courtesy

• All he got for his courtesy was an indifferent grunt. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
• Of course these, by people in Mr Altham's position, were kept for best, the articles commonly used being pewter or wooden plates, and horn cups Amphillis louted to the visitor--that is, she dropped what we call a charity school-girl's "bob"--and the visitor rose and courtesied in reply, for the courtesy was then a gentleman's reverence. —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
• This courtesy is also extended to commissioned officers of the armed services of foreign nations. —  The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2
• [138] Upon afterwards discovering that this courtesy was a mere feint, and that this new claimant to the honours of chief was in close correspondence with the Murrays, who were with him and the Dowager at Beaufort, the Master of Lovat wrote to his father, who was at Sthratheric, to meet him at Lovat, which was only three miles' distance from Beaufort, whilst he should himself proceed to the same place by way of Inverness, where he trusted that Lord Salton would grant him an interview for the purpose of explaining their mutual differences. —  Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.
• So filled is he with a prejudice which an eminent Christian of this country has rightly characterized, as a 'blasphemy against God,' and a 'quarrel with Jehovah,' that he will not even deign to call me by name, to say nothing of the title which has been legitimately accorded me, but designates me as a 'colored man, &c.;' The object of this writer in thus refusing to accord to me so cheap and common a courtesy is apparent, and as contemptible as apparent. —  The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar.

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