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• The following is extracted from Grimm's 'Correspondence Answer of M. de Beaumarchais to ——-,who requested the use of his private box for some ladies desirous of seeing 'Figaro' without being themselves seen I have no respect for women who indulge themselves in seeing any play which they think indecorous, provided they can do so in secret I lend myself to no such acts. —  The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, entire
• “That is most indecorous, Luisa I explained that I was walking along the river,” Luisa said with a sharp edge to her voice. —  KISSED BY SHADOWS
• Yet there can be no doubt that, in the special circumstances of the case, this arrest was especially indecorous, and, in the method of effecting it, altogether illegal. —  The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc.
• Silly and indecorous, Miss Joliffe termed such witticisms, and had Bellevue House painted in gold upon the fanlight over the door. —  The Nebuly Coat
• Gentleman Bill thought his conduct indecorous, and reproved him for it Gracious!" —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864

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