"Condescension" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that his worship is a man. I'm not so much at home with mysteries, May be, as you — so leave him with his fire: God knows that I shall never put it out. He has not made a cripple of himself In his pursuit of me, though I have heard His condescension honors me with parts. Parts make a whole, if we've enough of them; And once I figured a sufficiency To be at least an atom in the annals Of your republic. But ...
— The Three Taverns • Edwin Arlington Robinson
... was not a query; and a pleasurable thrill ran over him. Had there been the least touch of condescension in her manner, he would have gone ...
— Parrot & Co. • Harold MacGrath
... my dress upside down than to grumble. Certainly I pay for it. I tip everything from the proprietor to the water-pitcher. But the sum is so disproportionate to the pleasure and the comfort returned that I smile to think of the triple price I have paid elsewhere and the high-nosed condescension I got in return for my money. Japanese courtesy may be on the surface, but the polish does not easily wear off and it soothes the nerves just as the rain cools the air. It goes without saying that I did not arrive in Nikko without a variety of ...
— The Lady and Sada San - A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration • Frances Little
... direction of Ilminster, more and more continuing to pour in, till their numbers must have swelled to twenty thousand at least. Mr Battiscombe met several friends and acquaintances, with whom he held conversation, and all were unanimous in speaking of the affability and condescension of the Duke. Thus for several miles they rode on, their numbers increasing, till they reached the confines of White Lackington Park. Mr Speke, the owner, who had been prepared for the Duke's coming, rode out with a body of retainers to welcome his ...
— Roger Willoughby - A Story of the Times of Benbow • William H. G. Kingston
... I can't bring you out in Shakespeare just at present, Miss Vale; but—should you think it a condescension to ...
— The Nether World • George Gissing
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