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  • La société est très comme-il-faut, et on ne donne rien au garçon.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 Various

  • It harmonises with the point of view revealed in the "Letters from Sebastopol" (especially in the second and third series), and shows, like them, the change effected by the realities of war in the intolerant young aristocrat, who previously excluded all but the comme-il-faut from his consideration.

    Forged Coupon And Other Stories 1911

  • England I was told that there were two things which an Englishman who was _comme-il-faut_ never did.

    Anna the Adventuress 1906

  • Sa femme est bonne, et si simple que j'ai rarement vu un comme-il-faut plus acheve sans etre de la distinction.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

  • He praised both his aunts for their good management of a small income, for the position they had been able to retain in society, and particularly for their lady-like manners and good breeding; explaining sometimes that I should probably find it different in some respects from French comme-il-faut, and mentioning in what particulars.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton Hamerton, Philip G 1896

  • It harmonises with the point of view revealed in the "Letters from Sebastopol" (especially in the second and third series), and shows, like them, the change effected by the realities of war in the intolerant young aristocrat, who previously excluded all but the comme-il-faut from his consideration.

    The Forged Coupon Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Sa femme est bonne, et si simple que j'ai rarement vu un comme-il-faut plus achevé sans être de la distinction.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864

  • He praised both his aunts for their good management of a small income, for the position they had been able to retain in society, and particularly for their lady-like manners and good breeding; explaining sometimes that I should probably find it different in some respects from French _comme-il-faut_, and mentioning in what particulars.

    Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Eug��nie Hamerton 1864

  • You know she was as ingenious as a Yankee, and had the admirable faculty of doing every thing comme-il-faut.

    Jamie Parker, the Fugitive Emily Catharine Pierson 1851

  • He complimented them upon being seen at church; again he said that every _comme-il-faut_ person made a point of attending the

    The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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