civilities

• “Accordingly they pushed on, and in due time slept at Berwick, receiving civilities from the English governor that chafed Patrick's blood, which became inflammable as soon as he neared the Border; and rising early the next morning, they passed the gates, and were on Scottish ground once more, their hearts bounding at the sense that it was their own land, and would soon be no more a land of misrule.”

  The Caged Lion

• “He received civilities from the English ambassador, Lord Scudamore, who at his request gave him an introduction to Grotius.”

  Milton

• “We have just taken chocolate, and, amidst a profusion of bows and civilities from the landlord, are preparing to set off for Mexico.”

  Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country

• “On the contrary, he spoke in a lofty, casual manner, quite as if this perfunctory concession to the civilities were a matter of form, and was to be so regarded by Gwynne.”

  Viola Gwyn

• “The day before she performed all the ceremonies and civilities, which is the custom, of the Court to me and mine.”

  Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid.

• “civilities" at Stromness, but also because "he was a seaman, and had always borne a good character.”

  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry

• “You recognize how much is hidden beneath the small courtesies and civilities of everyday existence.”

  The Washington Post: Rosanne Cash pens a rich memoir about her personal and musical journey

• “He was beginning to get a bellyful once again of the civilities and courtesies of those who were, supposedly, the opposite of barbaric.”

  Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Courts Of the Conjurer - John Jakes

• “I sat by Spotted Tail, exchanging civilities in my newly-acquired Siouxan-Wootton had never named me to him, evidently, and I was ill-advised enough to tell him my Apache handle of Wind Breaker, which he said solemnly was a brave and creditable one.”

  Fictionaut: Isabelle

• “And she turned back to watch Turcaill cross the beach and pause to exchange civilities with Hywel ab Owain and his escort, before marshalling his own men back up the slope of the dunes towards the stockade.”

  Fictionaut: His Disposition

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