Behaved

Examples

• You have behaved very ill to me, said his lordship. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He has behaved very badly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have behaved very shamefully, very ungenerously, very ungratefully to her, said Shirley. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I am very sorry if any one has behaved harshly to you,' replied Rose. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Upon my honour, I would rather never see you again, than pay my court to anybody who has behaved ill to you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You've behaved sweetly, and I respect you with all my heart, said Jo warmly, as they brushed their hair together late that night. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I hope he behaved honorably to her and did so; but, alas! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Some said, that the Vincys had behaved scandalously, that Mr. Vincy had threatened Wrench, and that Mrs. Vincy had accused him of poisoning her son. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Your reproof, so well applied, I shall never forget: 'had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She was always a very affable and free-spoken young lady, and very civil behaved. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Treating Perker's offer of eighteen bob a week, and a rise if he behaved himself, like dirt,' replied Lowten. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Harriet behaved extremely well on the occasion, with great self-command. Jane Austen. Emma.
• No, she was the best-behaved patient they had--and, like fools, they trusted her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Laurie, though decidedly amazed, behaved with great presence of mind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Very unlike her usual self: a civiller and better-behaved servant, in general, you never met with. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• However, she seems a very obliging, pretty-behaved young lady, and no doubt will make him a very good wife. Jane Austen. Emma.
• No father in all England could have behaved more generously to a son, who had rebelled against him wickedly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If Moore had behaved to his men from the beginning as a master ought to behave, they never would have entertained their present feelings towards him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I like old friends; and Miss Jane Fairfax is a very pretty sort of young lady, a very pretty and a very well-behaved young lady indeed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I happen to have behaved just the worst to the people I can't help wishing for the most from. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If they behaved themselves, they wouldn't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I had often known him say to me, in past times, that he had behaved bad to her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There, you behaved only too well. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My Polly behaved like a queen. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• All the people who have been--ha--well behaved towards myself and my family, shall be rewarded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• For a week or two, Jo behaved so queerly that her sisters were quite bewildered. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Hall next experimented with lava f rom Vesuvius, Etna, Iceland, and elsewhere, and found that it behaved like whinstone. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• So that Winifred, with a child's subtle instinct for avoiding the painful things, behaved as if nothing serious was the matter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And Mrs. Jennings too, an exceedingly well-behaved woman, though not so elegant as her daughter. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Oh, cried Miss Steele, looking significantly round at them, I dare say Lucy's beau is quite as modest and pretty behaved as Miss Dashwood's. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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