chivalrousness

• He was surprised, however, that she should have halted before his door, and with tremulous indignation, said I thank you, sir, for your chivalrousness in turning a defenseless woman into ridicule I regret, Miss Faulkner," began Brant gravely, "that you should believe that I am able to control the advances of farmyard cattle as easily as"--But he stopped, as he saw that the angry flash of her blue eyes, as she darted past him, was set in tears. —  Clarence
• The latter course might have been most deadly of all, had it not been tempered with a certain chivalrousness which abode in Mary Ellen's heart. —  The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains
• An impulse to fall on Alvan's breast and bless him for his chivalrousness had to be kept under lest she should wreck the thing she praised. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
• English In the centre of this Walter Scott classic fiction inspired film the chivalrousness and the daring stand. —  Torrentreactor.Net
• "I thank you, sir, for your chivalrousness in turning a defenseless woman into ridicule." —  Clarence

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