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  • So, especially when there are signs that the shooting lanes have been tended recently, what's the etiquet?

    Get AWAY from me! 2009

  • We of the frontier are careless about the delicate punctillios of custom and etiquet which mean so much to the knights beyond the marches.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • We of the frontier are careless about the delicate punctillios of custom and etiquet which mean so much to the knights beyond the marches.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Everything was ready -- Budrudeen, the Capitan China, and myself, at the head of our men -- when he once more appeared, and raised a subtle point of etiquet which answered his purpose.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • We must next contrast these with a burly, independent trader, eager after gain; probably not over-scrupulous about the means of obtaining it, ignorant of native character, and heedless of native customs and native etiquet.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • At the rattling rancher dances where much etiquet don't go.

    Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Various 1904

  • The only evidence that can decide a case of malpractice is expert evidence: that is, the evidence of other doctors; and every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquet by giving him away.

    The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • The Lord Chamberlain's censorship is open to the special objection that its application to political plays is taken to indicate the attitude of the Crown on questions of domestic and foreign policy, and that it imposes the limits of etiquet on the historical drama.

    The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • Court etiquet is no doubt an excellent thing for court ceremonies; but to attempt to impose it on the drama is about as sensible as an attempt to make everybody in London wear court dress.

    The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • But in the latter case it is quite unregulated except by professional etiquet, which, as we have seen, has for its object, not the health of the patient or of the community at large, but the protection of the doctor's livelihood and the concealment of his errors.

    The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors George Bernard Shaw 1903

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