10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE DECENCIES»
Discover the use of
the decencies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the decencies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
What is decently true is truly decent—Homes. “ THE Graces, the Graces,” quoth
my Lord Chesterfield; “ the decencies, the decencies,” “ say, or seem to say,” the
arbitri elegantiarum of modern England ; and truly most strange and wonderful is
...
2
The New Monthly Magazine
The decencies are nowhere more conventional. Every one agrees to take the
stage for a stage, and has the good sense and taste not to give himself more
trouble than he ought, about what is passing behind the scenes. There are five
theatres ...
3
Controversy Between
the Rev. John Hughes, of
the Roman ...
Philadelphia, .flpril 12, 1833. To the Rev. John Breckinridge. Rev. Sir,—The polite
charge with which you b in your last letter, where you accuse me wit having “
departed from the dignity of a minister, and the decencies of a gentleman,” is not
in ...
John Hughes, John Breckinridge, 1833
4
Controversy between
the Rev. John Hughes, of
the Roman ...
Sir, — The polite charge with which you begin your last letter, where you accuse
me with having " departed from the dignity of a minister, and the decencies of a
gentleman," is not in good keeping with that evangelical meekness, which is the ...
John Hughes, John Breckinridge, 1833
5
Wedlock; or, Yesterday and to-day, by
the author of '
The ...
"Keep up the decencies !" the Duke of York would observe to the Prince of Wales
: " I love my wife as little as you can possibly love yours ; but yet we manage to
keep up the decencies !" But the dear Prince never did keep up the decencies.
Henrietta Camilla Jenkin, 1841
When the pride of dress, the example of the religious and moral, and the
approbation of friends, cease to operate as motives, many of the decencies of life
become as burdensome as they seem unnecessary. Even the ordinary forms of ...
7
The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
When the pride of dress, the example of the religious and moral, and the
approbation of friends, cease to operate as motives, many of the decencies of life
become as burdensome as they seem unnecessary. Even the ordinary forms of ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, 1835
8
The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
... except among our western cousins, who look upon chewing and spitting upon
ladies' frocks in the steamboat as invaluable privileges, not to be abridged, there
has been an improvement in the decencies of life since her time. On this subject ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, 1839
9
The Novel and Authenticity
They, however, are not condemned for offending against the decencies and
proprieties — as Mrs. Wix would condemn them — but for offending against
integrity, to themselves and others. While Ida and Farange are just coarse and
gross, it is ...
10
The Secret and True History of
the Church of Scotland from ...
It is true, that Bumet declares the king never treated Mrs Gwynn with the
decencies of a mistress ; on which Swift, in his Notes on the Bishop's History,
asks — " Pray, what decencies are these ?" — (Burnet's heroine, Queen Mary, by
his own ...
James Kirkton, James Russell (of Kettle.), Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 1817
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE DECENCIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the decencies is used in the context of the following news items.
Egyptian Media, American Media and the murder of James Foley
Perverters not just of Islam but of all the decencies known to all men/women of all the traditional faiths and to all men/women of just simple decent feelings. «American Muslim, Aug 14»
Miss Manners: Dismissing Online Date Takes the Right Timing
But at what horrifying sacrifice of the decencies of social behavior? Miss Manners is no advocate of dating services, but even she can recognize that you violated ... «Valley News, Mar 14»
