| 单词 | decorously |
| 例句 | Things started out decorously enough but deteriorated into unprecedented pandemonium. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then she put a wild hand inside the seat of his trousers, startling the boy considerably, but almost immediately withdrew it and decorously tucked in his shirt for him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The band was playing loudly when the Marines entered the restaurant and headed as decorously as their condition permitted for seats at the bar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two teachers in dark suits talked decorously beside a broken fountain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We courted decorously, not like Dede and Jaimito, two little puppies you constantly have to watch over so they don’t get into trouble— Mama has been telling me the stories. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The faerie woman adjusted her silk robe and was once more decorously covered. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Director Eric Tucker and playwright Kate Hamill of New York’s Bedlam troupe affirm the richness of theatrical opportunity in Austen’s decorously vibrant characters, in a fluid staging that sparkles with wit and invention. This is how you bring Jane Austen to the stage 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The expelled mass eventually fossilized, creating what is decorously called a “gastric pellet.” Exhibition Review: Natural History Museum Explores the Wonders of Pterosaurs 2014-04-10T14:00:02Z But the picture we get of it, and of the staff’s decorously debauched after-hours partying, is flat and unconvincing. Review: Food and the City in ‘Sweetbitter’ on Starz 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Vonn decorously discussed her injuries and training diet of cheese before setting up Jay to parody her Sports Illustrated cover with his own image. Jay Leno: Now, with more gloating 2010-03-02T13:40:00Z They dangle decorously, as if slowly dripping off after being molded to his body for decades. The New ‘American Idol’: Youth Gone Wild and an Understanding Dad 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The company will decorously share the cost of an elephant or crocodile upon request. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Things start decorously enough in the Mason's Yard gallery, in the West End, with lots of semi-abstract sculptures on plinths, small confections of corrugated cardboard, empty loo rolls and packaging. Jake or Dinos Chapman - review 2011-07-14T15:05:56Z “The Futuristic music was received with decorously suppressed laughter,” The Daily Mail wrote, for example, about a piece played in London in 1912. Will Jarring Music Drive Drug Users From a German Train Station? 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z There sits a bulky bronze sculpture of President Kennedy, decorously painted red, white and blue, as if some pharaonic potentate buried in the sands of time. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z A lamppost sits decorously in one corner of the stage. Theater Review: ‘Irma La Douce,’ Back on the Streets 2014-05-08T19:50:34Z Mutu’s dark gray, more decorously composed figure is covered in a kind of solid bubble armor and partially draped in cloth that seems continuous with her body. Review | In San Francisco, arresting sculptures disrupt life at the intersection of Afrofuturism and hippie vibes 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Now that decorously small, historically sanctioned choruses have become the norm in Mozart, it is good to be reminded of the punch this music can pack in an appropriate setting like the outdoor Shed. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler at Tanglewood 2010-07-18T21:49:00Z I would never dispute Miss Butterworth’s historical significance, but, to my taste, the three novels in which she stars are decorously dull. Review | The writer who inspired Sue Grafton — her father — gets a welcome new edition 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Cast in bronze and propped decorously in arching shapes on the floor, each frond takes on an almost animal character, as if it were about to inch away. The lowly palm frond, all dressed up in Zoe Crosher's show at LAXART 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z And he isn’t decorously posed in a classical structure; he isn’t contained in an ordered space with Greek or Roman allusions. Memorial Review: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Opens in Washington 2011-08-25T12:00:00Z Not for him the Greek way, or the French way, with lots of people decorously describing exciting things that already happened offstage. Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z A while back, I went to a wedding in Scotland, with the reception held at a castle full of hatted ladies — myself included — strolling about and decorously sipping Champagne. Princess-to-be Kate Middleton is tops when it comes to toppers 2011-04-15T23:45:42Z In the big corridor, a set of massive curtains, usually decorously tied back, instead hang loose, and they open and close endlessly. Martin Creed’s Anti-Spectacle at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z I decorously tried to keep enthusiasm on my face. A life in books: Tim Waterstone 2010-09-08T07:00:00Z For most of that time, it was danced, according to one observer, “deliberately and decorously.” The Best Facts I Learned from Books in 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z “Wait for Me!” is decorously arranged by categories — parents, siblings, war, marriage, houses — and is rich in Old World ambience. Books of The Times: Life Among the Upper Crust, Seen From Two Generations 2010-12-12T23:24:00Z The set by Donyale Werle doesn’t stop decorously at the edge of the stage, where that fourth wall is supposed to be. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Exploding Art of Set Design 2010-12-09T18:21:00Z A third episode takes place after the Buddha’s enlightenment, as the lords of the four directions, essentially Vedic or Hindu beings, decorously offer him bowls of food. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z It may be too much to ask young artists to compete with material of this age and quality, and most of their paintings, while sometimes attractive, fade decorously to the background. Exhibitions at Sean Kelly, Pavel Zoubok and Salon 94 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z In Ziegler’s painting, the subject is obvious: Four blond academic female nudes decorously display themselves along with traditional symbols. Art Review: ‘Degenerate Art,’ at Neue Galerie, Recalls Nazi Censorship 2014-03-13T21:50:31Z Verbose, self-important, and frequently incoherent, they sit decorously in a horse-shoe arc while the three main characters run rings around them. How did Murdoch and company perform on the world stage? 2011-07-20T11:29:00Z The description perhaps underrates her novel, but is a fitting epigraph for this play and its decorously debauched protagonist. Review: ‘Being Mr. Wickham’ Tracks a Rake’s Progress 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Last time out, on 2006's Back to Basics, she was decorously modelling herself on Jean Harlow and purveying vaguely retro soul. Christina Aguilera: Bi-On-Ic 2010-06-03T14:30:00Z Two playing areas — including one that suggests a minimalist interpretation of van Gogh’s painting of his room at Arles — flank a white grand piano and four decorously arranged chairs. Review: Listening (Yes, Listening) to the Beauty of van Gogh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z In any case, Rhodes plays the Prelude decorously, to rapturous applause. That iPad iRecital: do you buy it? 2010-07-16T13:34:00Z He stalked the pub decorously and in the end was rewarded by seeing her leave, alone, an unposted letter in her hand. Sea Story by AS Byatt 2013-03-15T13:58:58Z Mr. Sexton may believe that it’s best to indulge the play’s excesses rather than to mute them decorously. | 'Titus Andronicus': ?Titus Andronicus? at Public Lab - Review 2011-12-14T03:01:00Z He’s both giving away and selling — and selling himself sparingly, decorously. The Lonely Toil of Frank Ocean: Is It Art, or Denial? 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z He’s been criticized for overemoting at the piano, for virtuosity at the expense of art: Some refer to him as “Bang Bang,” with lip decorously curled. Lang Lang offers a generous helping of serious music at engaging recital 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Although neither word is beyond the ordinary, together, they’ve created a Southern California PR bonanza and juggernaut since 1890, when the first decorously decorated carriages hit the midwinter streets of Pasadena. Only a pandemic (once) and a war (three times) can stop the Rose Parade 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Remember the decorously offended Victorian lady from Pasadena? Does L.A. have an 'addiction to cults and cultists'? Sure seems like it 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In 2020, a Lincoln statue was torn down by an angry mob in Portland, Ore.; another was removed, more decorously, in Boston. Review | Lessons from Lincoln’s leadership at the close of the Civil War 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z At the end of January, they calmly and decorously elected a proposed transition president and prime minister. Op-Ed: Why Haiti can't get the new beginning it needs 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The pocket square is a way of decorously grabbing attention without ever raising your voice and is an apt metaphor for Biden’s entire campaign. Perspective | Pocket squares and pearls convey a stylish team’s message 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z This week’s London arms market – decorously called a “fair” – is a national disgrace and the protesters currently calling attention to it are right. The London arms fair is an inexcusable disgrace – it’s a stain on the nation | Simon Jenkins 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Some women dressed decorously, but their steps were so exuberant, they looked like they were about to dance right out of their nipped-in jackets and straight skirts. From the archives: 'Soul Train,' a snapshot of black Los Angeles life 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z She sits decorously still, as if listening to a somewhat dull concert. Review: In 'The Little Foxes,' all's fair in love and post-Civil War Alabama - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The Republicans did not exactly stand back decorously. Defending Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Other Distractions, at the Kavanaugh Hearings 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z In a decorously unkempt apartment we meet three embittered adults bound by blood, marriage and/or disappointment. Review: Jean Cocteau's masterful 1948 'Les Parents Terribles' is a treat for movie lovers 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Moreover the pink ball behaved all too decorously, declining to swing on a cold and windy day – by Adelaide standards. Australia dig in but England’s Craig Overton nabs Steve Smith 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z So why stay decorously silent when behavioral symptoms are just as obvious? Go Ahead, Psychologists: Diagnose Donald Trump 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z These decorously posed tableaux speak to Crumb’s less decorous fascination with the bodies of black women. Robert Crumb: ‘I was born weird' 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Well, thank you for your energy,” she said, decorously, bending over to slap a few hands. Show of the week: Nicki Minaj's surprise L.A. appearance at the Teragram 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z To decorously veil it is to conceal an absolutely crucial component of any romance. Why is real sex in films such a turn-off? | Tom Sutcliffe 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Treated decorously by her keepers all year round, they gave her extra space, and fed her bamboo shoots. Everything you always wanted to know about panda sex (but were afraid to ask) | Sam Knight 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The labels most often used by admirers were “strong” and “intelligent,” while the ones most raised by opponents were “dishonest” and what Pew decorously described as “a derogatory term for women that rhymes with rich.” Controversy over email pushes issue of trust to forefront for Clinton 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Liquor advertising is limited to 16 per cent of total paid space, and models in ads for foundation garments must be decorously clothed. 'The New Yorker at 40': Newsweek's 1965 Look Inside 'The New Yorker' 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z As for Trueman, 33 when his colleagues decorously shook his hand at †he Oval, there were just two more matches against New Zealand in 1965 and that was it at Test level. Jimmy Anderson joins the 300 club – and he's far from finished yet 2013-05-17T17:39:41Z Jayne's hem-lines were lower; contrariwise, her knickers were cut higher at the sides; the combined effect being a greater length of leg more decorously revealed. From the Vault: Torvill and Dean win Valentine's Day gold in Sarajevo 2013-02-14T17:07:25Z Nonetheless the England batsmen – with the inevitable exception of Pietersen – treated Samuels decorously. After a winter of death by spin, West Indies are perfect for England 2012-05-18T18:14:04Z Instead of falling into the sea and decorously sinking to the bottom, as von Sinzig had hoped, the contrivance had struck the only vessel within a radius of a hundred miles. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Do you attend Church, do you come and decorously submit to a service? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Everything spoke, decorously and without shouting, but with unmistakable distinctness, of money, Benoliel's money: money that had been able to buy all these beautiful things, and, as one of them, to buy her. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z There the rector, when he came out, found him--a pale fat-faced man, dressed neatly and decorously, though his clothes were threadbare. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Moving decorously, as though bound on some important mission, they preceded us into the church. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The clangour and fury of this book could hardly fail to jar upon the nerves of so decorously classical a writer as Prescott. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z "Do you propose to live in the whole house?" asked Mrs. Hickox, after the children had seated themselves a little more decorously than usual. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z A gentleman will take time to dine decorously and comfortably. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z That invitation was assumed, for the "Angel" is most decorously modest, but it was also accepted and never regretted for a moment, least of all when the time came for discharging the reckoning. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The patriots were captious, held out for special terms, dictated alterations in the proposed agreement, behaved in a flippant manner--not meekly and decorously as people should who feel the hemp about their necks. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The Jesuit seminaristas bear themselves more decorously, the tonsures gleaming like silver coins on their young heads. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z This she snapped into the ring of his collar and made the old dog walk beside them more decorously. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z These inclined decorously as Belshazzar swept across the court, and they watched him from under their eyelids as he halted near the great entrance, looking thoughtfully around. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Built of good yellow stock brick, grown decorously neutral-tinted with age, and sparsely relieved, it may be, with stucco pilasters picked out with raised medallions or plaster wreaths. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Metaphorically, to draw a straight furrow is to live uprightly or decorously. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z "The Yankee!" and Spain's latest adversary strode by in the person of the newly arrived United States Minister, decorously arrayed in dress suit and a Catholic expression. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z One was expected to keep the seamy side of one's life decorously out of sight; but if that were done, a few "slips" of the kind were taken as a matter of course. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Within it was Oliver Mankell, standing decorously at attention, waiting to be let out. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z And here the gossips would smile decorously, and shake their heads, and say, "Yes, indeed." A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z For half the evening they danced decorously apart. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z In the future I shall try to behave more decorously. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z They were tactful, these rough Yorkshiremen; not one came across to the further bank set apart for "t' quality," where another supper, not half so decorously conducted, was in full swing by the boathouse. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z Meantime the sedate marchings and retreats and occasional revolution of the fox-trot went decorously on. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z The threat of what must be done in case certain menaced blows to slavery were struck was so calmly, deprecatingly, and decorously made, that one wonders it was not heeded. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z But the fervency died on his ardent young lips when they got into the house and sat decorously in the parlor with Mrs. Gray. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z This was most decorously done as much as twice, and then an extraordinary thing occurred. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z It was good advice, though it might have been rather more decorously worded. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z “Moresby does not like two-legged females; it prefers the skirt, and cherishes the fond delusion that the feet are attached quite decorously somewhere to the hem.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z What kind of evidence then are we permitted decorously to require upon so momentous a subject? Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z Pauline took the hand which he offered her, while the displaced footman decorously receded. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillon, feeling all the while as if she could dance the Tarantula with a relish. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z One sleeve was decorously adorned with a black mourning band, and his white bamboo plaited hat was also wreathed in sable. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The Perrotts had been decorously settled in their new home since early morning; but here was Dicky, guarding a heap with a baby on it, and absorbed in the weaving of rush bags. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z His Ambassadors had come in magnificence; humbly he walked—and not by Beach Path, since his homage was not yet paid—but round by the far-stretching road and up the main avenue most decorously. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z England are sitting pretty even though the pitch is still behaving decorously. Stuart Broad haul gives England control against India 2011-07-23T18:53:05Z There may be duets or trios or quartets, serious or comic, decorously unadorned or diversified by dancing. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z There was no smoking nor loud talking and the students behaved themselves most decorously, although George confided to Judy that ordinarily pandemonium prevailed. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Then the crowd outside parts decorously, giving passage to those whose weight and standing entitle them to a seat within the sacred lodge, and a voice in the council. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z But their differences were decorously suppressed so that the Filipinos did not get hold of them. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Then he dropped his eye decorously and started the singing of the National Anthem. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z In a moment Hazel had darted to her lover's side, and was followed more decorously by the burly rancher, with his patch well down over one eye. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Also, in obedience to their mother's wishes, the young Huntingtons entered the old man's room, decorously, once a day to say good morning. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z She liked to watch it, if it was decorously performed, though she never joined in it herself. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z There was the spire of the very church which old Johann Winkler had attended regularly in his snuff colored Sunday suit, his wife beside him, and his children marching decorously in front of him. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Perhaps Nolly and Jack Rodney are conscious of a wild desire to laugh, but if so, they manfully suppress it, and behave as decorously as the rest. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z On descending, Miss Judy had but to step decorously from the mound of feathers to the chair and to drop delicately from the chair to the floor. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z He decorously led me to the chair where I had sat upon a former visit, and took a seat opposite. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z It was a metaphor for his career, all glory grabbed decorously, with minimum fuss and maximum efficiency. Polished Andy Murray poised for rough but ready Ukrainian 2011-01-24T17:39:38Z And the next minute he had clambered in and driven decorously away. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z He opened the shutters, and we sat decorously round the room, as at an afternoon party, while the situation was further expounded on both sides. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Now that he wished to go his own way, it was to his interest for her to vanish decorously from his life. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z A long, indistinct sermon interposed, and I did not recollect to look at the Verney pew until the congregation were trooping decorously out, and we had got some way down the aisle. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z "What have you been doing with your saw?" asked Glenning, amused, but holding his face decorously straight. The Man from Jericho They did not leap the wall this time, but filed decorously through the swinging gate to the Red Road. The Valiants of Virginia Just before reaching the city, we again walked decorously side by side. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History He could not be concealed under the table, for no cloth lay upon it, drooping decorously over the edges. The Gay Adventure A Romance He began the day decorously, and ended it with pleasure; he regularly took an aperient, was bled, and went to church; he held every week his magisterial or justice days. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. For he proved insistent; wooed her—soberly—decorously—as became the dignity of five decades completed; wooed her with reasons of urgency, and implications of sentiment. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Secretly and decorously our senatorships and the ancient orders of our knighthood are assigned. Stand Up, Ye Dead I couldn't help it, neither could those in front help weeping—more decorously perhaps, because they were older and had their good clothes on. Life on the Stage The effect was startling; but a black stocking, decorously tight and smooth, was beneath the red one. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus The custom was carried on through the whole of Germany, most moderately by the serious Swiss, and decorously and impartially in the cities. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Then the New York that Americans call ruffianly, impolite, vulgar, selfish, spendthrift, money-loving, self-satisfied, and stupid, also began to dance decorously! H. R. "What are you about there, you rogue?" cried Mr. Royden, who had enough natural religious feeling to desire that his family should behave decorously on the Sabbath. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation The cook, whose eyes had been decorously fixed upon the floor, now raised them, and sweeping one rapid glance across both her employer and the speaker, whispered discreetly: "Yes, ma'am." Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance And as the train brought him to his journey's end, he repeated to himself, gravely and decorously, and with the earnestness and sincerity of the untried, the grave covenants of the marriage pact. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel All was wearisome to him; hollow and stale seemed that enjoyment of life which was to be decorously pursued. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Instead, he walked decorously up to the front door and rang the bell. Sube Cane The two girls sat on the bath-tub, which was decorously covered over and cushioned; the exile had a chair for dignity's sake. Anne Through all the show and ceremony she acquitted herself decorously and bravely, and since her marriage no word save of approval of the young wife has come out from the palace gates. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition He was entering it decorously, though not without some speed. The New Warden Electra, Rose was convinced, in a moment of sadly mirthful fancy, was upstairs setting her judgments in order and decorously glad to have been proven right. Rose MacLeod Algy!—and the wolf is going out with the lambs, just as prettily and as decorously as though his mother had been a ewe and cast 'sheep's eyes' at his father. A Rent In A Cloud His heart leaped in a mad riot of joy at the belief that she would have uttered no protest if he had drawn her nearer instead of setting her decorously on her feet. Cynthia's Chauffeur The dark-eyed mother looked reproof on the levity of the younger children, and decorously applauded the passage, which she said had no application to the matter in hand. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The motions were coming in helter-skelter from all quarters, instead of decorously from the front row as usual. Betty Wales Freshman He seated himself, for Electra was now decorously smiling in a chair that became her. Rose MacLeod The Archbishop of Halifax concluded a long speech by saying that the proposal laid before the Council was only fit to be put decorously under ground. The History of Freedom They change gowns so decorously and the new one is so like the old in its simple lines and perfect good taste that we are unaware of the transition. Old Plymouth Trails It was an expression closely correlated to laughter, but the muscles of his face were still, and he remained decorously grave. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories I paid him as good or better on the return; whereupon he stepped a little back and took off his hat to me decorously. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) It began decorously enough with a quavering exposition of some portion of Holy Writ by Captain Colenso. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The straight little saplings at their feet copied the manners of their elders, and folding their fingers primly, and rustling their stiff little green petticoats decorously, sat up so silent and proper. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Of the ceremony itself, I say nothing—everything was done decorously and in order. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The room was darkened, with the exception of our stage, and I had no means of discriminating anybody among my audience, which was, as became an assembly of such distinguished persons, decorously quiet and undemonstrative. Records of Later Life To-day, they tell us, we are all in real danger of becoming decorously, decently, conventionally alike. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching "The 'Herald' says," answered Jason decorously, "that he was scooped into the buggy-top, and dragged, and dashed against— Here it is." The Gates Between Collier Pratt was making coffee on a small spirit lamp, set on the wash-stand, which was decorously concealed during the more formal hours of the day behind a soft colored Japanese screen. Outside Inn This request was granted; and from thenceforth, Queen Jeanne, bending decorously over her tapestry-frame, and busy with her needle, gave due attention to the rambling addresses of her preachers.” Needlework As Art What there is no question about is, that our garden-party was decorously merry. Pepita Ximenez The Parliament dissolved last year was decorously dull. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly She struggled from him, and Tom had just time to resume his seat and look as decorously grave as perfect happiness could permit, when the door opened, and Mrs. Harrington entered, with her usual flutter. A Noble Woman There, with hands folded decorously 93 in her lap, with heightened color and serious eyes, she looked shyly up at him. The Eye of Dread She ground her teeth and kicked convulsively, but decorously, seeking a foothold that wasn't there on the smooth face of the wall. Nobody “Mine,” he said, and Hardy returned his stare with a glance which, while decorously veiled, indicated that he knew he lied. Hidden Water It has been emotional, or it has been decorously dull. James Boswell Famous Scots Series "Then I won't, and if you value your peace in the slightest degree, I should advise you to behave more decorously." A Noble Woman And every hand stayed decorously and obediently above its owner’s head. The Spoilers of the Valley So, as is the way with men who have exhausted this world's resources for rendering them aid, he began to pray; not decorously, with reverent, well-chosen words, but fiercely, with repetition, and below his breath. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin In that older time she had decently covered discomfiting facts, asserted that she believed revealed religion, and blessed God, in an ingenuous candour, for setting her feet in paths where she could walk decorously. The Prisoner How mum the Tories became; how the House of Lords and House of Commons chopped round; and how decorously the majorities welcomed King George! Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges She felt like that now, but she walked along decorously. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The furnishing of the chamber of the love knots was arranged for, decorously, between Mrs. Ransome and the foreman. The Combined Maze In the middle of the morning they have a slice of rye bread, which they eat decorously at table on wooden platters. Home Life in Germany "You want me to believe," he said, "that—Esther—" he stumbled over the word, but at such a pass he would not speak of her more decorously—"years ago took Madame Beattie's necklace." The Prisoner At least, the animation was on her part, for he was decorously stolid, and favoured me with a nod. Hurricane Island How loathsome it must be to the prisoned spirit, this handsome, stifling room, this army of maids and nurses and doctors so decorously resigned to facing the last scene of all. The Beloved Woman They headed off the truant Old Boys, and drove them back to the wharf to be received decorously and listen to the welcoming address. The End of the Rainbow Dr. McGarry called the audience to order with some difficulty, and the rest of the performance went on quite decorously. In Orchard Glen So she helped him calmly and decorously, bending her almost austerely-handsome young head over his papers for hours on the long winter nights. Theo A Sprightly Love Story They are quite content to find themselves launched on the next reach of the stream, without asking too narrowly whether they have been ushered decorously through a lock or have tumbled somehow over a lasher. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Still, however decorously Broadway subdues its hilarity before the ladies, like a fast young man at a tea party, we all know it is not in the least like Saturday night on Main Street. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The play over, it never occurred to him to do otherwise than drive decorously back to Sturrocks’s Hotel. The Rough Road Isidore had few acquaintances there, and did not care to add to their number; at first his visits at the house of Madame de Rocheval were as frequent as he could decorously make them. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France The best people commiserated decorously with the daughter when her father was abruptly taken from this life; the others wondered what was going to become of his widow. Sundry Accounts On the evening of Ferdinand's arrival a handsome dinner was given at the ch�teau where the court was lodged, and the visiting prince was most decorously treated. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Mr. Henry B. Boltwood was decorously asleep in a chair in the observation car, and Claire, on the wide back platform, sat unmoving, apparently devoted to agriculture and mountain scenery. Free Air They followed as decorously as grandmothers, each realizing the responsibility that devolved on her, since they were travelling without a chaperon. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation The young fellows were mainly in the back seats; and while they were decorously quiet, it was evident that they had very little interest in the prayer. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West The unmarried girls wear square-cut fringes and their hair hanging loosely at the sides to the shoulders, while the married women have it done up decorously on the head. When the Birds Begin to Sing When a Brodrick meant to marry, he did not lose his head about a woman, he married sanely, soberly and decorously, for the sake of children. The Creators A Comedy As Mr. Thomieson, his confidential clerk, decorously tucked the scarf beneath the velvet collar, he offered a word or two of respectful sympathy. The Prodigal Father They made him sit down in a comfortable easy-chair; all seated themselves decorously around him. A Nobleman's Nest Eberhard Ludwig, smiling, bade him lead the way, though, of a truth, he knew a shorter way by a small door leading through the statue gallery directly from his apartments to the decorously closed pavilion. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Clyde and Farwell, riding decorously at an easy jog trot, heard the thunder of hoofs behind them, and turned to see the bay and the buckskin sweep past, encouraged by voice and heel. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters To one side the girls and smallest boys were sliding decorously a hundred feet or so down the deeper snow of the gutter. The Adventures of Bobby Orde It leaps and bumps and slides, propelled by the breeze and the law of gravitation, down the decorously paved hill, in company with a little cloud of dust and some scraps of dirty paper. The Prodigal Father In the midst of his nicest flow of fancy about Mother’s fear of mice, the bill was laid decorously on its face beside him. The Innocents A Story for Lovers She said it was of the first importance to do this thing decorously and in order. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Grace Hickson and her son sat decorously in their own pew, thereby showing that they had arrived early from the execution. Curious, if True Strange Tales It increased her adoration at the time, and did no harm to him since he knew he could change it if he saw passionately, decorously, and she can also enjoy her new found liberty. Floyd Grandon's Honor The wisdom of age and the shrewdness of youth twinkled together in Mr. Walkingshaw's eye, but he managed to retain a decorously solemn air. The Prodigal Father The car drove off, and though the line moved on decorously towards the much-desired rest and cocoa, Major Phillips would have been considerably surprised if he could have heard its sudden galvanization into speech. Judy of York Hill The planter, smiling decorously, turned away, and the speaker looked again down the long vacant track to where the small dark focus of every one’s attention was growing on the sight. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Now she folded it again decorously, and began to pile up the cups and plates, half afraid to venture into the kitchen lest her dream of delight should be overshadowed by a cloud. A Little Girl in Old Boston You can help me better by trying to behave decorously, and by keeping the other children quiet when they are in the drawing-room. Marjorie's Busy Days Mrs. Ramornie and Andrew talked in decorously lowered voices; Mrs. Donaldson more loudly, and almost more airily, as became her dashing appearance and smart reputation. The Prodigal Father The policeman's warning had been explicit and they followed decorously in the paths and picked none of the flowers which as Eva had heard of old, were sticking right up out of the ground. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day The stranger cats always decorously departed after dinner was over, leaving their hospitable entertainer, no doubt, with such grateful demonstrations as might be dictated by the feline code of etiquette. Stories of Animal Sagacity He stood up decorously as the choir filed out after the Grace, and then sat down again in his seat to listen to the voluntary. The Nebuly Coat They talked decorously about the natural scenery—fortunately for the conversation there was a great deal of natural scenery in their vicinity—and somewhat about pup-tents, and a little about how nice the weather was. I've Married Marjorie At this very undignified thought, he recollected himself and for a few minutes looked as decorously pompous as the head of the firm should. The Prodigal Father In four books he treated his subject, the art of preaching well and decorously, with an inexhaustible abundance of examples, illustrations, schemes, etc. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation Near the end of her long life she went to the funeral of a relative, leaning decorously upon the arm of a kinsman. Irish Books and Irish People Filing decorously into the rather small office, the nine girls grouped themselves about the manager's chair. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore All but the gallant officer, who decorously remained outside, marching to and fro as if on guard, till his servant came with his horse. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag When I was a girl, we lived sedately, decorously. Theft A Play In Four Acts She too would take it all decorously for granted. The Daughters of Danaus "O Notely, think of the Langhams, and Grace even willing to show her preference for you, decorously, of course, but we all know." Vesty of the Basins It overset me; and when I ought to have been waving my handkerchief decorously from the great chamberlain's box, I was hiding my face with it, and weeping heartily. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 The room was quite full, and the men appeared, for the most part, disposed to behave quietly and decorously. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific If the Major had been asked what his real inmost feelings about his niece were at the moment, he would have been at some difficulty to express them decorously. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Sometimes they would be led decorously along a smooth highway, pacing quietly; sometimes they would rise to the sunlight and spread their wings, and then perhaps take sudden flight, like a flock of startled birds. The Daughters of Danaus They chatted volubly over this idiosyncrasy, and even laughed at it, but quite decorously so that our feelings might be spared. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route I will return, then, more decorously, and bring her. The Galaxy Primes Mrs. Roth decorously turned the conversation toward the safe and reliable subjects of literature and art. The Blood of the Conquerors Tode's eyes twinkled, but he waited decorously for the laugh to subside. Three People The necessary standard of living of the working community is in fact made up of two distinguishable factors: the subsistence minimum, and the requirements of decorously wasteful consumption—the "decencies of life." An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Tufnell, the staid old butler, who had inherited his place from his father, bowed gravely, and answered decorously: "Everything is quite right, ma'am." The Hand in the Dark He looked at Kenton with tears in his eyes, but contained himself and decorously summoned a waiter, who brought him whatever corresponds to a city directory in Vienna. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories A hybrid cough and laugh, smothered decorously, but still recognizable, from the courtly Guy himself! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 When the doors of these restaurants are locked on a deserted room the exiles do not go decorously and dolorously home. Europe After 8:15 And I, feeling from these indications that something unusual was at hand, drew back my window curtains, and stared decorously at the passing wonder. My New Curate The table of the captain of the boat, like that of his respected father, was good and decorously conducted, and there were several ladies and some most respectable travelled Americans at dinner. Canada and the Canadians Volume I There was silence for a few seconds, while Christopher manfully struggled with his feelings and Miss Maria decorously gave vent to hers. The Farringdons "Of course I have an affection for you," Miss Hepburn returned decorously, half alarmed at so pronounced a betrayal of her inner emotions, "and naturally your grandmother——" "Let's not talk about her now," Barrie pleaded. The Heather-Moon The next moment, Eeny ran up the steps, and favoured this vision of youthful bloom with a kiss, while Kate followed more decorously. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Then openly, yet decorously, "Ahem!" she said as they lapsed into waiting attitudes. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi The relic of the old régime restrained his surprise at these democratic doings, smiled decorously, and withdrew. The Henchman Everything goes on quietly and decorously, but there is no sense of united destiny, no pleasurable desire for a union beyond the grave. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And as they reached a curve in the river, Hume stopped, swung around, stood studying the line of decorously pacing animals. Star Hunter Doctor Frank ran down-stairs, three steps at a time, followed more decorously by his companions. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel The ardour of Mr. Jenkinson would not interfere with his waiting until Henrietta's weeds could be decorously laid aside and then the family would be joyfully established in his well-furnished and decent house. Robin Down at the Last Chance, Jacob Ensley was stretched upon a bed in the bar with a sheet drawn straight and decorously over his bruised white head. The Heart's Kingdom They went down the hill almost as decorously as they had gone up. Wandering Heath For example, judging from McKendry's journal alone, Sunday, August 1, was decorously uneventful. The Story of Cooperstown She went slowly and decorously upstairs, with that indescribable subdued face, and bade everybody good-night without looking at them. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Mr. Gwynn was delighted to meet so much good company, and intimated it in a manner decorously conventional. The President A novel There was first a prayer, which he read; then a hymn, and one of the Psalms; then the sermon, very simply and decorously delivered; then another hymn, and prayer. A Little Swiss Sojourn Timothy, Rags, and Gay were playing decorously in the orchard. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Ah!" he exclaimed, in a sort of joy, decorously flavored with grief, "that I did not know! King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties She rocked decorously in her rocking-chair, shook her head, and after setting her lips rigidly, opened them to insist that she could never change her mind: Julia had acted very abruptly. Gentle Julia These bears, walking decorously on their hind legs, are figured as carrying bread to the hungry saint: one holds a long French loaf of a familiar pattern, and the other a breakfast roll! Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Doubtless he held that the mob, or, as we more decorously say, the residuum, were in some sense the enemies of true freedom. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) Only for a second; the expression was gone before her head was turned again, and that was decorously soon. The Good Comrade Ellen smiled decorously, for she was not sure how much smiling was permissible in school. The Portion of Labor And even then she used that gentle formality of expression with which she had been taught by her maiden preceptors to veil decorously her most ardent emotions. Evelina's Garden Twelve times the bell is struck: first by a man, who turns decorously with his hammer, and then by a woman, who does the same. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Poor Ann was seized with a strange unreasoning rancor against all that decorously feeding company in the other room. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The women sat with their mitted hands folded on their silken laps, their best brooches pinning decorously their fine-wrought neckerchiefs, their bosoms filled with sober knowledge and patient acquiescence. Madelon A Novel It waited for her decorously at breakfast time, beside her plate. The Helpmate They started out decorously and quietly, for the inhabitants of the village were early risers and the girls did not wish to attract unpleasant attention to themselves. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains At that moment the three angels burst into the room, but came forward decorously and embraced their parent. Red Hair “If you please; thank you, ma'am,” replied Lucina, striving to look decorously pleased and not too delighted at the prospect of the fruit-cake. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Parson Fair, moreover, felt somewhat of interest in this Madelon Hautville, for he had a decorously restrained passion for sweet sounds which she had often gratified. Madelon A Novel She controlled it, moving slowly as she took off her outdoor clothes and put them decorously away; feeling that the force of her prayer gathered and mounted behind these minute obstructions and delays. The Helpmate When, with the exception of Eleanor, the principal dismissed them, they filed decorously out, very uneasy in mind. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities He inquired when Mrs. Field arrived, was kindly circumstantial as to her health, touched decorously but not too mournfully upon the late Thomas Maxwell's illness and decease. Jane Field A Novel When the services are concluded, there should be no haste in crowding up the aisle, but the departure should be conducted quietly and decorously. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society It started mildly and decorously with the death of a politician. Adventures in Criticism They bade each other good-night decorously, with never a parting kiss, as they had done for years. Pembroke A Novel It was past ten; the Major was dozing peacefully in his great arm-chair, and Miss Euphrasia yawned decorously behind her hand. The Quickening The Twins, who had been waiting on each other for a lead with the first spoonful of soup, set down their spoons and joined in, at first decorously, then with uproar. The Astonishing History of Troy Town The cook had seated himself decorously and was holding the mandolin in position. Atlantis "I thought I'd keep it till I saw you, mother," said the girl decorously. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Baby was with us, holding by my forefinger, and walking decorously along the pavement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics He offered this last with a smile decorously but not wholly concealed. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story After imbibing a couple of glasses, he bade the landlord and the valet an affable good-night, and went off decorously to bed. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 Beulah was still ravenously hungry, though she restrained her appetite decorously. The Sheriff's Son Then her eyes grew moist, and she closed her lips decorously to keep them from trembling. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" He could tell a good story, and make merry decorously, as befitted a Company Quartermaster-Sergeant. Adventures of a Despatch Rider You show much solicitude that I meet my end decorously, yet I cannot see that you display any dolor over your own condition. Montlivet The Parkers had followed more decorously than had Farrel; nevertheless, they had arrived in more or less of a hurry. The Pride of Palomar So the painters began to search for sensationalism of subject, and the typical salon picture, no longer decorously pompous, began to deal in blood and horror and sensuality. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects In this silent house of sadness men stepped quietly, gravely, decorously, and served you with courteous sympathy. The Witness Sundry wicked words and coarse appellations were decorously dispensed with; many fine passages received judicious additions; not a few were equally judiciously omitted altogether. Records of a Girlhood Then turning to the stranger, Father José beheld him gravely draw his pocket-handkerchief from the basket-hilt of his rapier, and apply it decorously to his eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Above stairs the scroll unrolled more or loss decorously, yet in magic colors unbelievable. Joy in the Morning Reading Elizabethan literature always encourages one to proceed, even though decorously, with the use of the pun. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Mother Marshall sat quite decorously in the automobile till the train drew up to the platform and people began to get out. The Witness She was convinced that neither Ansdore nor Ellen could exist, at least decorously, without her, and she must be within easy reach of both. Joanna Godden He was arrested and decorously tortured with six turns of the rack, and then liberated for want of evidence. Machiavelli, Volume I They were not sitting decorously in chairs as he conceived that directors should. Bunker Bean They did not dare to exchange a single word upon the subject nearest to their hearts as they rode decorously behind their parents and the two monks. The Secret Chamber at Chad Many women wept, only decorously, as he outlined their influence in a reformed village, a purified Principality. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement The next day he was true to his promise, and saw her off—sitting decorously in her first-class carriage "For Ladies Only." Joanna Godden She was shaking hands with him very decorously, and telling him how pleased and glad she was. Tracy Park And as if in sympathy with his mood, the frisky little puppies were waddling along decorously while Sniffer poked her nose affectionately into the little brown hand which was hanging without its usual jaunty swing. Rose of Old Harpeth But, impressed by their surroundings, the children were not very merry, and Marjorie sat decorously on the back seat with Rosy Posy beside her, while King and Kitty sat facing them. Marjorie's Maytime "I think, sir, it's some one at the door," calmly announced Sims, raising his voice decorously, to be heard over the noise. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl "Will the Miss sahib await the return of Ratcliffe sahib?" he suggested decorously. The Keeper of the Door "A good woman loves but once," said Mr. Tristram to himself, in an attitude of attention, his fine eyes fixed decorously on a pillar in front of him. Red Pottage My own room seemed to me cheerier than the lonely parlour, where I could not have had good Mary Quince so decorously. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh If the former scene had presented much that was indecorously formal, here all was decorously formal. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 Weary, tiring of venom that brought no results, subsided gradually into mutterings, and then into sullen silence, so that, save for his personal appearance, they reached camp quite decorously. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories "And we will walk decorously behind the captain and Vi, feeling no fear because under the protection of his wing," added the lively Betty. Elsie at Nantucket On this particular morning she waited decorously beside her brother as he opened the bag and dealt out the contents into three heaps. Red Pottage Inez and Judith winked at each other when Mr. Fowler said grace but otherwise the meal progressed decorously enough. Judith of the Godless Valley Tradition also tells us how magnificently and decorously he arranged the procession at Delos. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. For a moment madame was lost in calculation, then she decorously mentioned the amount of their debt. Max All down the long brown seats members were shifting and arranging themselves more decorously, uncrossing their legs, slipping their hats beneath the leather fringes. Lord of the World The approaching feet halted decorously without, and instead of the door's bursting open there came only a manly knock upon it. V. V.'s Eyes The heavy, solid furniture, the grave and decorously mediocre pictures, and the very tint of the walls wore an air of substantial, though somewhat lugubrious comfort. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories It went decorously in a long procession, young men with their sweethearts, friends, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers with their children; none, or very few, went alone that night. The Tree of Heaven "Open the door," ordered Mrs. De Peyster, decorously rearranging the throat of her dress, "and tell her she shall have her money in the morning." No. 13 Washington Square He gave her a telegram and stood back decorously behind her chair while she opened it. The Lamp in the Desert But there was the decorously grave though unmoved physician, seeking only to mitigate the last pangs of the patient whom he could not save. Twice Told Tales When they had eaten, the Happy Family filed out decorously and went hastily down to the stables. The Happy Family He had never been more aware of storm than in the smother of the heavily carpeted, decorously silent rooms. The Dark House "Now if he decorously waits to the next to the last day—!" murmured Jinny to herself, her opinion of the Scots race hanging in the balance. The Fortieth Door With a deep salaam, he turned and passed out, drawing the tent-flap decorously into place behind him. The Lamp in the Desert But that morning even Billy was decorously quiet, and his sister scarcely spoke or raised her eyes. Greatheart She had never felt it at the death of the imperious husband, to whom she had been, nevertheless, decorously attached. The Testing of Diana Mallory While I was sitting in the summer-house, Greek children with long noses were decorously walking about the avenues. Love The local inhabitants sipped their glasses decorously and listened. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories At church on Sunday he sat at the west end, the boys of the village sitting behind him, and it was part of his duty to see that they behaved themselves decorously. The Parish Clerk Claire was delighted with the beautiful image, and behaved as decorously as if she were in church. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir Metaphorically, to draw a straight furrow is to live uprightly or decorously. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The magnetism of the Inevitable embraced them and knit their inner selves together, even while they sat decorously apart. The Conqueror Romsey has been restored, and modern men go to church there on Sunday decorously. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 The fact is, that the flag came down quietly and decorously. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter To be sure, I used occasionally to watch them decorously eating their strictly supervised suppers in the presence of the governess; but the perfect arrangements made possible by my financial success rendered parents a superfluity. The "Goldfish" In her consciousness God was not a being to be worshipped decorously and then counted out from that which made her real life and hope. A Young Girl's Wooing Fish winked decorously, and Troup attempted a salaam, and nearly dropped the Constitution. The Conqueror Like an enfant terrible, he was ready to proclaim aloud a host of things which had, until then, been kept as decorously in the dark as the skeleton in the family cupboard. Old and New Masters Sometimes notable feasts were set out, to which the little mouths did large justice, while the stalwart host took the part of waiter, and decorously responded to every wish. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 The Oriental feasts were to me a source of much enjoyment, for the people always behaved most decorously. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy The arms had been straightened to the body to the elbows, and then crossed decorously on the breast. The Moon Rock "I know it, sergeant," replied Kelly, decorously squirting his tobacco-juice out of the corner of his mouth furthest from his superior. Overland Here, indeed, the treatment of the situation is decorously dull, but in the others we can trace a gradual advance in humorous treatment leading up to the genuine comedy of the alternative Towneley plays. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England A book-case of the same precious wood was filled with volumes bound in scarlet—all French novels, superbly if not very decorously illustrated. Bred in the Bone But, as my features were intact, and my facial expression as benign as usual next morning, I inferred that their gambols had been most innocently and decorously conducted. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Scantily but decorously clad, Colonel Swalm received us, and greeted us as courteously as though we had come to present him with a loving-cup. With the Allies He took a hack, drove the ladies direct to the house of Muñoz, and there went decorously through the form of learning that the old man was dead. Overland They fixed a perch in the cage and he stepped decorously up on it and regarded them with an intense, mournful gaze. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers Of Mr. James Taylor she writes more decorously. The Three Brontës His body was brought back to France, and his soi-disant widow mourned him decorously for a year. Calvert of Strathore And it caused him to perceive that a man attains to actual contentment only when he is drunk or when he is engaged in occupations not very decorously described. Figures of Earth Her eyes hinted of a recent stormy past, but once more she was decorously apparelled. The Wrong Twin However, Mr Goodchum. did not execute his threat; instead we walked along decorously in the direction of the nearest ferns, while Harold and aunt Helen followed, the latter carrying a sunbonnet for me. My Brilliant Career So at little outlay you have the chance to go to Ireland and stay quietly and decorously with the de Burghs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 It is one of the consequences of civilization that we are denied the privilege of unmasking at the behest of the elemental emotions; that we are constrained to bleed decorously. The Grafters The devotions were decorously conducted, bating some loud shouting by one or two excitable brethren, which the better sense of the rest could not suppress. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Still, there was a widespread idea that he was not overburdened with feelings of loyalty, and many people naturally wondered how he would manage decorously to entertain his Royal guests. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" But at Highbury Cupid walks decorously, and with good discretion, bearing his torch under a lanthorn, instead of flourishing it around to set the house on fire. Famous Reviews It was decorously ordered on a sound system, with an appeal in everything to the honour and good faith of the boys. Ten Boys from Dickens We partook decorously, with controlled elbows, endeavoring to appear as if we were accustomed to sit at tables and manage plates. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 On the whole, with some notable exceptions, the Dissenting preachers seem to have been decorously dull, and uninspiringly ethical. Unitarianism The young men were gathered decorously about the doorway and upon the platform, one or two only politely assisting within. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. As it was, he recovered himself with a mighty gulp and finished the service decorously enough. Principal Cairns Others were crowding decorously forward, anxious to be done with ceremony and get to the dancing; and Mildred did not prolong the intimacy of Alice's enthusiastic whispering. Alice Adams The service was decorously performed, though the sermon might have been much better adapted to the comprehension and to the circumstances of the hearers. Reprinted Pieces Bringing a gift of pungent prose to the service of a poetic imagination, Emerson startled the decorously dignified authorities of the New England pulpit; he 'saved us,' says Lowell, 'from the body of this death.' Unitarianism "Nay, my lord, craving your pardon, but we are accustomed to have grace before meat," said Robin decorously. Robin Hood This work, called "The Vintage," is decorously inebriate, a vinous riot of little cupids. Stories from Everybody's Magazine He sat down slowly in the place of honour, and, dropping his slippers, tucked up his legs under him decorously. An Outcast of the Islands I drew in to the right side—thank goodness I remembered the rule of the road—and proceeded decorously, wondering what was going to happen. Greenmantle A venerable eunuch, the head of the palace servants, preceded it as an outrider, and assisted me in mounting and dismounting, while the driver in red-tasselled hat walked decorously by the side. Court Life in China The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish. Little Women The paths were decorously enlivened with family and neighborhood groups, bound churchward; and the rumble of the organ, playing the people into their pews, shook on the air. The Conquest of Canaan She was a sprightly young woman, very smart and merry and decorously voluptuous, and of that fascinating prettiness that wins the hearts of boys and storms the footlights. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance "I hope you'll excuse my being gone so long," she smiled, as she entered the room where her two guests sat decorously face to face at the chess-table. Miss Billy — Married And then in a moment my brain would clear again, and my lecture would proceed decorously to the end. The Parasite The whole fiendish transaction was carried through as decorously and temperately as though it were a religious rite. The Captain of the Polestar Mr. Wycherley, a noted stickler for etiquette, decorously made bold to question Mr. Minifie's taste in a dispute concerning waistcoats. The Certain Hour So long as Lady Margaret did not take the arm of that adventurer O'Brien, her father was quite satisfied; and she had not done so, she had decorously gone in with Dr. Simon. The Innocence of Father Brown At this determined order, the gentlemen of the lash scampered, and for the rest of the voyage conducted themselves very decorously. My Bondage and My Freedom The house of mourning is decorously darkened to the world, but within itself it is also the house of laughing. The Rise of Silas Lapham And how could he decorously prefer the request to her to undertake this task? The Damnation of Theron Ware A duel was decorously arranged and these two met upon the narrow beach of Teviot Bay. The Certain Hour The Street came decorously, albeit with a degree of uncertainty as to supper. K Behind walls of rank foliage, dense green curtains almost impenetrable even to light, the flat and spongy delta of the Ganges lay decorously screened. The Bronze Bell She was sitting, most decorously, in her bed, and writing. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 The beautifully decorated saloon had a sprinkling of well-dressed men and women already dining decorously there. The Mystery of the Four Fingers It is an invitation I may not decorously refuse. The Certain Hour His interest in the doings of Mr. Flexen forbade him leaving it to superintend decorously the removal of the body. The Loudwater Mystery Perhaps Gracchus himself was the victim of this hope, and believed that the scourge of the nobility which he had placed in the hands of the knights, might at least be decorously wielded. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate When his helpers had cleared the table, the fat fellow moved decorously from diner to diner, announcing each port of call by the subdued pop of a champagne cork muffled in his napkin. The Cruise of the Dry Dock The curt lines are excellent with Sir Walter's liveliness and dash; but when dull commonplaces are to be written, their feebleness would be more decorously concealed by a longer and more conventional dress. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Or sometimes they brought schools—girls, two and two—and ranged them decorously for the service. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II There is a conventional teaching which we decorously administer, and leave our pupils to disavow it when they can. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 The people who must meet, must dine together, sit side by side at flower-shows and garden-parties, always manage to do their hatreds decorously, and only pay off their dislikes by instalments. Lord Kilgobbin The thin veil of decent falsehood, under which the caution of earlier time had decorously hid this fact, has been torn aside by the rude intrepidity of assurance which long-continued success had fostered. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 His children flew to him at once, laying violent hands upon him, and clinging to his arms with decorously subdued shrieks of merriment, as he walked briskly to and fro. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada Townspeople, at the sound of the bell or drum or horn, walked decorously and soberly along the irregular streets to the house of God. Sabbath in Puritan New England If one could uncover the hearts of a congregation, how many of them would be seen to be occupied with business or pleasures, or some favourite pursuit, even while they sit decorously in their pews! Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke "The Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins" is wonderfully striking; but the design even of this remarkable poem could not be decorously described. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Then with amazing celerity the figure had resumed its original appearance, and, decorously proceeding shorewards, disappeared among the sand dunes on the way to its unknown home. Impressions and Comments He had been sitting particularly decorously and had not spoken till then. The Possessed (The Devils) He also was found guilty of having jumped over the fence instead of decorously and clerically walking through the gate when going to call on one of his parishioners. Sabbath in Puritan New England "It's all like a good, old-fashioned story," beamed Mrs. Leicester, content with romance for once, now that it had arranged itself so decorously. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories The day was sunny and the streets were full of strollers moving along decorously beneath the elms, maples and catalpas. Bertram Cope's Year They were all dressed decorously in one colour; they had neatly cropped hair; and they were chained together. Tremendous Trifles When a stile appeared, Lucy would send him on in front, so that she might mount decorously, and then descend trembling upon his hand. The History of David Grieve Virginia felt that she ought to be decorously sorry for relationship's sake, but the effort ended in a little paean of joy. A Fool for Love No, ma'am; there is peace and quietness in this town, because there are many people, you for instance, adorned with virtues, as with flowers; that's why everything is done decorously and tranquilly. The Storm He was a good whip, and under his quiet handling the cob soon steadied down to a more reasonable gait and finally pulled up decorously at a green-painted gateway. The Vision of Desire Plank shook it awkwardly, and went away on tiptoe down the stairs which creaked decorously under his weight. The Fighting Chance His youngest daughter, a lively little blonde, laughed with a cousin of his wife's who was present, and his wife decorously despaired. The Minister's Charge And then comes a deacon of one of the churches, and several church- members, who, hearing a noise, set out gravely and decorously to see what was going forward in a Christian community. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance The etiquette of our Court finds easy expression, and we smile decorously on the infringements of casual comers. My Tropic Isle It took Thor and Iskwao five minutes to arrive within five feet of each other, and then very decorously they smelled noses. The Grizzly King As he uttered this opinion, Maso decorously raised his cap, and pursued his straitened walk with the industry of a caged tiger. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons There was nothing to suggest war or a captured city in the family parties sitting at small tables before the outlying cafes or strolling decorously under the trees that shaded every road. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front And the very persons who insist on the late dinner as the proximate cause of death, elsewhere insinuate something else, not so decorously expressed. Miscellaneous Essays "Very good, sir," murmured David, and retired decorously, fading into the background without the faintest sound, while Caesar the Dalmatian who had entered with him lay sedately down in well-bred silence at Sir Beverley's feet. The Bars of Iron He crossed himself decorously as he dismissed the matter; but it was not an event that he could change by pondering. A Golden Book of Venice This was in the prayer, while she sat with her eyes decorously shaded by her hand. Up the Hill and Over After all, the purpose was but frankly avowed, and certainly carried out more safely and decorously than in the ball-rooms and drawing-rooms of London or Paris. Across the Zodiac Noticing the two lads, he came to where Jack was standing in a preoccupied way, and the two saluted decorously. The Iron Game A Tale of the War In fine, death cowed the colonel's thoughts; beyond the grave they did not care to venture, and when confronted with that abyss they decorously balked. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations "Jasper," exclaimed Polly, as they all filed decorously out of the "Model Farm," "how I do wish you and I could race down to the boat-landing!" Five Little Peppers Abroad He darted out, bumped down the sounding stairs and, while the doctor was still considering the words of his ultimatum, appeared again at the door, this time decorously on duty. Up the Hill and Over One couple are doing steps facing one another, to the music of a set of pipes, while the rest flirt and talk, decorously, round about. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People The houses were large, the grounds ornate and ample, the society decorously convivial. The Iron Game A Tale of the War He carried something in his mouth which he laid decorously on the ground beside her. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way So he sat in his chair, and looked at Bill; while Bill, crooning to himself, played decorously with bricks. The Coming of Bill To see Knox Church "come out" was one of the sights of the town and, decorously hidden behind a muslin curtain, a stranger might feast his eyes upon greatness unrebuked. Up the Hill and Over Several freshmen followed her lead and filed decorously out the door with preternaturally solemn faces that broke into smiles the moment the door closed behind them. Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College I dashed the tears of laughter from my eyes, and strove to face him decorously. My Lady of the North The policeman's warning had been explicit and they followed decorously in the paths and picked none of the flowers which, as Eva had heard of old, were sticking right up out of the ground. Little Citizens If he came in late and tired, he would eat his dinner as quietly and decorously as if he had got several hours before him. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography "The lady asked me particularly to say that she has only a few minutes to stay, as she is catching a train," the footman decorously ventured. The Head of the House of Coombe With a bow Miss Ram indicated sympathy; decorously closed the subject. Once Aboard the Lugger Then turning to the stranger, Father Jose beheld him gravely draw his pocket-handkerchief from the basket-hilt of his rapier and apply it decorously to his eyes. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers His wig, which had covered his left eye, was arranged decorously in its proper place, and the gold-rimmed spectacles pressed back so that the good man could beam mildly and gratefully upon his supposed preserver. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century No doubt he would go to the Exmoors', fall naturally in love with Lady Hilda, and marry decorously in what Edie considered his own proper sphere of life! Philistia "The Bureau" wore the uniform of a captain of United States infantry, and was a man about forty-five years of age, grave and serious of look, with an empty sleeve folded decorously over his breast. Bricks Without Straw Maidens are more decorously won to-day; their tribes do not defend them; but they do the fighting for themselves. Once Aboard the Lugger He looked so young, almost springy, thought Minks, as he obeyed decorously, feeling flattered and pleased, yet at the same time uneasy a little. A Prisoner in Fairyland I have been in despair so many years that since I now dare to imagine that there is a bare chance for me, I cannot wait decorously for some fitting occasion. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century "Gone to the hills for a month or two," curtly replied the veteran servant, and then, on a silver tray, the butler decorously handed to Major Alan Hawke a sealed letter. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Lucian decorously suppressed his eagerness to comply by looking at his watch and pretending to consider his engagements. Cashel Byron's Profession I said I liked to see a skeleton cheerful, even decorously playful, but I did not think smiling was a skeleton's best hold. Sketches New and Old, Part 4. The girls gratified her by a murmur of admiration, and, decorously readjusting the folds of her gown, she went on with the most romantic episode of her quiet life. A Garland for Girls It was not a bright place, suggestive of liveliness or gayety, but it was decorously inviting—a place in which one could work with comfort and satisfaction. Youth Challenges Now Umslopogaas was by nature a fighting man, one who took a positive joy in battle, and like an old Norseman, seemed to think that thus only could a man decorously die. She and Allan Alice, able to detect neither the faults in the execution nor the beauty of the music, did as she saw the others do—pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously. Cashel Byron's Profession But Bob and Guy behaved most decorously, and two more polite or well- mannered young men could not have been found among the native Parisians themselves. Patty in Paris The two friends walked on in silence side by side, but were impatient to part as soon as they could decorously. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian Han-Lin intended to be buried some day in a sky-blue coffin in his own land, and have a dozen packs of firecrackers decorously exploded over his remains. The Stillwater Tragedy Here was a magnificent temple, with carved marble and rare woods, and jewels gleaming decorously in a dim religious light. The Metropolis She washed and bathed them, combed their hair, put clean raiment on them, and cautioned them to conduct themselves decorously and modestly in the presence of the Lord. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Of the seven nuns, two were decorously gay, like their Mother Abbess; one was a prodigious worker of tapestry, two were unrivalled save by one another as confectioners. The Chaplet of Pearls Mr. Vane," said Turnbull, pacifically, "I will not pretend that either he or I acted quite decorously on that occasion. The Ball and the Cross Well-trained servant, Edwards,—he walked off with the message as decorously as you please. The Beetle He scampered along the corridor and slid decorously through the manager's doorway into the long sun-bright room, ornate with rugs and souvenirs. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man They might go, of course, and greet their friends decorously, and watch the game smilingly for a while. The Heart of Rachael The idea was graciously received, and the class decorously seated in a row. Work: a Story of Experience So he sat down and read the brotherly tribute in the new issue of The Hornet, and Xoa's eyes glistened behind her spectacles, though she decorously deplored the heat of the sting dealt by Usial. When Egypt Went Broke Many in the street crowds are rosy-cheeked schoolboys, walking decorously, if they are lads of good breeding, and blushing modestly when they are greeted by their fathers' acquaintances. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life He lighted the reception room brilliantly for Susan, and retired decorously. Saturday's Child She did not believe this herself, nor did the girls believe it, but, if they discussed it when they were alone together, before Mamma, they were always decorously impressed. The Heart of Rachael It represented some mild, unemphatic, attenuated saints, all exactly alike, languidly and decorously conversing together, weighed down by heavy drapery, as though wrapped in bales of carpets. The Upton Letters Lydia meanwhile had decorously delivered her message of good wishes and had drifted to a chair against the wall, where matrons greeted her eagerly and where, in her own way, she began to enjoy herself. Martie, the Unconquered We shall see that when a truly Greek art came into being, figures of goddesses and women were decorously clothed. A History of Greek Art Appearances must be kept up—the Signor Ferrari must be decorously shown out by a servant at the chief entrance of the house. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten As leading lady he had the distinguished Miss Erminia Walcott; her part was a trying one, for she had to be half-strangled by ruffians and flung—most decorously—over the parapet of London Bridge. The Nether World We went to chapel in Heathbridge, slowly and decorously walking along the lanes, ruddy and tawny with the colouring of the coming autumn. Cousin Phillis The virtuous Bruce-Errington left his saintly wife and me to talk little platitudes together, while he, decorously accompanied by his secretary, went down to pay court to Violet Vere. Thelma The shop had tied him up for eleven months in the year, and the twelfth had always found him settled decorously with his wife in some seaside villa. Huntingtower The older children walked decorously along, each group in wake of the heads of their own family, though Buck Peavey had managed to annex himself to the Hoover household. The Road to Providence Then she decorously checked her laugh and endeavored to turn sympathetic once more. On the Firing Line Opposite was Aunt March—a legacy to Amy—in an imposing turban, immense sleeves, and long mittens decorously crossed on the front of her plum-coloured satin gown. Jo's Boys His dark hair, hitherto so decorously sleek, has been ruffled this way and that by wind and weather, as if they were part of the cataclysm and wanted to help his chance. The Admirable Crichton He bowed to her decorously enough, but his eyes glanced over her face and figure with a look which seemed to her insolently keen and inquisitorial. The Gadfly But approve him they did, in 1826, and he entered decorously upon the profession of his ancestors, as associate minister of the Second Church in Boston. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters All around, north, south, east, west, every other street is jet-black, sleeping decorously, ignoring utterly that blare of color, that blaze of light, that boom of noise around the corner. The Californiacs The former he closed for a moment, the latter he pressed; and then decorously rubbed his hands one over the other. Doctor Thorne Hartland was riding a thoroughbred polo pony and passed the gallant defender of Ladysmith without a kind look or word, but Blackwood and I galloped up more decorously, smiling at him with good-will. Notes of a War Correspondent The door of the next room opened quietly and she heard Sarah and Eve go decorously downstairs. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 The door was unfastened, and Ormiston sprang upstairs with the air of a man-quite at home, followed more decorously by Sir Norman. The Midnight Queen It was the prospect of often being decorously alone with a woman who inspired me with respect and interested me more and more keenly that tempted me. The Rise of David Levinsky Mr. Paramor waited, biting his pencil; a smile flickered on his mouth, and was decorously subdued. The Island Pharisees Then the professional gentleman whom the world knew—the world which was not acquainted with Red Pepper Burns—and the professional lady who was his assistant went decorously away into the early June morning. Red Pepper Burns But—here she was—a paragon of feminine promptitude—already standing in the doorway, accurately gloved and booted, and wearing a demure gray hat that modestly crowned her decorously elegant figure. A First Family of Tasajara The rest of the company were decorously seated in the crimson and gilded arm-chairs, some listening with interest to what was going on, others holding whispered tete-a-tetes, and all very still and respectful. The Midnight Queen If they were not useful to me even for the Cheapside their function seemed difficult to determine, and I could only judge at first that they had come, forgivingly, decorously, to take a last leave. The Real Thing The light of quiet, proprietary affection shone in her calm grey eyes, decorously illumining her features slightly reddened by the wind. The Island Pharisees Within the city limits the car moved decorously, but when the suburbs were reached, the driver put on all his power. Long Live the King! Thereafter, he passed the kirk yard gate decorously. Greyfriars Bobby Nevertheless, they were happy in a boy and girl fashion, eating heartily, and, I fear, not always decorously; scrambling somewhat for the strawberries, and smacking their lips over the Sally Lunn. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Yet, in this well-warmed quietly glowing room, filled with decorously eating, decorously talking men, he gained insensibly some comfort. Five Tales Everything was done most decorously, to the considerable surprise of the intruders. The Idiot You are the only one," resumed Gringoire, "who has listened to the piece decorously. Notre-Dame De Paris Then turning to the stranger, Father Jose beheld him gravely draw his pocket-handkerchief from the basket-hilt of his rapier, and apply it decorously to his eyes. Legends and Tales You are always telling me how much more decorously she goes through all the honours of the tea-table—Lord, papa, what if you should give her a right to preside once and for ever!' Guy Mannering And it's a hard thing to pass everything by all one's life, to turn one's back upon everything, to forget one's mother and decorously accept the insults inflicted on one's sister. Crime and Punishment They had their coffee in the library, and afterward sat at the writing-table and looked over documents and talked until Mr. Palford felt that he could quite decorously retire to his bedroom. T. Tembarom "Does he really wish to be a friend, or is he only trying to smooth over matters and calm me down so he can leave me decorously, as after our hateful episode on the stage?" A Face Illumined "I suppose this is Zoological House," replied the Prophet, sliding decorously off Madame's left knee in preparation for descent. The Prophet of Berkeley Square A young lady decorously brought up should only have two considerations in her choice of a husband; first, is his birth honorable? secondly, will his death be advantageous? The Lady of Lyons Lad lay down, decorously, at her feet; and refused to display the faintest interest in anything that went on around him. Further Adventures of Lad So Bruce had followed the twelve men quietly into No Man's Land, falling decorously into step behind Mahan. Bruce If they weren't useful to me even for the Cheapside their function seemed difficult to determine, and I could only judge at first that they had come, forgivingly, decorously, to take a last leave. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] For my own part, I stood looking from the Grandmother to the company, and back again, while Mr. Astley, as usual, remained in the background, and gazed calmly and decorously at the scene. The Gambler But, where a Carnival is in question, it would probably pass off more decorously, as well as more airily and delightfully, in Rome, than in any Anglo-Saxon city. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni The only two standing decorously against the wall were two large volumes of a Histoire des Voyages, in red binding. Childhood For a case in point, take the decorously sympathetic group round the sensitive German musician, who is "veeping" over one of his own compositions. The Library It doesn't change; it's all there in black and white, and you can get to know about it comfortably and decorously and, above all, privately—by reading. Crome Yellow In the late eighties, his wife having been by that time decorously interred in one of the first great mausoleums west of the mountains, Anthony Cardew found himself already wealthy. A Poor Wise Man The gardener came: he coldly loved The flowers that lived as he approved, That duly, decorously grew As he, the despot, meant them to. Many Voices He had gone to some trouble to find a tractable Shetland pony the size of a burro, and had taught the Kid to ride, decorously and fully protected from accident. The Flying U's Last Stand |
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