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Meanings of observe the proprieties in English

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Usage of observe the proprieties in English
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Now I must go, for even housemaids must observe the proprieties.
The Net
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A sensible father expects his daughter to observe the proprieties.
Happiness and Marriage
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God forbid that we should not observe the proprieties.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
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You've excellent principles; you observe the proprieties.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
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Let us observe the proprieties, however; no swelling upward of the mother,-nohysterica passio, we do not like scenes.
Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1...
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It appears that Bentham and his school do not observe the proprieties of language in identifying the moral good, the moral right, with pleasure.
Morality as a Religion / An exposition of some first principles
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In fact, he was labouring under a degree of nervous excitement which rendered it quite impossible for him to observe the proprieties of life.
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
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Love observes the proprieties, fanaticism is cheerful, and massacres excite a smile.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
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He observed the proprieties and respected his good wife's wishes.
Watch Yourself Go By
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"Merely to live like other girls," said Gaviller; "to observe the proprieties."
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
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"Silence!" thundered Wolf-in-the-Temple, "I must beg the gentlemen to observe the proprieties."
Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnig...
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'When poor Frederick does pass away,' Mrs. Innes said, with an air of observing the proprieties.
The Pool in the Desert
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I would ascertain beforehand what conduct was required, then prove myself a gentlemen by either observing the proprieties or declining the audience.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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The Queen, who remains above the political fray as a constitutional monarch, observed the proprieties of not endorsing either side in the referendum.
The Guardian
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'I ask your august assistance, and I have, as you will see, observed the proprieties in making my request.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
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Whether as a settler or transient visitor the foreigner may be sure of courteous and respectful treatment so long as he himself observes the proprieties.
Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
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Observe the proprieties across language varieties
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