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Meanings of polite attention in English

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Usage of polite attention in English
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The lady listened to him with polite attention, and said in reply:
Vellenaux / A Novel
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Louis bent towards him, always with the same attitude of polite attention.
The Lost Ambassador; Or, The Search For The Missing Delora
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This won some polite attention, with the hairy men looking at one another.
The Long Earth
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To all this Mrs. Keeley had to listen with polite attention.
South African Memories / Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries...
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I shall not fail to inform Mrs. Washington of your polite attention to her.
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
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Anne waited on Queenie with every appearance of polite attention.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
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He rose, and stood with an air of polite attention.
The Butterfly House
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Her plump face registered nothing but polite attention to what her companion was saying.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
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Sechard, and furious with her spouse for his polite attention to that beautiful woman.
Eve and David
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All of them paid the most polite attention to my letter, and its venerable object.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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A box of genuine Havanas stood upon his library table, and received our polite attention.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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Simpson's expression of polite attention did not vary, and his only comment was: Certainly, miss.
The Rosary
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His generous and polite attention to myself, the officers, and men, will ever hereafter be gratefully remembered.
The Naval War of 1812 / Or the History of the United States Navy...
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Barbassou-Pasha, upon this conclusion, saluted him in his most dignified manner and conducted him out with every polite attention.
French and Oriental Love in a Harem
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Mr. Burns's compliments to Mrs. Riddel-ismuch obliged to her for her polite attention in sending him the book.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs,...
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He had not expected that his gift would so soon have arrived, but his face showed only polite attention.
The Princess Aline
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Polite attention through the time
Polite attention across language varieties
United Kingdom
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