pertnesses

If she should die, how will all my pertnesses to her fly in my face! —

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

Dinwiddie, who did not love her, having indeed undergone a hundred pertnesses from the imperious little lady, now gave a disrespectful and ridiculous account of Madam Esmond, made merry with her pomposity and immense pretensions, and entertained General

The Virginians 2006

The frequentation of courts checks this petulancy of manners; the good-breeding and circumspection which are necessary, and only to be learned there, correct those pertnesses.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Montagu's late woman, that hath all the pertnesses and the tricks of her trade.

The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

She will do me good, I can feel, with her little pertnesses and her airs and fancies.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Nuttie was fortunately too much in awe of the Canoness to write all the pertnesses that tingled at her fingers 'ends, and she sent a proper and fairly meek letter, intimating, however, that she was only too happy to remain at Micklethwayte.

Nuttie's Father Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Dinwiddie, who did not love her, having indeed undergone a hundred pertnesses from the imperious little lady, now gave a disrespectful and ridiculous account of Madam Esmond, made merry with her pomposity and immense pretensions, and entertained General Braddock with anecdotes regarding her, until his Excellency fell asleep.

The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

The frequentation of courts checks this petulancy of manners; the good-breeding and circumspection which are necessary, and only to be learned there, correct those pertnesses.

Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

The frequentation of courts checks this petulancy of manners; the good-breeding and circumspection which are necessary, and only to be learned there, correct those pertnesses.

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733