But above all he retained the passion for
good form.
"Have a drink," I said, with promptitude, after the pause which I had learned
good form in drinking dictates.
It was only for the first few moments, while the carriage was driving out of the clubhouse gates, that Levin was still under the influence of the club atmosphere of repose, comfort, and unimpeachable
good form. But as soon as the carriage drove out into the street, and he felt it jolting over the uneven road, heard the angry shout of a sledge driver coming towards them, saw in the uncertain light the red blind of a tavern and the shops, this impression was dissipated, and he began to think over his actions, and to wonder whether he was doing right in going to see Anna.
Is it considered
good form to eat peppermints in church?
The page said, further, that dinner was about ended in the great hall by this time, and that as soon as the sociability and the heavy drinking should begin, Sir Kay would have me in and exhibit me before King Arthur and his illustrious knights seated at the Table Round, and would brag about his exploit in capturing me, and would probably exaggerate the facts a little, but it wouldn't be
good form for me to correct him, and not over safe, either; and when I was done being exhibited, then ho for the dungeon; but he, Clarence, would find a way to come and see me every now and then, and cheer me up, and help me get word to my friends.
Be persuasive; don't fret her; tell her it's all right, the matter is in my hands, but it isn't
good form to hurry so grave a matter as this.
She would have liked to discard her riding breeches also, but the motherly admonitions of My Dear had convinced Meriem that it was not
good form to go naked through the world.
Beside him sat his wife, all silvery chinchilla and violets; and on the far side of the ribbon, Lawrence Lefferts's sleekly brushed head seemed to mount guard over the invisible deity of "
Good Form" who presided at the ceremony.
A
good form strikes all eyes pleasantly, long before they have any science on the subject, and a beautiful face sets twenty hearts in palpitation, prior to all consideration of the mechanical proportions of the features and head.
But you see she isn't known yet, and she's in such very
good form"--And Lord Deepmere's conclusion was lost in the attesting glance which he again directed toward the young lady.
It was the white straw hat of a
good form and trimmed with a bunch of pale roses which had caught my eye.
For he was a man who drank and bathed in colours, who indulged his lust for colour somewhat to the neglect of form--even of
good form. This it was that had turned his genius so wholly to eastern art and imagery; to those bewildering carpets or blinding embroideries in which all the colours seem fallen into a fortunate chaos, having nothing to typify or to teach.