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In defiance of every Indian idea of propriety, Shute soon began to interrupt him with questions and remarks.— A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America
She hears a good deal of talk about propriety, and she does not know whether she ought to do this alone.— Floyd Grandon's Honor
Orlando Cutter usually drove home with her when the class was over You can imagine how eagerly and gravely Cotton Mather and Willibert considered the best means of advancing their respective wishes in regard to this young lady; how they sought for some gift which should not be too costly for her to accept with propriety, and yet sufficiently rare and distinguished to indicate her supreme place in their regards.— Days Off And Other Digressions
The conquest of the art of eating with propriety was accomplished by the introduction of forks.— Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
[1937] There are also other sects which have inverted all conceptions of decency, propriety, and expediency.— Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

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