visiting-card

He was appalled at the vast edifice of etiquette, and lost himself in the mazes of visiting-card conduct between persons in polite society.

Chapter 5 2010

A German submarine would be an asset on his record, sufficient to outweigh even a barmaid, if she were very careful always to talk nicely, and to learn to do the right things with a visiting-card.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

It dates back more than a hundred years, to the now obsolete practice of visiting-card origami.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

It dates back more than a hundred years, to the now obsolete practice of visiting-card origami.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

It dates back more than a hundred years, to the now obsolete practice of visiting-card origami.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

We sent in our letters with a visiting-card by the porter, asking when we should call.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

An hour later the waiter came in again to Sanin, and handed him an old, soiled visiting-card, on which were the following words:

The Torrents of Spring 2006

I sent Elisei, whom I had taken into my service after the death of Pasinkov, with my visiting-card to her door, and told him to inquire whether she was at home, and whether I might see her.

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

The only thing wanting, it seemed, was a visiting-card; but the opportunity of being safely insolent was too tempting to the

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

Names mounted one above another; here on a visiting-card, here engraved on brass — Foster;

The Years 2004