| 单词 | ill-bred |
| 例句 | She stooped to pick them up, and as she handed them to me I saw a little smile of scorn upon her lips, and I guessed at once she considered me ill-bred. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But when her children would go out of their own court she called out, “I would have you stay away from ill-bred children!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He had taken Howard’s ill-bred yearlings, worked with them in solitude for a year, then slipped them into Barn 38 at Santa Anita and hung out his shingle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An ill-bred falcon, who was subject to the vice of screaming, stood hooded and motionless on a perch like a parrot’s, brooding in some ancestral nightmare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “The People are ungrammatical, untidy, and their sins gaunt and ill-bred,” Whitman acknowledged, but not without the faith that the “miracle” of original identity, the “luminousness of real vision,” is within everyone’s grasp. Walt Whitman saw Donald Trump coming: “Genuine belief seems to have left us. The underlying principles of the States are not honestly believed in” 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z If mirrors and windows had 3-D offspring, they might be the ill-bred second cousins of Alexander’s fantastic sculptures. The sculptures that help you to see (and feel) color in a new light 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z To the victory party, apparently, go the ill-bred. Opinion | I hate to say it, but the chaos isn’t over 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z “There is nothing more ill-bred than trying to steal the affections of one’s dog.” The wit and wisdom of ‘Downton Abbey’ characters, actors 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It’s horribly ill-bred and impolite to simply go silent. How To Tell A Job Candidate "We're Not Hiring You" 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z What better story could there be than one with a rags-to-riches hero such as the ill-bred California Chrome? Why the smart money won’t be on California Chrome in Belmont Stakes It is exceedingly ill-bred to assume a manner as if you were superior to those around you, and it is, too, a proof, not of superiority but of vulgarity. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z “You fly, alas! not knowing whom you fly; No ill-bred swain, nor rustic clown, am I.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Dr. Gregg went away calling the lawyer a bear and an ill-bred fellow who did not know his own friends. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z “But it looked as though some ill-bred person was trying to flirt with us, and of course we didn’t pay the least attention.” The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Every omission of these courtesies that may occasion trouble, or inconvenience to others, is ill-bred, and may easily serve to prejudice strangers against you. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Avoid any air of mystery when speaking to those next you; it is ill-bred and in excessively bad taste. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z I found the town quiet enough, but the youngsters noisy and ill-bred. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z He was a little dog-in-the-mangerish man, ill-bred, and, like most ill-bred men, resentful of breeding in others. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Not by making a fool of him before all his class--by treating him like an ill-bred child, that may not be trusted? The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The sufferings of the snobbish secretary must have been intense:— 'By invitation to my uncle Fenner's, and where I found his new wife, a pitiful, old, ugly, ill-bred woman in a hatt, a mid-wife. The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' 2012-02-14T03:00:27.797Z In the common actions and transactions of life, there is a wide distinction between the well-bred and the ill-bred. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Why do all these ministers insist that it is ill-bred to even raise a question as to the truth of the improbable, or as to the improbability of the impossible? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Yet this poor passion—commonly so ridiculous, even more commonly, among the polite, held ill-bred—must be allowed its features of interest. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z I have at this moment two store pigs, one highly bred, the other a rough, ill-bred animal. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z But in the Queen's Court all mention of such ill-bred persons and factions was avoided, unless some wit cracked a joke at their expense. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z This character will be met with constantly, and generally joins to the other disagreeable traits an egotism as tiresome as it is ill-bred. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z But she felt cross; and what was worse, she knew that all these people must be thinking her very rude and ill-bred. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z In my mind there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred as audible laughter. Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters. The Graces (1774), The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette (1776) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.883Z The doctor and I both gave the ill-bred fellow a good lesson. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Just before Christmas she refused to ride any more, and she behaved in the most rude and ill-bred manner to Mr. Kingston. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z It is quite as ill-bred to boast of your intimacy with distinguished people. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z She threw back her head and laughed again, in her boisterous, vehement, but never ill-bred way. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Good little goslings at their play And well-conducted chicks Were taught to think poor goosey's flights Were naughty, ill-bred tricks. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z “To continue—‘nothing to mind so convincingly proclaims the ignorance of an ill-bred commoner than vulgar liberty in the presence of a peer of England’s realm!’ An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z "I have always insisted that there are no people more ill-bred than those of this place!" again cried the angry voice. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The wittiest man becomes tedious and ill-bred when he endeavors to engross entirely the attention of the company in which he should take a more modest part. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z I did notice them, and very ill-bred fellows I thought them. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The subject was then very unpopular, and there was an ill-bred effort to destroy the meeting by noise and riot. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z No child, no dog even, is ill-bred enough to break one. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The King had conducted himself like an ill-bred man to the Princess Marguerite. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z To have only one or two subjects to converse on, and to discourse rather than talk on them, is always ill-bred, whether the theme be literature or horseflesh. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z I never read anything more venomously ill-bred in my life; and so untrue! My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The most ignorant and ill-bred are oftentimes the most polite class of people. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z And I think you're a particularly ill-bred boy—not polite, like my brothers.' The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Dosia drew hers away quickly, with a flush on her cheek, and then felt, as she met his coolly appraising eyes, that she had done something school-girlish and ill-bred. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z I was very unwise to let you go among people of whom I know so little,—kind, I dare say, but worldly, ill-bred, and full of these vulgar ideas about young people. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Don't you call it ill-bred to be late at your work? The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Progress in letters and sciences serves for nothing else but to conceal the vices and put hypocrisy in the place of an ill-bred rusticity. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z You are an ill-bred, vulgar person—respectable people don't speak so with ladies. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z They were furious, Greatly enraged, and all most loudly cried With one accord, that he insulted them; For that such sudden interruptions To philosophical discussion Were ill-bred and extremely unbecoming. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It is most ill-bred to stare in that undisguised manner. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z “Because it would hurt her so,—” Nathalie labored, she hated to preach—“to think I could be so disrespectful to her, and ill-bred.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Having resolved to appear oblivious to any ill-bred acts on the part of the Sans, Marjorie proceeded to carry out her resolution. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z I can see for myself that you are an ill-bred girl and will require a vast lot of breaking-in.” A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z If she chooses to be ill-bred, she must be treated with ill-bred methods.” Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Masterful, clamorous, ill-bred, uncouth in its expression both of enjoyment and of dissatisfaction, its attitude astounded Price Puckler-Muskau, a very careful observer who visited England about the time. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Unused to the prying eyes and rude stare of ill-bred curiosity, Isota held herself more erect and Alahcasla drew closer to her side. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Last year she was quite friendly with me until I said to her that I thought 164 it was ill-bred to base social values on money. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z He wiped his face very coolly, got into the saddle again, and patted the neck of his ill-bred brute, as if it had played the most amiable and innocent little trick imaginable. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I will not say they were so ill-bred as to make grimaces at me, but they might just as soon have gathered their skirts about them and held their noses. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z “Just think of troubling one’s self with a parcel of ill-bred children like those orphanage kids,” added Belle Tingley. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z The wise woman will not imitate Judy O’Grady and make her moan to every one she meets about the rudeness of that ill-bred Mrs. So-and-so. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z She is ill-bred, unfair and untruthful; a girl, who, without knowing me, tried to make trouble for me on her very first day at high school. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z I mean, oh, I mean, some ill-bred person has put saleratus in my little bowl. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z The most he could do was just to touch it courteously, like an officer returning a salute; and thus, against his will, play the part of a rude and ill-bred individual. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z "To be in a hurry," say they, "is ill-bred." Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z He lives his own life—his ill-bred, complaining, gloomy, companionless life—an outcast from that better society of which we all long to be a part. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z But 'tis ever the way with these low-born and ill-bred louts. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z No, I take no interest in the sayings of an ill-bred man. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z It’s no worse than an American silver mine, and not nearly so raw and ill-bred.” The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z It is not only ill-bred, but positively improper to do so. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Etiquette is the wall which divides the cultured from the uncultured, which keeps the ill-bred out of the circles where they would be awkward and uncomfortable, and where they would undoubtedly cause mortification to others. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Think of a man who is ill-bred and destitute, suffering from the wretchedness of his condition. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z Hastily drawing away her feet, she cried: 'Woe is me! how could I be so ill-bred and thoughtless, as to place my foot on thy lap! Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Let no one imagine however that Pomuchelskopp was so ill-bred as to give audible signs of merriment in his own house, no, he was always humble and quiet when there. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z Everybody in this country may be polite to everybody—and if any one is too haughty and too ill-bred to return the salutation, with him alone rests the responsibility and the shame. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z A note of condolence, or a brief visit is a necessary social duty; but constant intrusion upon grief is as unkind and inconsiderate as it is ill-bred. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z The ill-bred familiarity of the Scotch Divines had given him a distaste of that part of the Protestant Religion. A Character of King Charles the Second 2011-03-31T02:00:18.840Z What does she care that it is ill-bred to listen? Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z "Unasked I should probably have told you, but in view of such ill-bred curiosity I am mute," Zino replies, still laughing. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z If the poor creature were ill-bred and neglected, whose fault was it, in fact? Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z No set form of decoration can be given, but magnificent ornamentation is out of place in a simple chapel or church, and in every place profusion beyond one's means is not only ill-bred but foolish. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z To make your taxes more odious, and more likely to procure resistance, send from the capital a board of officers to superintend the collection, composed of the most indiscreet, ill-bred, and insolent you can find. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z I do not condescend to answer your ill-bred accusations, for I think without that you will be ashamed of them in a calmer frame of mind. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z "What an ill-bred boor you are!" she calls out. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The general feeling in the Park seems to be that the Whittakers are horrid children—disagreeable, ill-bred, sententious, and altogether ridiculous; too sharp in one way, too stupid for words in another. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z And to be conspicuous is to be ill-bred. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z I hope that I shall not be thought ill-bred or profane in using such expressions as these. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Hathnit was a man devoid of all manly principles, lazy to the limit, ill-bred, ill-kept, illiterate, but still possessing one noticeable characteristic—a keenness which cannot be overlooked in men of his ilk. Jimmie Moore of Bucktown 2011-02-24T03:00:53.640Z But it isn't exactly fulsome flattery to compliment me on not being an ill-bred snob. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z To point out any especial part of a dish, and ask for it, is ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z If they are to be well-bred at all, they must be so at all times; and ill-bred parents can no more have well-bred children than an oak tree can have pine needles. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z It is a curious thing that ill-bred curiosity seems the predominant quality in a man when he is awakened at night and cannot go to sleep. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Immoderate laughter on Sunday is ill-bred, and is, therefore, unsound religious conduct, which is worse than unsound opinion, which you, yourself declare to be heresy. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z It was bad enough to get wet to the hide without being insulted by an ill-bred animal whose valor was proportionate, in adverse ratio, to the proximity of the front gate. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z You will find it exceedingly wearisome to play yourself all the evening, and it is ill-bred to ask any guest to play for others to dance. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Madam B—— gave out that Saint-Clair was an ill-bred young man, and not good form. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Mr. ——, the present incumbent, appears to me—I do not know how I shall modify my impression hereafter—as a very narrow, mean, ill-bred, and not over-bright Puritanical German. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Then we could have appeared naturally and as a matter of course; now——" "Now!" broke in Sybil, "as a matter of course we'll appear unnaturally, thrusting ourselves forward like ill-bred children! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Forward, undignified, ill-bred—that was what she held herself to be for having begged him to take this morning walk. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It is annoying and ill-bred to throw your soiled clothes into the family wash. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z The barman, who had overheard the dialogue, here burst into an ill-bred fit of laughter. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Of course, I never would do such an ill-bred thing.” The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z The second probable cause of trouble was the ill-bred conduct of the Spanish and Portuguese residents towards the Indian chiefs. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z This should not be, and abroad this ill-bred custom has not obtained. Household Organization To converse with an entirely uneducated person upon literature, interlarding your remarks with quotations, is ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z No man ever more thoroughly deserved the name of aristocrat; he was delicate and fastidious, with profound and deeply-rooted dislike for all that was ill-bred, vulgar, or mean. Love Works Wonders A Novel He was so supremely astonished that this ill-bred boy had actually dared thus to address him! Beatrice Boville and Other Stories But there is one thing that seems to me more ill-bred, and that is lack of appreciation of those who are doing better than oneself. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France A sudden realization that the Englishman might consider her exploit ill-bred caused her to sink back out of sight. Into the Primitive Many persons will, for the sake of appearing witty or smart, wound the feelings of another deeply; avoid this; it is not only ill-bred, but cruel. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z I have seen Scotch homes where laughter is considered ill-bred, and the joyous shouts of children are repressed. Friend Mac Donald I tried to tell myself that it didn't matter—that these were only rough, ill-bred boys to whom I ought not lower myself to pay attention. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew And I think it so very ill-bred to be jocular in the wrong places.' The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen So M. Pr�vost saw fit to refrain from all applause; and Sarennes, foolish boy, for boy he was, in spite of his thirty years, was ill-bred enough to follow his example. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec All such conversation or allusion is excessively ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z They were old friends—he was risking the charge of ill-bred curiosity to offer sympathy to the other. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery The glance that the stranger had given her had been almost ill-bred in its absolute directness; but ill or well bred, there had been no mistaking the unqualified admiration it conveyed. The Gambler A Novel I pass over in silence many things, including the ill-bred mirth—just listen to those people—but I cannot help lamenting their complete want of common sense.' The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Feeling ill-bred and common, I begged Billy's pardon, made him sit down, tried ever so hard to put him at his ease. A Man in the Open To watch the servants, or appear uneasy, lest something should go wrong, is excessively ill-bred, and if any accident does occur, you only make it worse by noticing it. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z It was his rule never to show emotion, and in his more studied moments he would have characterised his present attitude as ill-bred. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle It is rude to laugh at mistakes or awkwardness: nothing is more ill-bred as well as unkind. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use But that little ill-bred mother's designs upon Evert—that is too amusing. East Angels I can imagine nothing more brutally ill-bred and rudely ignorant and unfeeling than the behavior of those silly girls and boys, and still more silly grown-up people in that car. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 It is equally ill-bred to accept every thing that is offered to you. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z "I think it is very ill-bred to make remarks on people!" Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days In this connection, let us remember that to mark on walls or fences anywhere not only violates the right of property, but is exceedingly ill-bred. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use The two never alluded to the story when they were together, they would have considered it ill-bred to speak familiarly of such private matters. East Angels They were practical, commonplace women, leading practical, commonplace lives; to call them ill-bred or uncultivated would have been untrue. Lady Cassandra Such conduct is not only excessively ill-bred, but intensely selfish. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z It is news to hear I am 'ill-bred.' Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days It is ill-bred to contradict, especially if the one addressed be an older person. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use It is difficult for a polite man to be ill-bred, and to lose his temper, and say sharp things. Here and There in London Is it still full of those ill-bred men, who swarmed over this boat as if they owned it?” Dorothy on a House Boat To drive, trunks and all, in such a case, to your friend's house, without a word of warning, is unkind, as well as ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z But Griselda held her own, and repeated: "I must think it ill-bred in any society to turn other folks into ridicule, and I am quite sure no one can call it kind!" Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days It is worse to whisper or laugh in church than anywhere else, for it is not only ill-bred but irreverent. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use Give him all the excellent qualities you like; but he will still remain insufferably ill-bred and coarse-minded. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly "You'll have to wait your turn, lady!" was the reply; and voice and tone were equally ill-bred. Hildegarde's Harvest To linger by the way, for mere pleasure, and make her come several times to meet you, is unkind, as well as ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z It would be most unkind and ill-bred to strip the vines and offer them for sale in the public market. Helen Grant's Schooldays It is ill-bred to seem in haste to be gone. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use She had to know what grandmother thought of this ill-bred woman. Rose MacLeod An ill-bred person would have burst out laughing; but Michal looked at Pirka with an astonishment which had more of reverence in it than of fear. Pretty Michal It is ill-bred to send invitations either by the dispatch, or through the post-office; and besides being discourteous, you risk offending your friends, as these modes of delivery are proverbially uncertain. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z As a youth of seventeen, she had marked him as indolent and ill-bred. The Lamplighter Nothing marks more surely the ill-bred person than noisy demonstrations of impatience at waiting. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use Presently an ill-bred dog of the pointer kind came and sat down in front of me, looking up in my face, and wagging his tail to attract my attention. Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" Like every ill-bred fellow when he is driven into a corner, Zurdoki now took refuge in low abuse. Pretty Michal This is a breach of good-breeding often committed, and nothing can be more ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Being a poor girl, with "nothing to wear," she only had seven Saratoga trunks, ten bandboxes, fourteen small carpet-bags, and a lap-dog; yet the ill-bred O'Pake was suspicious enough to examine one of her trunks. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 He was ashamed of Felix's lack of polish; and the mother whispered to the boy hurriedly, "Don't make such a clattering with those teeth of yours, ill-bred boy!" The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Do you suppose we want Santa to think we are such ill-bred people as to be curious? Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest They are both very ill-bred cubs, and having lived together from their infancy without knowledge of the distinctions and decencies that are proper to be paid to each other's sex, they squabble like two brothers. The Tatler, Volume 3 To object to the dish itself is an insult to your entertainers, and if you assert any reason for your own dislike it is ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z It was the summons of Captain Asa Shaw, who sought a quiet haven from the discomforts of the society of his sisters-in-law and his notoriously ill-bred children. The Life of Nancy You had better fasten a mill-stone about your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea than say or be or do anything their despicable little code considers ill-bred. Aliens Captain Duchesne would never have been so ill-bred as to speak disparagingly of a lady's father to her face; and yet she felt that there was something disparaging in the tone. Brooke's Daughter A Novel His weak affected air we mark, And, smiling, view the would-be spark; Complete in every act and feature,— An ill-bred, silly, awkward creature. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Never gesticulate when conversing; it looks theatrical, and is ill-bred; so are all contortions of the features, shrugging of shoulders, raising of the eyebrows, or hands. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z It was very ill-bred and he knew it, but he was determined not to bother about Miss Comstock any longer. Clark's Field So don't smell your plate and turn over your food, And doubt if it's wholesome, or pleasant, or good; Such conduct is not only senseless,—but rude And ill-bred. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 I would give them credit for military talents; they all looked like chiefs of banditti—swarthy visages, immense moustachios, vulgar, disgusting, dirty, and ill-bred in their appearance. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) It is both foolish and ill-bred for him to play the part of dog-in-the-manger and to object to her receiving attentions from any one else. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements To walk about the parlor, examining the ornaments and pictures, is ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Her conduct was comparable to nothing but that of an ill-bred child striking one whose situation, he has been told, is the warrant of his inferiority. The Rustler of Wind River The world caresses the rich, though vulgar and ill-bred, and avoids the poor man of merit in the threadbare coat. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Besides, if the point were never so clear, I hope you do not think me so ill-bred or so imprudent as to forfeit all my interest in the survivor; oh no! Select Poems of Thomas Gray "If it can't be inspiration, at any rate it can tolerate and reconcile and take the ill-bred bitterness out of politics." The Passionate Friends It is ill-bred, and looks as if you were unaccustomed to such pleasures, and so desirous to prolong each one. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z The puppy was ugly, ill-bred, and dirty, but not an instant did I hesitate in the response I made. The Romance of a Plain Man The difference, he, Johnson, observed between a well-bred and an ill-bred man is this: One immediately attracts your liking, the other your aversion. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Her mother answered in her stead: "Child, don't be ill-bred; answer your uncle as you should: 'With much pleasure, uncle; whenever you wish.'" Pepita Ximenez "Judy," said Mrs. Lloyd, "another ill-bred word like that, and I send you from the table." Trading For you to do so is officious and ill-bred. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z She would have screamed the words in her ungovernable rage, had not a look from this woman’s eyes, who used her name with such ill-bred familiarity, actually frightened her. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order “She was an ill-bred young woman,” said Mrs. de Tracy, as if the subject were now closed. Robinetta Well-bred people sometimes live badly; but ill-bred people seldom or ever live well, in the right sense of the term. Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen And dared Miles call at Wren's End that evening, in the hope of a glimpse of Meg, or would it look inquisitive and ill-bred? Jan and Her Job “It seems we are fated to meet ill-bred men,” he said. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance She wondered idly about him, in an odd humour of tolerant superiority, as one might contemplate the presumption of an ill-bred child. Nobody What, for example, can be more ill-bred than to say, Who are you? The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Her conversation is crude and infelicitous, her conduct excessively ill-bred. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 "Selfish and odious and ill-bred——" "White bled, blown bled, ill-bled," the person under the net chanted. Jan and Her Job A cross Dog lay in a manger full of hay; and when the Ox came near to eat his own food, the rude and ill-bred cur at once began to snarl and bite at him. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales It was considered ill-bred to read in company. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges For example: whenever they were so ill-bred as to appear with their turbans on before him, he uses me this keen argument to convince them they shewed discourtesy. The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage To do this is ill-bred and does not bespeak your superior discernment, but your ignorance of polite society. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The people on the street stared at him, and the ill-bred children followed him. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden She considered it distinctly ill-bred, and whatever was ill-bred was disagreeable to her. Divided Skates As the islanders always maintained a discreet reserve with regard to my own peculiar views on religion, I thought it would be excessively ill-bred in me to pry into theirs. Typee She is an exceedingly ill-bred and ill-mannered woman. The Marriage of Elinor Hair oil must never be used; it is ill-bred.-426- Clothes of plain colors are always in good taste, and so is pure white linen. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society He seldom went into the streets, for the reason that ill-bred children there followed and annoyed him. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden "If I don't know you, you are a very ill-bred young man to have saluted me," she said in French. The Belovéd Vagabond And a pretty lot of ill-bred, miserable ignoramuses they were—the indigent! A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Modesty is the legitimate daughter of true philosophy; but dogmatism, unless the offspring of infallible authority, is the ill-bred child of ignorance and arrogance. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 All these acts stamp you as ill-bred and unpolished. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Gabriel's dark face kindled as he spoke, and Sylvia drearily wished he would remember how ill-bred it was to tire her with complaints of her friend, and raptures over his cousin. Moods And, some time before, Themistocles, upon refusing the harp at an entertainment, passed for an uninstructed and ill-bred person. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life This was the favorite evening walk, with all the camp dogs in attendance,—the nimble greyhound, the age-stiffened and sedate spaniel, the saucy, ill-bred bull-terrier, and the naïve baby pug. A Bird-Lover in the West As for these awkward maudlin rabbits, I fear we cannot do any thing with them; and these ill-bred creatures, Mrs. Sow’s progeny, we cannot attempt to teach.’ The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. He is an ill-bred fellow who refuses to render his wife such attention. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society He knew she would think him ill-bred, he was ashamed of himself, but he could not help it. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story She had disliked him as an ill-bred, blustering sort of man, but she had not thought him vindictive until now. Winning the Wilderness It is a principle among us to serve friend or guest to the utmost, and in the old days it was considered ill-bred to ask for any remuneration. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American My father’s friends always regarded me as an ill-bred girl, whimsical and capricious, a sort of savage whom nobody cared to invite into society either for the sake of their sons or daughters. Major Frank And afterwards when I go on to hear how very poor the light is here, and how very cold the hotels are here, I certainly must feel how very ill-bred that is.” A Woman's Will It is said that the boys are ill-bred, forward lads, but perhaps that is not quite correct, and they will become better as they grow older. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen You must be very ill-bred, very loutish, and very badly taught, my friend, to speak to me in that fashion, without first taking off your hat, without observing rationem loci, temporis et personæ. The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) It is a sign of what one might call a philosophically ill-bred nature. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The apartment was not so large but that she could see plainly, while it was large enough to save her from the charge of ill-bred staring. A Red Wallflower The most dull economist would perceive, and admit, that a gentleman who had a fine stud of horses was absolutely richer than one who had only ill-bred and broken-winded ones. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Consequently he saw the editor, standing at the back, make notes on his copy-paper and smirk like an ill-bred hound stealing a bone. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life She is a dear, in spite of her ill-bred friends.” Madge Morton's Victory At least it is not indecent, bourgeois, and ill-bred, like the fourth-hand Protestantism that Browning dishes up, for the delectation of Ethical Societies. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions She would be bluff and rude and ungrammatical and ill-bred. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Where are those ignorant fellows, those pedants, those ill-bred men that did not wait for me? Laboulaye's Fairy Book He finally fled from them and joined the group of young men, who showed an ill-bred and disapproved tendency to sneak off into Ray's room for a smoke. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Mrs. Curtis or no Mrs. Curtis, I don’t think we should be expected to speak to that ill-bred Mr. Holt again. Madge Morton's Victory There they sat as long as I could see them in the thickening darkness, turning their heads now and then to see whether their ill-bred visitor was still spying upon them. Our Bird Comrades It mattered nothing to these ill-bred Starkweather girls that the serving people heard how they treated this “poor relation.” The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City There was no ill-bred staring in his survey. Antony Gray,—Gardener "Brother," one Pug to other said, "The mob is certainly ill-bred." Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) As for the young Mildmays, they stood motionless, not overawed, but both impressed and startled, gazing at the unexpected apparition in a way which Jacinth afterwards hoped to herself had not seemed like ill-bred staring. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls You see, the ill-bred sparrows had been glaring at the little madam as she sat on her nest, which was a piece of impertinence that no self-respecting bird could endure with equanimity. Our Bird Comrades “As with many savages and half-civilized people, the man who would not offer his guest the hospitality of the conjugal couch, or the company of his best-looking daughter, would be considered an ill-bred person.” Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire It was their way of protesting against my ill-bred intrusion into their demesne. Birds of the Rockies "All right" is not, to say the least, civil, and is ill-bred. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men He grew ill-bred when he swallowed the drink, and Dan, to frighten him, threatened to hang him from the window by the heels. The House with the Green Shutters Seeing him only in this one unfavorable light, he regarded him simply as a rather ill-bred, or, at least, aggressively inclined individual, whose temper and tone of mind might reasonably be objected to. Vagabondia 1884 What if fate should have sent to him as a daughter,—as a companion for his girls,—that fat, untidy, ill-bred looking young woman! Ralph the Heir Even his chirruping is musical as he flies overhead, or makes his caveat from a tree or a telegraph wire against your ill-bred espionage. Birds of the Rockies Because in spite of your rank you are ill-bred. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen I have never heard of her doing anything underhand or what we might call low-down or ill-bred. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School You are a nasty ill-bred fellow, I'm sure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 I told Cousin Molly Belle that night, that "the whole pack were ill-bred, rude, and unbearable." When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood I am sorry, Madam, you force me to be so ill-bred. The Beggar's Opera to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song And when people are talking, you never care how You interrupt what they’re saying, which is ill-bred, you know, And papa has so oft bid us not to do so. Aunt Kitty's Stories To his surprise, he learned that he had been hopelessly ill-bred to ask her at all; that had the invitation not been given before the other girls he should have driven away alone. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University There is no pert interjection of smart sayings, so awful in ill-trained children of ill-bred parents. Beyond the Marshes Still she need not have spoken in that angry tone, and called her “ill-bred.” In the Mist of the Mountains "The ill-bred find the shortest road to everything." Kari the Elephant "Old woman, you are exceedingly ill-bred," cried a lady-in-waiting. The Little Lame Prince Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters I don't attach any special importance to that, nor do I object to them on that ground; but they are, I have reason to think, ill-bred and disreputable. The Telegraph Boy "And you," continued Mrs. Bixby, once more consigning the tempestuously excited Arethusa to nothingness with her glance, "are the most decidedly ill-bred young person I ever saw!" The Heart of Arethusa She had not meant to be ill-bred; she had no idea she was playing a joke. In the Mist of the Mountains He is a most ill-bred man, in my opinion. Eliza You are vulgar and ill-bred, my dear; you say ‘coom’ and ‘boot,’ and you are only fit to marry a country curate, and cut out shirts and roll pills.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Peggy considered it exceedingly rude and ill-bred; but while she was thinking of it she grew tired again, and, rolling round into a soft little bundle among the blankets, fell afresh into sweet refreshing slumbers. About Peggy Saville She made no audible comment, however, remembering that Miss Eliza had said that it was most ill-bred audibly to remark anything as curious seen in another person's house. The Heart of Arethusa “Parrots!” exclaimed the bird, stamping furiously on the seat of the chair; “I hate ’em—nasty, showy, pretentious, ill-bred creatures; regular shrieking hypocrites, that’s what I call ’em.” Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo Her large features swelled, and her eyes flashed with anger—'I was recommended to a man of genius, and I find him insolent and ill-bred.' Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin You are the most singularly ill-bred young man, for your looks, that I ever met with.” The Eagle Cliff If you are curious enough to follow—which would be extremely ill-bred—you may witness under the trees of the “alameda,” or some unfrequented quarter, the forbidden “entrevista.” The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico I know a billionaire, at least this is his reputation, who has no standing merely because he is vulgar—that is, ill-bred. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home The polite and submissive native of yore is developing into an ill-bred, up-to-date, wrangling politician. The Philippine Islands One must not forget that little politeness in these northern lands, otherwise the people would think you ill-bred or proud and would dislike you. The Land of the Long Night It must have required good judgment and constant watchfulness never to say "spoil that Hen," when it was a chicken; or else be thought hopelessly ill-bred. Home Life in Colonial Days She knew him quite well for an ill-bred little snob at heart. The Highgrader Paul felt for the instant that he had been brutal and ill-bred. Despair's Last Journey She is exceedingly ill-bred, there is no doubt of that. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls It is, after all, very silly, and often very ill-bred. The Land of the Long Night You ought to be, I'm sure—after encouraging my own child to disobey me, and behaving as you did with that most ill-bred and impertinent impostor! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 18, 1893 She was not hurt over the ill-bred manner in which she had been treated. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore "In that case I should have thought you a very ill-bred man." Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Some of them were just as unmannerly and ill-bred as he was. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales Juan's was good; and might have been still better, But he had got Haidee into his head: However strange, he could not yet forget her, Which made him seem exceedingly ill-bred. Don Juan "They said I was common—and ill-bred—and ignorant." The Making of a Soul The envious and ill-bred insinuations of the mother, the family quarrels, their poverty or their pride, all disturb the unhappy sage who falls into the trap of connubial felicity! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 You may be sure that I would not trouble myself about such a little ill-bred wretch for a moment, if I did not act with authority, and by orders. Rattlin the Reefer “Well, if I was asked which of you was the young gentleman, and which the ill-bred young beggar, I should be able to say pretty right,” replied the gardener slowly. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden You must not make your Museum a refuge against either rain or ennui, nor let into perfectly well-furnished, and even, in the true sense, palatial, rooms, the utterly squalid and ill-bred portion of the people. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Mary had carried her point, but she felt that if Lloyd knew how she had played stork, she would consider her ill-bred. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor He tries to pass off his lack of brains with bluster, and to make up by tyranny for the contempt which his ill-bred manners would naturally secure for him. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life No one had broken the fragile glass, no one had betrayed a plebeian ignorance of the convenances, nor showed ill-bred surprise. A Houseful of Girls Felgate’s impulse was to follow him and apologise for his ill-bred words. The Master of the Shell “Why,” rejoined Bob Acres, “I should certainly think him very ill-bred.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 In America, however, I am considered ill-bred if I keep my hat on when I am conversing with the humblest of my associates; should I therefore keep it on when I am addressing my God? Rabbi and Priest A Story She had fully intended her ill-bred speech to be overheard, but she had not for a moment imagined that one of these apparently shy newcomers would fling back an answer. Madge Morton's Secret And that ill-bred rascal laughed right in Timothy Turtle's face. The Tale of Timothy Turtle "My mother says it is extremely ill-bred to indulge in comments on a person's personal appearance," declared Rosemary heatedly. Rosemary But she was brought sharply to her senses by a rude, sneering laugh from the ill-bred girl, who was staring insolently at the old black silk gown. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls In a few years the girl he had married would be a plain and prickly little pedant—ill-bred besides—and he knew it. Marriage à la mode There was an instant's strained silence, then the ill-bred young woman found her voice. Madge Morton's Secret “A very ill-bred child,” declared Mrs. Horton, “and I shall be well pleased if your father can take us away from this forsaken spot on his next trip.” A Little Maid of Old Maine Besides, there was something generous and royal in her mind which alone would have prevented her doing anything vulgar or ill-bred. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 I know, as every man who reflects must know, that it is inherently ill-bred to be late anywhere; but I never before felt how completely it was high breeding to be as punctual as possible. Recollections of Europe “Of a truth, maiden,” said Kai, “thou art ill-bred to remain mute for a year at the Court of Arthur and then to speak as thou dost of such a man as this.” The Mabinogion Vol. 1 If Mrs. Curtis could have signaled to Madge, she would not have permitted her to humiliate herself by an apology to this ill-bred girl. Madge Morton's Secret “The child is so ill-bred she can be but indulged and spoiled at home,” and Mrs. Weston agreed. A Little Maid of Old Maine Derived from "cadet," through the Scots form "cadee," comes "caddie," a messenger-boy, and particularly one who carries clubs at golf, and also the slang word "cad," a vulgar, ill-bred person. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He was ill-bred, but he was not mean; he was a vaunter but not a coward; he demanded adherence and did not beg alms. Quisanté Now mark the coarse, rough features, the ill-bred stare, the haughty rudeness which they endeavor to palm off for dignity. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City As they strolled slowly in the shade of the trees Hollanden began, "Isn't that Hawker an ill-bred old thing?" The Third Violet Strangers, Englishmen on tour, are easily recognised by their self-assertive demeanour and ill-bred offences against the solemn etiquette of the railway company. The Simpkins Plot For, being free of him, Hazel stood her ground long enough to tell him that he was a cad, a coward, an ill-bred nincompoop, and other epithets grievous to masculine vanity. North of Fifty-Three Mr. Langhope was always careful to temper his explanations with an "as you know": he would have thought it ill-bred to omit this parenthesis in elucidating the social code to his son-in-law. The Fruit of the Tree They are vulgar and ill-bred, but they are wealthy, and society worships them. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The fact is, I don't see that I want a step-grandmother at all; and I can't be expected to want an ill-bred one anyway. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World He appeared to be filled with an ill-bred curiosity which she determined not to satisfy. The Simpkins Plot Guly did not wish to appear ill-bred or impolite, and he accepted the hearty invitation of his new acquaintance to "sit by," with as good a grace as he could command. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans It makes one appear to be ill-bred and extremely distasteful in society. Vanity, All Is Vanity A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects The Cockney School was composed of Londoners of the middle-class, supposedly ill-bred and imperfectly educated. Early Reviews of English Poets Juan's was good; and might have been still better, But he had got Haidée into his head: However strange, he could not yet forget her, Which made him seem exceedingly ill-bred. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 And oh, how much good it did us both to cut him, and let him know how ill-bred we considered him, how altogether beneath any wholesome honest girl we thought such a fellow.' A Certain Rich Man “That is commendable; but don’t you know that it is very ill-bred to smoke a pipe in a gentleman’s house?” Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World And the whole affair is so ill-bred; one would know Helen was not all a Howe. John Ward, Preacher "What rude, ill-bred people!" she muttered, under her breath. A Crooked Path A Novel Let them then leave these impieties to those who are sufficiently ill-bred to be really capable of them. Pascal's Pensées If you reprobate an ill-bred action, you cannot, consistently with your own views of what is seemly and dignified, punish that action by following suit, and doing what would be ill-bred yourself. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. The fixed stare, which to us would mean mere ill-bred ignorance, is only another ordinary tribute to the passing fair one from the other sex. Spanish Life in Town and Country I was not repelled by an angry or ill-bred incredulity, or treated as one of diseased fancy, to whom silence is indirectly recommended as the alternative of being laughed at. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural In any case the slight commotion was no more than she had come prepared for in a whole roomful of ill-bred persons. The Helpmate When not impossibly pious, these children of anonymous fiction were either insufferable prigs with a steel moral code, or so ill-bred as to be equally impossible and unnatural. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book You are the most ill-bred lot of girls I have ever seen," returned Eleanor crossly, "and I think you are making a great deal of unnecessary fuss over a small matter. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities This sweet youth is not fit company for rude soldiers and ill-bred rufflers of the camp. The Black Douglas To display an ignorance of them, is to subject the offender to the opprobrium of being ill-bred. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society She calls them ill-bred and unmannerly and wonders at the homes that can produce such children. The Vitalized School He would be an ill-bred host who criticised his guest, or spoke loud praise of him before his face. My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale "You ill-bred ——" Smith choked, and reached for a tent prop. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories The above stanza reminds me rather of ill-bred barking. Adventures in Criticism Its entire neglect reveals the character and training of the person; the manner of its observance reveals the very shades of breeding that exist between the ill-bred and the well-bred. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Do not forget that it is ill-bred as well as unkind to discuss the family affairs of one's hostess with others; to criticise or complain of her arrangements; or gossip about her or her family. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Am I come hither," said the proud, ill-bred girl, "to serve you with water, pray? The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 As to the camel-drivers, they are an ill-bred, disobliging set, and I give them nothing extra. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government It is the employment of low, ill-bred minds, and therefore none will engage in it, but those who are destitute of reputation themselves. Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation It is ill-bred to urge a person to eat of anything after he has declined. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Why should some coarse, ill-bred persons, whether they have or have not been favored with invitations, strive to embarrass and make uncomfortable those to whom the situation is already sufficiently trying? Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada She no longer harbored any small feelings of resentment at his ill-bred attitude. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton But in Paris, the Frenchman never is guilty of so ill-bred an action as to laugh at anybody in his presence, however provoking the occasion. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Not at all delicate, ill-bred, often very affected, a devil in temper when set on edge. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Only a very ill-bred person will meet another with a stare. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society But you can hardly compare your manners and those of your friends with the deportment of low-born, ill-bred girls. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) He is not always elbowing his way, or quivering with ill-bred impatience. Americans and Others She seems to live in the abomination of desolation, as far as regards society—crowds of ill-bred men who adore her à genoux bas, betwixt a puff of smoke and an ejection of saliva. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The coxswain made a few comments which showed him to be a thoroughly ill-bred person, but further than this I was not persecuted. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit The person who turns away with manifest displeasure, disgust or want of interest when another is addressing him, is guilty not only of an ill-bred, but a cruel act. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society The kind he despises most, I suppose, are my dear Ignorant Rich—the ill-bred but by no means breadless. The Lee Shore "Do you habitually reprove ill-bred persons in that vigorous manner?" Burned Bridges He did not care if they thought him rude, ill-bred. Poor Man's Rock In this kind of moral instruction it seems to be possible to interest all kinds of children, both civilised and barbarous, both ill-bred and well-bred. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library It is considered extremely ill-bred for two persons to whisper in society, or to converse in a language with which all persons are not familiar. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Again, there are what people call the well-bred, the ill-bred, and of course the half-bred. The Lee Shore Any one omitting either of these marks of respect would be considered vulgar and ill-bred. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah They were not ill-bred cattle to look at, and I should think of a race that, with care and attention, might be brought to considerable perfection; but they are never properly broken for the saddle. Records of a Girlhood Rome disdains to this day to listen to the ill-bred son of a peasant, the theological upstart Luther, and remains as filthy as she has been. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation No one who has given to the religious phenomena of the day the smallest degree of intellectual and sympathetic attention can fail to pronounce this a gross and ill-bred caricature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 I know Rodney will be kind to me directly I take to street peddling or any other thoroughly ill-bred profession. The Lee Shore Perceiving him to be an ill-bred fellow, and that to answer his jeering would be time wasted, I turned the talk upon his message. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Things must be wrong somewhere, when Fate showers money on such a little ill-bred creature. The Hoyden So Austin was late for lunch after all, and got a scolding from Aunt Charlotte, who told him that it was exceedingly ill-bred to inconvenience other people by habitual unpunctuality. Austin and His Friends Why do you crush forward in that manner, you ill-bred spalpeens? The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Reilly at once saw this, and, as he knew not that the baronet was in possession of his secret, he felt his ill-bred insolence the more deeply. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "I suppose men think it's amusing to do such things," she continued, "but I think it's as ill-bred as practical joking." The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary I had a terrier, a lovely one, and she had six puppies, and, would you believe it! he drowned every one of them—said they were ill-bred, or something. The Hoyden That heaven upon earth to the weary head; But a place that to name would be ill-bred, To the head with a wakeful trouble— 'Tis held by such a different lease! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood A great many novels of the day are extremely vulgar, because they describe ill-bred people and represent them to the reader as ladies and gentlemen. A History of English Prose Fiction But she smiled serenely on the rest, and did not let it worry her that some one might recognize the popular Miss Bailey in so ill-bred a crowd. The Girl from Montana To return to illustrations less remote, and of a more familiar nature:— An ill-bred. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 I think it was ill-bred of Miss Martineau to mention our private affairs to you; but still, as we have got to know you through these means, I forgive her. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls It was, Howat thought, just such an ill-bred utterance as he had looked for from Byron Polder; and he made no effort to mitigate it. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Catholic Lord Trimleston offered exclusively Catholic regiments with Catholic officers to George III. for foreign service in 1762, though they were vetoed by what his Viceroy Halifax called the "ill-bred bigotry" of the Irish Parliament. The Framework of Home Rule She says there's a very poor lot round here, and most of the young ladies so ill-bred and empty she does not care to make friends with them. Red Pottage It will assert itself like an ill-bred person. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today A well-bred man himself, he disliked what seemed to him ill-bred attacks on opinions which his position proclaimed him to hold. Father Stafford A coarse, ill-bred, bold woman, whose eyes met mine unabashed, and did not blink under my scrutiny. The Doctor's Dilemma He who is prejudiced against a relative because he is poor, is himself an ill-bred relative, and to be ill-bred is an excluding fault with the court of the high countries. Hope of the Gospel The characteristics of the ill-bred man are just the contrary of these. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala "All right, then I choose to tell you nothing, I have a perfect right to have friends telephone me, and I think it shows an ill-bred curiosity for you to ask their names!" Patty and Azalea A player who is nervous is easily put off his game, especially if those watching him are so ill-bred as to make audible remarks. Etiquette "You are an ill-bred, purse-proud old tyrant, who wouldn't be allowed to sit at a table in California if it wasn't for your vulgar money." The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories Treat them as you wish not to be treated, and you are ill-bred and vulgar, though you may be dressed in the extreme of fashion, and steeped in Cologne! Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness Three signs of ill-bred folk in every nation— A visit lengthened to a visitation, Staring, and overmuch interrogation. A Celtic Psaltery He was an ill-bred fellow for his pains; but a well-bred man would affect not to notice his blunder. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. It is well to remember that nothing more blatantly stamps an ill-bred person than the habit of patting, nudging or taking hold of people. Etiquette "She is really her governess, a very ill-bred and rude young person," said Mrs. Nailor. Gordon Keith It is ill-bred, though common, to press any one to eat; and, moreover, it is a great annoyance to many. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Who names that lost thing, love, without a tear, Since so debauched by ill-bred customs here, To an exact perfection they have brought The action, love, the passion is forgot. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 "You should be content," he said, "not to eat what you don't like; but to find fault with your host's ill-breeding is to be as ill-bred as himself." Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Nothing could be more ill-bred than to treat curtly any overture made in spontaneous friendliness. Etiquette A coarse and ill-bred community moves in a vicious circle. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society In point of abilities, it would be unjust, as they are out of his power; in point of rank or fortune, it is ill-natured and ill-bred. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant To speak with perhaps ill-bred candor, I like as well to fancy you not preaching to Unitarians a Gospel after their heart. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I All she grasped was that she was spoken to by a coarse, ill-bred, spiteful, and ungrateful man; but what he wanted of her and what he was talking about, she could not understand. The Duel and Other Stories "It was ill-bred and underhanded of Connie not to tell us at once--I shall certainly speak to her about it!" Lady Connie It is true that it is chiefly in the mouths of a few ignorant and ill-bred women that we find sex referred to as "bestial" or "the animal part of our nature." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society To appear simple is as ill-bred as to be impudent. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant The question was evidently unwelcome to the Syndic; it was direct, which every Italian considers ill-bred, and it was awkward to answer. The Waters of Edera She gossiped half through lunch with that ill-bred fellow Birch. The Testing of Diana Mallory So ill-bred--so snobbish--to talk of your great acquaintances in public! Lady Connie Her eyes dropped a little, but there was nothing ill-bred or excessive in her self-consciousness. Miss Bretherton We do not rage and foam as Timon did—that would be ill-bred and ludicrous; we simply smile and utter delicate mockeries. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Why, Minnie darling, you must know that such things are very, very ill-bred, and very, very indelicate and unrefined. The American Baron Mr. Keen, I—I am not ill-bred, but I simply could not help following her. The Tracer of Lost Persons Bertha ought to have understood that this was very ill-bred, and espoused her grandmother's cause at once; but instead of that she was ashamed of her, and felt like crying. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls She was exceedingly offended, very much disturbed at missing her errand, very sore at Ransom's ill-bred treatment of her. Melbourne House, Volume 1 She sat warming her feet in a circle of eight or nine ill-bred men, representatives of "the ragged Red diluted with the lower theatrical." Robert Browning "Did you ever see such an ill-bred lot of fellows before!" The High School Boys' Training Hike He had been deeply hurt by her coldness to him since their automobile party, but he was such an ill-bred fellow that he simply had not understood how badly he had behaved. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Ada Wilson has certainly shown herself very ill-bred and heartless in thus criticising so old a person to one of her own relatives. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Besides, if the point were never so clear, I hope you do not think me so ill-bred or so imprudent as to forfeit all my interest in the survivor; Oh no! Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Yes," said Bernardine; "she is the lady who thinks you must be a very ill-bred person because you stalk into meals, with your hands in your pockets. Ships That Pass in the Night It may be that she is sufficiently ill-bred to take no notice of the letter when sent, and in such case, if you presented yourself with it, she would most probably receive you with rudeness. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette She would have liked to tell her companion what she truly thought of him, how coarse and ill-bred he was, but she set her lips and remained silent. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Now Trenta never in his life was wanting in the very flower of courtesy; he would much sooner have shot himself than be guilty of an ill-bred word. The Italians I have said elsewhere that it is not because the landlord does not want children in the house but because he does not want such ill-bred children, vandals, who have no respect for anything. The Cost of Shelter I suppose it is partly this—that many people are ill-bred, glum, and suspicious, and can't bear the idea of their faults being recorded. Father Payne It is considered extremely ill-bred when two persons whisper in society, or converse in a language with which all present are not familiar. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette He is immensely rich, but he is very ill-bred, and that is why Uncle dislikes him. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Ordinarily, Dicky would have realized that his demand to have me change this conventional arrangement was a most ill-bred and inconsiderate thing. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon The ill-bred Tartar sent no answer to so humane a project. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II Some put their fingers in their nose, others scratch their heads, others twirl their hats; in short, every awkward, ill-bred body has its tricks. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters It is particularly ill-bred to empty your glass on these occasions. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette "No, indeed; I am not having too much company," Harriet returned indignantly, forgetting she must not let herself grow angry with her ill-bred friend. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Washington was taught that all good conduct was gentlemanly, all bad conduct ill-bred. George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway The painful fact is that Byron was a very ill-bred person. The Silent Isle In my mind there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters To abstain from taking the last piece on the dish, or the last glass of wine in the decanter, only because it is the last, is highly ill-bred. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Then it seemed to Hill that for Wedderburn to come there day after day with cuffs unfrayed, neatly tailored, precisely barbered, quietly perfect, was in itself an ill-bred, sneering sort of proceeding. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories It is ill-bred to stoop too close to one's porringer or the meat. George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway Future actors may perhaps wish I would set this grievance in a stronger light; and, to say the truth, where auditors are ill-bred, it cannot well be expected that actors should be polite. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield In—out again—standing over me—peering on my paper in the offensive way that ill-bred people have. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 It may be that he is sufficiently ill-bred to take no notice of the letter when sent, and in such case, if you presented yourself with it, he would most probably receive you with rudeness. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Mine is such a fierce, ill-bred, impudent sort of a brain, and it's as busy as a bat in a belfry. Keeping up with Lizzie It was a translation of well-meant regulations and pseudo-scientific conceptions of social order into blundering, arrogant, ill-bred flesh and blood. An Englishman Looks at the World It is decidedly ill-bred to rob a locality of its precious plants. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada And if I had known, could I have suspected her of intriguing with an ill-bred adventurer! The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage It is particularly ill-bred to empty your glass on these occasions. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Is there any real gentleman throughout the Empire State who would, in his heart, approve of this ridiculous hustling together of well-bred and ill-bred? Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada His patriotism, his philanthropy are not so ill-bred, as to quarrel with his loyalty or to banish him from the first circles. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Jean could not help laughing at this buffoonery, trivial and ill-bred as it was. The Aspirations of Jean Servien He was an ill-bred, uneducated man, but very wealthy. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself To wait for others is now not only old-fashioned, but ill-bred. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Poor Jason was greatly abashed, and made up his mind that the people of Iolchos were exceedingly ill-bred, to take such public notice of an accidental deficiency in his dress. Tanglewood Tales For a woman to dream of riding a billy goat, denotes that she will be held in disrepute because of her coarse and ill-bred conduct. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Well, you can't claim," she hurried on to cover her confusion, "that it was not an ill-bred, common trick for her to take possession of a man of my party, and utterly ignore me. Her Father's Daughter Vassal, I am he who was in the forest yesterday with Queen Guinevere, when thou didst allow thy ill-bred dwarf to strike my lady's damsel. Four Arthurian Romances It is considered extremely ill-bred when two persons whisper in society, or converse in a language with which all present are not familiar. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette They began to behave like ill-bred people in a crowded public car, to squeeze against one another, elbow, thrust, dispute and quarrel. The War in the Air I shuddered to be near him, and thought on the servant’s ill-bred moroseness as comparatively agreeable. Wuthering Heights It's the Archimedean lever that lifts the ill-bred boor into select society and places the ignorant sap-head in the United State Senate. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 But before approaching the King's presence, they remove the cloaks from about their necks, lest they should be considered ill-bred. Four Arthurian Romances To wait for others is now not only old-fashioned, but ill-bred. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette He assumed the right to be brutal, ill-bred, cynical and bold; to be one of those persons who declare that folks must take them as they find them. Baron Trigault's Vengeance I was very unwise to let you go among people of whom I know so little, kind, I dare say, but worldly, ill-bred, and full of these vulgar ideas about young people. Little Women "Old woman, you are exceedingly ill-bred," cried the eldest lady-in-waiting, much horrified. The Little Lame Prince They found her ignorant and ill-bred and insufferably impertinent. The Song of the Lark To abstain from taking the last piece on the dish, or the last glass of wine in the decanter, only because it is the last, is highly ill-bred. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette If a youth should seek a wife before he had reached the age of twenty-two or twenty-three, and been recognized as a brave man, he was sneered at and considered an ill-bred Indian. Indian Boyhood In the well-regulated well-fed Summers world the unusual was regarded as either immoral or ill-bred, and people with emotions were not visited. The Reef Such as Mrs. Elton appeared to her on this second interview, such she appeared whenever they met again,—self-important, presuming, familiar, ignorant, and ill-bred. Emma There is a spirit of irritation which, to say nothing worse, is certainly very ill-bred. Mansfield Park "Of course, if you've no sense of responsibility—if you choose to go on like an ill-bred schoolboy—but don't be surprised if you're reprimanded from the chair." Mr. Waddington of Wyck I made no reference whatever to her sudden disappearance, which, though exceedingly ill-bred and abrupt, I personally happened to be very glad of. Love's Shadow She began with such a fuss about apologizing for her earliness that Alison set her down for an ill-bred, tiresome creature. The Highwayman To have supposed that such a man could have any feelings towards her other than those she gave to her friends would have seemed to her a piece of ill-bred vanity. Sir George Tressady — Volume II She never does anything ill-bred, certainly, but one no more thinks of specifying that she is a lady than that her hair is black; it isn't the point. Southern Lights and Shadows And surely any individual who chooses to be idle rather than to be usefully employed, is exceedingly ill-bred. Stories Worth Rereading "Go home and learn your manners, you ill-bred brat, you!" The Foolish Lovers Nothing can be more ill-bred, nor more absurd; for it shows that you have the wish without the power to conceal your sentiments. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 His manners were in the extreme of English reserve, and his ill-bred show of contempt for the Irish was sufficient provocation and justification of Lady Geraldine's ridicule. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 "Henriette, you are an ill-bred child to call your master so rude a name," remonstrated her mother, languidly. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The Fellow is rich, and knows he may have any of us, therefore is particular to none, but excessively ill-bred. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays This man was an ill-bred person, but he was sincere. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt The major was not properly vulgar, only ill-bred: he had not had a sharp enough mother, jealous for the good manners as well as good behaviour of her boy. Weighed and Wanting What would be proper and well-bred with others much your superior, would be absurd and ill-bred with one so very much so.' Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 I think it extremely ill-judged and ill-bred of Mrs. Falconer to invite me to this wedding. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 At the same time, a Blush is unfashionable, and Silence more ill-bred than any thing that can be spoken. The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays It appears to him as ill-bred to say stupid or silly things to her, as to say what he does say clownishly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 To himself he styled him "a beastly fellow, a lying braggart, a disgustingly vulgar ill-bred rascal." Weighed and Wanting Now mark the coarse, rough features, the ill-bred stare, the haughty rudeness which they endeavor to palm off for dignity. The Secrets of the Great City Isabella and Matilda, who had not two methods of talking, looked rather displeased at this ill-bred speech. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 But the People are ungrammatical, untidy, and their sins gaunt and ill-bred. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy This person is, in any event, a very ill-bred fellow, with probably immoral intentions. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice The apologist little imagined he was at this moment infinitely more awkward and ill-bred than the person whom he affected to pity and to honour with his protection. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Some had expected to see a coarse masculine woman; others a crafty, sinister face; others an awkward, ill-bred rustic, neglected since her father's trial by designing guardians. The Living Link They are not ill-natured, although they are vulgar and usually rather ill-bred. The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts Their imagination lacks style, training, education, and knowledge of the world; it has an ill-bred air even in its Sunday dress. Amiel's Journal At first I—I thought it would be a joke, but it isn't; it's silly and,—and ill-bred. Lonesome Land Ill-breeding always recoils on the ill-bred, and does nobody else any harm. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 If a lady have friends at the table, she may converse in a low, quiet tone; but any loud tone, laughing extravagantly, or gesticulations, are exceedingly ill-bred. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. The place given here to the ill-bred is only conceded to them that one may realize the great demands made upon the tact and the good feeling of a hostess. Manners and Social Usages She is, besides, a townswoman to the core, and feels herself out of place in this great nature, which probably seems to her barbarous and ill-bred. Amiel's Journal The vulgarity is not the vulgarity of the vulgar—the inelegancy is not the spontaneous rudeness of the ill-bred—any more than its doctrine of nature is the doctrine of the unlearned. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded But they are very ill-bred and unpolished in the western country. Redburn. His First Voyage For a lady to go up the stairs of a hotel singing is ill-bred, and may expose her to rudeness. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Some ill-bred women, in order to show their power, even insult and ill treat the people who have accepted their proffered hospitality. Manners and Social Usages After the feast the guests displayed their strength in athletic games; and Ulysses, provoked by the taunts of the ill-bred Euryalus, cast a broader, heavier quoit than had yet been used far beyond the mark. National Epics She laughed, shrugged, and said that he was coarse and ill-bred, and that she had already asked him not to use the Du to her. Jean-Christophe, Volume I I think one principal reason is because it is so very conventional that she would expect it, and think me either piqued or ill-bred if I omitted it. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World It is excessively ill-bred to criticize harshly, in the presence of an artist, the works displayed in his studio. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. If she fail in any way in her obligations as hostess to a guest whom she has invited, she shows herself to be ill-bred and ignorant of the first principles of politeness. Manners and Social Usages What could have been more rude and ill-bred than to leave in such haste, thereby disturbing those who were enjoying the music? Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore In this latter case his adorers called it "abstracted," while his enemies qualified it as "ill-bred." Life at High Tide There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was, now. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. It is ill-bred to speak of persons with whom you are but slightly acquainted by their first name. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. People are always coming to me about it, telling me I am mistaken in not going to Guermantes, that I make myself seem ill-bred, uncivilised, an old bear. Swann's Way He might even be my guardian or my father's nearest relation—though he seemed to be too ill-bred for that. Erema — My Father's Sin And it is especially ill-bred and unkind to be overbearing to servants in the presence of guests, or to scold one servant in the presence of another. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 And if as many as 500 undesirables are destroyed every week at one such institution, 'tis clear that the ill-bred mongrel must soon altogether disappear. Dogs and All about Them To take occasion to repeat correctly the same word or phrase, is ill-bred in the extreme, and as much so to correct it when spoken. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. |
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