nature abhors such complaisances, which threaten to melt the world into a lump, and hastens to break up such maudlin agglutinations.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They strive with their own hearts, and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 His complaisance in this particular contributed more to gain the commons, than all the pompous pretences of supporting the triple alliance, that popular measure by which he expected to make such advantage. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. These guardians of law and liberty replied, with great complaisance, "that in a case of necessity he might impose that taxation, and that he was sole judge of the necessity." The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell To forgive a man will not mean to escape from the trouble of securing his punishment; it will not mean the weak complaisance of indolent tolerance. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Punctual to the minute the motor came puffing along, the youthful-looking chauffeur drawing up before the door with an air of conscious complaisance. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 At this hour, Herr Fischelowitz is doubtless asleep, and would certainly be justified in refusing to come here out of mere complaisance. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance He apologized for deserting his ally, by representing to him all the real, undissembled difficulties under which he labored; and Lewis, with the greatest complaisance and good humor, admitted the validity of his excuses. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. The Scots being such useful allies to the malecontent party in England, no wonder they were courted with the most unlimited complaisance and the most important services. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell It would be the silliest complaisance to pretend that all of this, or much of it, or any but a very little of it, has been of permanent value. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters His complaisance made her uncomfortable and shy of him, it was so strange; it gave her a little shiver, as if he were behaving undignifiedly. A Chance Acquaintance And so great is the complaisance of mankind, that no one thinks of intimating any necessity for consulting another authority before giving judgment. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 But these instances of complaisance had the contrary effect in England from what was expected by the contrivers of them. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. And such was their preoccupation, each with the bitterness of his own case, that neither wondered at the other's strange complaisance. Gentle Julia Some lie out of custom, as lovers, coxcombs, footmen, sailors, mechanics, merchants, and chambermaids; and others lie out of complaisance or necessity, as courtiers, chaplains, &c. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish The man into whose eyes she gazed with such obvious complaisance was not the man she lived with in that house on the river bank. The Hidden Places With every semblance of complete complaisance the representative was escorted into the camp. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben The next step taken by the commons had the appearance of some more complaisance; but in reality proceeded from the same spirit of liberty and independence. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. It felt itself king, by seeing courtiers bowing to it, and excused their rank by reason of their complaisance. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution I never remember your telling me, sir, that my wilful moods were particularly becoming, but I began to think it must be so; and actually thought of trying a little complaisance.' Wych Hazel Whereas those who succeeded to me in the government, by their incapacity, their corruption, and their servile complaisance to the humour of the people, presently lost all the fruits of my virtue and prudence. Dialogues of the Dead But I was egged on by curiosity, and I made a direct appeal to our host's complaisance. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 The tories took advantage of this obvious impropriety, which had been occasioned merely by the complaisance or prudence of the whigs; and they insisted upon the word desertion, as more significant and intelligible. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. It seemed to consider itself as a weakened institution, which ought to have its long duration pardoned in consequence of its complaisance towards princes and the age. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution The moment being auspicious, Tom sounded the master of the Deer Trace coal lands on the reorganization scheme, and found nothing but complaisance. The Quickening You gained Henry’s by a complaisance and course of life which were a reproach to your character and sacred orders. Dialogues of the Dead I should not like her to marry a pauper—one dependent on the complaisance of other people. Sunrise During these zealous efforts for the protection of liberty no complaisance for the crown was discovered by this parliament. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. In the first place, the work of the Constituent Assembly was not principally to perpetuate this wheelwork of useless royalty, placed out of complaisance to the people's eyes, in machinery which did not regulate it. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Some have an inherent complaisance which makes them all but unfit for any such operation as cutting, or even for the less violent one of cooling off. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 The ferocious pride of our ancient republican senators had bent itself to the obsequious complaisance of a court. Dialogues of the Dead Colonel Bradshawe might amuse himself and his cronies by expressing astonishment at his blindness or complaisance, but Shortridge had good reasons for what he did. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters Finding all his efforts fruitless, he had dissolved the parliament, and was determined to call a new one, from which he expected more complaisance and submission. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. He had a reputation for complaisance, which sufficed for every thing. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution How would she be able to bear it; or to act even complaisance when every fiber of her being was turning in mad passion and desire to Michael, her love? The Man and the Moment The government of the Republic," wrote one, "has a right to complain of this excessive complaisance. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain In complaisance to him I whittled down the expressions without opposition; struck out that of 'favors ancient and recent' from France; softened some terms, and omitted some sentiments respecting Great Britain. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Queensberry, who showed not the same complaisance, fell into total disgrace, notwithstanding his former services, and the important sacrifices which he had made to the measures of the court. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. The weakness or complaisance of a municipal officer freed the passage, and the battalion fell back, and took up its ground beneath the windows of the Château. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution This is a sacrifice no treaty could ever contemplate, and which we are not disposed to make out of mere complaisance to a false definition of the term privateer. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 A complaisance to the latter on some occasions, and an adherence to the former on others, may give an appearance of trimming between the two parties, which may lose you both. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 They promised to report to me at La Baye des Puants, and I saw by their complaisance that the French star was at the zenith. Montlivet The only proof of complaisance which James received from the pontiff, was his sending a nuncio to England, in return for the embassy. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. It is possible the probability of Theodora's father making a fourth may have had something thing to do with her complaisance. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story A dependant of the King of France and a subject of the King of England, the new pope showed a complaisance towards kings which stood in strong contrast to the ultramontane austerity of his predecessors. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) I owe much to your friendship and great complaisance on all occasions, but I cannot expect to interfere with what will occupy you in those places with so much reason. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life The group was apparently "nonplussed," as the adjutant afterwards put it, by such unlooked-for complaisance on the part of the usually crotchety senior captain. From the Ranks Her father and mother have changed their names to Noel, in compliance with Lord Wentworth's will, and in complaisance to the property bequeathed by him. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals It is but losing a little to her, out of complaisance, as they say, to a fair lady; and whatever she wins, I will make up to you again in private. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Even his complaisance was exhausted by Master Martin. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) But he comes; he looks up; his eyes seem to thank me for this excess of complaisance: what is there I would not do to give him pleasure? The History of Emily Montague It is well known by what a gross insult Bonaparte rewarded their complaisance. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. "Oh, but you may come in too!" she said, with great complaisance. Prince Fortunatus "Then here is my song," said Arundel, "but I shall look for a like complaisance on thy part." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance The very charm of his personal appearance awakened resentment in her; his deft and easy complaisance angered her because it could be effective. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem You will not, my dear Rivers, refuse this proof of complaisance to her who too plainly shews she can refuse you nothing. The History of Emily Montague On his visits to Paris he had dined with them, given them dinners, and treated her with the utmost complaisance. Grey Roses It almost seemed as if a real lion were peeping over the back of the chair, and smiling at the group of auditors, with a sort of lion-like complaisance. True Stories of History and Biography As to the military situation, they were all complaisance. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William being desirous to have his brother's picture, Hugo had the complaisance to sit for it, and send it to him. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works He has a trick of climbing to Miss Goodson's shoulder, from which point of vantage he surveys the world about him with all the complaisance of which an animal of such high degree is capable. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers He reread his despatch with complaisance, he made Maurice read it, who could not help thinking the incident funny. Parisian Points of View But his natural complaisance induced him at least to feign himself asleep; whereupon. Israel Potter The obstinacy of age had, in short, overmastered its complaisance, and the young woman said no more. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages The Church of England has been freely accused of too great complaisance to the powers that be, when those powers were oligarchic. Outspoken Essays There is the folly of resistance and the folly of complaisance. Success (Second Edition) He saw that he was getting beyond control, and, under an exterior of compliance and complaisance, he was genuinely alarmed. Sevenoaks However unhandsome the desire of these men, some complaisance seemed due them from me, for their general good conduct and bravery on former occasions. Israel Potter I know not how far a French audience may carry their complaisance, but, were I in the author's case, I should be unwilling to trust to the civility of an English pit or gallery.... A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character There was no want to which, its complaisance did not lend itself, for indigence is ever obsequious. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) But whom but himself could he blame, if, when common sense demanded only civility and complaisance, she persisted in adhering to the tragic and sentimental? The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal The archdukes, who were aiming at the conclusion of a truce in which to recuperate and not of a definitive peace, showed an unexpected complaisance in granting a concession which they regarded as only temporary. History of Holland The pilot, less out of complaisance to the Father, than out of his desire to undeceive him, went up himself, and could discover nothing. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 "Your suggestion is admirable," he cried, striving desperately to affect a careless complaisance. The Wings of the Morning His complaisance toward Quince and his companions has been considered an indication that he was a most perfect gentleman; does he not rather conceitedly patronize them? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies "Is my dress so very wonderful?" said Sheila with a grave complaisance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Leicester was in raptures over her complaisance and glowed with triumph and delightful anticipation. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Nevertheless, her complaisance earned general sympathy, while the bullying tone of German diplomacy, continued during the Conference held at Algeciras, hardened the opposition of nearly all the Powers, including the United States. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) For three months after her return, he evinced a fervent sentiment for Gabriella, which she, who was staunchly paying the price of her folly, received with an inner shrinking but an outward complaisance. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Molly, who had no memories of fine gentlemen and the complaisance which was their due, blushed fire-red at the touch of his Excellency's lips, forgot to curtsy, and knew not where to look. Audrey Mr. Parnell and his Parliamentary associates are held and bound by the essential conditions of their political existence to treat with complaisance the most extreme and violent men of their party. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) His favourite term for this mental complaisance is "catholicity of faith," or, it may be, "a divine hope." Life of Robert Browning The new Ministry soon showed the desire to adopt a more spirited foreign policy than their predecessors, who had fretted public opinion by their numerous acts of complaisance or surrender. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Nay, Mother Samuel's complaisance in the latter case only led to a new charge. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft "He's firm in the saddle; he'll ride easy to the day he drinks himself to death, thanks to this sudden complaisance of Governor and Commissary!" Audrey Committees of charitable organizations are not usually wanting in complaisance toward gentlemen who can spare lump sums of £130,000; so Mr. Cassall and his lawyers had very much of their own way. A Dream of the North Sea There firmness and complaisance were paralyzed now by erroneous movements and next by contradictory orders. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 This was the dread personality that urged Talleyrand and Joseph Bonaparte to their utmost endeavours and steeled them against any untoward complaisance at Amiens. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) Eccelino, indeed, loved this weak sister with extraordinary tenderness, and we read of a marvelous complaisance to her amorous intrigues by a man who cared nothing himself for women. Italian Journeys He forgets that, as a rule, Feminine complaisance varies directly as masculine audacity. Hints for Lovers "I confess," in an even, emotionless voice, "your lordship's complaisance amazes me." Half A Chance Frances is buying the king's complaisance, God knows at what price! The Touchstone of Fortune Lannes at Lisbon and Brune at Constantinople learnt a little diplomacy and some complaisance to the head of the State, and were taken back to Napoleon's favour. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) The deeper we penetrated the mighty pile, the fonder I grew of my friend Mayenne, by whose complaisance none of these doors would shut on me. Helmet of Navarre Indeed, Men put a higher value upon a woman's complaisance than she does herself. Hints for Lovers Meanwhile Melrose, in high spirits, and full of complaisance, now that the hated Undershaw had departed, walked up and down as usual, talking and smoking. The Mating of Lydia Perhaps the fact that it was a good chest and better than anything she could have bought had something to do with Aunt Senath's complaisance in permitting it to remain. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly You are always less dull with Inachia than me: in her company you are threefold complaisance; but you are ever unprepared to oblige me in a single instance. The Works of Horace Nor do I think his complaisance altogether feigned. Helmet of Navarre Since To arouse jealousy in another feminine breast is sometimes the motive of feminine complaisance. Hints for Lovers None had reason to congratulate himself on his complaisance. Political Pamphlets He was sincerely courteous, and capable of all complaisance. The Problem of China McEwen's unexpected complaisance led to a great softening in Anderson's feeling towards his father. Lady Merton, Colonist But, secretly pleased at the turn of events, he hastened to apologize for war's brutal necessities, and Marta's complaisance led him to consider himself something of a diplomatist. The Last Shot The pity o' it is that The worshiper cannot away with the complaisance that permits a woman to give even her finger-tips to the gallant. Hints for Lovers Then he said, "I am certain, however, that Brother Borromée, like a wise master, often let Jacques touch him out of complaisance." The Forty-Five Guardsmen Treat me with so much complaisance, As fits a princess in romance! The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 During the solitary day he had been alone with them Elizabeth had been kindness and complaisance itself. Lady Merton, Colonist Yes—let her go!' said the Squire, in a tone of excessive complaisance. Elizabeth's Campaign Since Diana had vanished from the scene, no complaisance, no liberality had been too much for his mother's good-will. The Testing of Diana Mallory He urged me to beg you to evince more complaisance and deference for the Elector, that you may acquire influence over him. The Youth of the Great Elector Beethoven is as full of caprice as he is devoid of complaisance. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 What feebleness, what puerile complaisances this particular friendship may not be the source. Evelyn Innes It is evident that none of the absurdities I met with in this visit proceeded from an ill intention, but from a wrong judgment of complaisance, and a misapplication of the rules of it. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Yet, she was not a person to be suspected of complaisance, and her attachments, one might say, were chemical. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I I have written out all that it is necessary that you will have the complaisance to do between this and to-morrow. The Youth of the Great Elector The mistress poured out half of it into one glass which she drank off to the health of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, adding with great complaisance. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences I feel almost ashamed of your complaisance and kindness in permitting me to see the MS. of your as yet unknown literary treasures. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 If many of our young gentlemen, were here," said Mrs. Towers, "they might improve themselves in all the graces of polite and sincere complaisance. Pamela, Volume II The lift carried them up to the third floor, and there at the top the ex-army cook and his wife were waiting, a pair of stout and comfortable people, all smiles and complaisance. Missing With a nice blending of reserve and complaisance she appeared to yield to his mood and yet to withhold herself. A Young Girl's Wooing He had not even the complaisance to take his hair out of queue, nor hide his thin legs in pantaloons. Famous Americans of Recent Times Nay, it was even said that Jack was inclined to carry his complaisance rather far, and after a time seldom troubled himself much about the usher's qualifications, provided his credentials were all right. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Instead of the refreshing April-like showers, which beautify the sun-shine, she shall stand a deluge of complaisance, be wet to the skin with it; and what then? Pamela, Volume II She had always observed Bridget's complaisance towards her brother, and even towards herself—a clumsy complaisance which had never appealed at all either to her or him. Missing France joined in the protests of the other Powers, and Cavour's enemies spread a monstrous rumour that he was going to give up Genoa to win Napoleon's complaisance. Cavour It would be a sign of extraordinary complaisance, were Captain Ludlow to apply to the girls of the colony for instruction in his duty! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas He thanked her with a look for her complaisance. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Catch gentlemen, the best of them, in too great a complaisance that way, if you can. Pamela, Volume II Unfortunately, too, Akenside availed himself of that mixture of complaisance and arrogance by which almost alone a man of no birth can rise in a society graded by birth. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 For these many tokens of unselfish cordiality, for further manifold proofs of political complaisance, to be reviewed by me in detail later, proofs of a sincere desire to be enduringly united with a brother nation— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes As for the Princess, she accepted her new dignities with the complaisance to be expected from the daughter of a Tsarina. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe "Giving men thus blindly to the devil, is an extraordinary piece of complaisance to a lay chancellor." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 But you next require of me an instance, where, in complaisance to my will, he has receded from his own? Pamela, Volume II But there was another source of my satisfaction and complaisance: things were in a grand way now for my revenge on Sir Gilbert Carstairs, and what had been a mystery was one no longer. Dead Men's Money We do not glide lightly over a beloved subject; a prolongation of tones is the complaisance of love. Delsarte System of Oratory An hour later his anger had changed to an amused complaisance, and he was supping with the culprits, and with boisterous laughter was drinking their healths. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe "Yes, Jan," she said, smiling with a gentle complaisance which made me like her somewhat better than before, "I will look out at least once in the hour." Red Axe "Then I will not," returned Mr. B. Will this instance, my dear, come up to your demand for one, where he recedes from his own will, in complaisance to mine? Pamela, Volume II He entreated Mr. Addison to speak candidly and freely, though it might be with ever so much severity, rather than by keeping up forms of complaisance, conceal any of his faults. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Art is an instrument, but not an instrument of vanity or complaisance. Delsarte System of Oratory She listened smilingly to the Elector's honeyed words, and received his attentions with the gracious complaisance of a Queen. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe All the disappointed livery men, their complaisance and cordiality, wholly a thing of the past, were jubilant that I had been so imposed upon by some one, even if they had failed. Adopting an Abandoned Farm "Short as it has been, we should have reason to regret your absence, Signore, were it not for the admirable proofs it has afforded us of your resources and seamanship," returned Andrea, with due complaisance. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet The nation sees nothing in it but a court-tribunal whose complaisance it would be afraid of, and whose movements and intrigues it would dread in times of minority and regency. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 "What was wanted was the complaisance of submission, what was obtained was only that of gratitude." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 In his complaisance and indifference Francis I. attended to his sister's wishes, and appeared to support Berquin in his appeal for a fresh and definite investigation of his case. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 That unlimited complaisance, which on every occasion falls in with the opinions and manners of others, is so far from being a virtue, that it is itself a vice, and the parent of many vices. The Illustrated London Reading Book Who does not know that vices which may be treated with tenderness, almost with complaisance, while they are kept in the background, became monstrous, prodigious, awe-inspiring when they are made public? John Caldigate This great lady, we are left in doubt for what reason, carried her complaisance so far as to allow the future poet £40 a year until her death. Gossip in a Library To be favorably heard there, you must have complaisance and flattery. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South Though his comedies are horribly full of double entendre, yet 'twas owing to a false complaisance. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author He lingered on, and so did they—watching each other, trying to outdo each other in complaisance to the humors of the old miser. The Second Generation In the two parishes of Utterden and Netherden there is no rise of ground which can by any stretch of complaisance be called a hill. John Caldigate No zeal, no faith, no intellectual trenchancy, but as much low-minded geniality and trivial complaisance as you please. On Compromise His ready wit first procured for him the favour off Henri IV, which he subsequently retained by a system of complaisance of thoroughly Italian morality. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 By the complaisance of our party machinery he was able to present himself to a perplexed constituency as the only possible alternative to Conservatism and Tariff Reform, and so we have him. An Englishman Looks at the World If they can go so far, out of complaisance to their old enemies, methinks a little reason should persuade them to take another step, and see whither that would lead them. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes It fortuitously happens that we have not "a connoisseuring eye," or we should swell this paper beyond the limits prescribed by editorial complaisance, in the pages of "THE MIRROR." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 He cannot transform a monarchy into a republic, but he can make sure that one citizen at least shall aim at republican virtues, and abstain from the debasing complaisance of the crowd. On Compromise Mrs Wyllys suspended her questions, just as long as complaisance to the last speaker seemed to require and then she resumed them as follows, addressing her next inquiry to Wilder. The Red Rover Nothing but the height of affectionate complaisance passed all the way: over and over, what a joy would this unexpected visit give her cousin Leeson! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 He delighted in innocent remedies—manna, magnesia, and camphor julep; never put on a blister in his life; and would sooner, from pure complaisance, let a patient die, than administer an unpalatable prescription. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number The world is called conservative; but it is far easier to impress a plausible thought on the complaisance of others than to retain an unfaltering faith in it for ourselves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 So that if ever he fell into any excesses of this kind, it was merely out of complaisance to his company, and that he might not appear stiff and singular. The Life of Col. James Gardiner Who Was Slain at the Battle of Prestonpans, September 21, 1745 Le Gros's complaisance in quitting the ship and in piloting her about the bay, a little drily, perhaps. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" I have often more than half ruined myself by my complaisance; and, being afraid of controul, have brought controul upon myself. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 But Hervey surprised her by the complaisance with which he heard the tidings. Alcatraz The Muses smiled with a look more of complaisance than approval, as they reviewed the army of Troubadours and Minnesingers and the crowd of romancers who followed in their train. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 However, let us go a step further, and, out of excessive complaisance, suppose that all the bodies in Nature are actually in motion. The Existence of God "Told us," I say out of complaisance, but "tould" would be the better word, as all they uttered savoured so much of the brogue, that it was not always easy to get at their meaning. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" I was sitting with my pen in my fingers; and stood up when I first saw her, with great complaisance, as if the day were still her own. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 In that dislike I can sympathise fully: but on his method of escape Mr. Windrush will probably look with more complaisance than I do, who call it by the ugly name of Atheism.” Phaethon Fortunately for her, those in closest authority over her were not so deeply smitten as to make obligatory on her a choice between complaisance and loss of position. Within the Law Let us still attend the Epicureans even in their most fabulous suppositions, and carry on the fiction to the last degree of complaisance. The Existence of God If so many distinct and independent powers did not exactly unite with each other, the complaisance of the senate was prepared to supply every deficiency by the most ample and extraordinary concessions. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 I had paid dear for my complaisance.—But what ails thee, brother?—Thy step totters, thy brow is as black as night. Ivanhoe Their freedoms and impertinences at table were designed expressly to give to their obsequiousness in council the air of being not complaisance, but conviction. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans His favourite term for this mental complaisance is "catholicity of faith", or, it may be, "a divine hope". Life of Robert Browning Whether it was the heart which dictated this new system of complaisance and humility adopted by our Rebecca, is to be proved by her after-history. Vanity Fair "Your horse is blown," said the man, with a complaisance seldom used in a hunting-field. The Bride of Lammermoor He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance. Ivanhoe But certainly his natural temperament was one that could not bend to complaisance; and, besides, he wished to work the Syracusans back the other way, out of their present excess of license and caprice. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans I contrived, before his departure, to let him have Manon for another moment to himself; so that he had reason to applaud my complaisance, as well as the hospitable reception I had given him. Manon Lescaut The favour of that court, so much coveted, seemed to her to be purchased at too high a price if it was to be gained by ruinous complaisances. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) Be yet a little juster, and own, if only in complaisance, that you yourself regret that past.’ Prince Otto, a Romance The woman had spoken in complaisance; but she had warmed to her own words, and tenderness followed. Merry Men She waited upon herself as a princess might condescend to minister to her own wants—loftily, with a smile at her own complaisance. Remember the Alamo The old King that was gone had come this far of his complaisance when he bade me farewell as I set out twenty years before for my vice-royalty in Yucatan. The Lost Continent A complexity of instincts checked Elfride's conventional smiles of complaisance and hospitality; and, to make her still less comfortable, Mrs. Swancourt immediately afterwards left them together to seek her husband. A Pair of Blue Eyes Meanwhile Lord Granville, then at the British Foreign Office, had Lord Granville's complaisance towards Germany. taken up an extremely friendly attitude towards the German claims. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He twisted his heavy mouth into a faint smile—he was one of those saturnine people who smile with the corners of the mouth down,—and bowed his acknowledgment of my complaisance. The Island of Doctor Moreau
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