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He bought shirt – pins; wore a ring on his third finger; read poetry; bribed a cheap miniature – painter to perpetrate a faint resemblance to a youthful face, with a curtain over his head, six large books in the background, and an open country in the distance (this he called his portrait); ‘went on’ altogether in such an uproarious manner, that the three Miss Dounces went off on small pensions, he having made the tenement in Cursitor – street too warm to contain them; and in short, comported and demeaned himself in every respect like an unmitigated old

Sketches by Boz 2007

The said Cassekey also set up his abode in their tent; kept all his tribe away from the woman and child and aged man; kindled fires; caused, as a delicate attention, the only hog remaining on the wreck to be killed and brought to them for a midnight meal; and, in short, comported himself so hospitably, and with such kindly consideration toward the broad-brimmed Quaker, that we are inclined to account him the better-bred fellow of the two, in spite of his scant costume of horse-tail and belt of straw.

Stories of Childhood Various 1885

He bought shirt-pins; wore a ring on his third finger; read poetry; bribed a cheap miniature-painter to perpetrate a faint resemblance to a youthful face, with a curtain over his head, six large books in the background, and an open country in the distance (this he called his portrait); 'went on' altogether in such an uproarious manner, that the three Miss Dounces went off on small pensions, he having made the tenement in Cursitor-street too warm to contain them; and in short, comported and demeaned himself in every respect like an unmitigated old Saracen, as he was.

Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841

But he found his situation very far from such as comported with his ideas of royal authority and state.

History of King Charles the Second of England Jacob Abbott 1841

Their deportment towards each other and towards their opponents was such as comported with the dignity of two of the most accomplished and courtly gentlemen of the age in which they lived.

Memoirs of Aaron Burr Davis, Matthew L 1836

Their deportment towards each other and towards their opponents was such as comported with the dignity of two of the most accomplished and courtly gentlemen of the age in which they lived.

Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete 1811

Their deportment towards each other and towards their opponents was such as comported with the dignity of two of the most accomplished and courtly gentlemen of the age in which they lived.

Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2. 1811

Whether or not Johanna is right or wrong, she has comported herself reasonably well and without rancour or vindictiveness.

Tax-Exempt Status in Danger » Comics Worth Reading 2010

While the 2007 was nebbiolo-like with savory tannins, the 1999 was quite delicate, delicious and comported itself in the glass surprisingly like a Barolo.

Blaufrankisch: The Best Red You've Never Heard Of | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

It was Freddie Drummond, irreproachably clothed and comported, seated at his study desk or facing his class in Sociology 17, who saw

SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010