Gallantly

Examples

• Those who are showing the world what female manners _should_ be, said Mr. Bertram gallantly, are doing a great deal to set them right. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Her stealthy paws tread the very hall Where Snowball used to play, But she only spits at the dogs our pet So gallantly drove away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• His men had stood up gallantly until the ammunition in their cartridge-boxes gave out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We'll drink to O'Dowd and the brave --th, said he, bowing gallantly to his guest. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But all that time my true passport had been floating gallantly overhead--and behold it was only our flag. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• General Tufto had bought one, and Captain Osborne had gallantly presented the other. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The blow was unexpected; but the Mingotts, as their way was, met it gallantly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He sate on the roof of the cabin all day drinking Flemish beer, shouting for Isidor, his servant, and talking gallantly to the ladies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Sweeting alone received the posy like a smart, sensible little man, as he was, putting it gallantly and nattily into his buttonhole. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Any other fate I should have met with courage, nay, have gone out gallantly to encounter. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• With all my heart, if you will be a brave St. Martin, stopping as you ride gallantly through the world to share your cloak with the beggar. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The rider, who was Venn, waved his hat in the air and bowed gallantly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He was gallantly leading his brigade at the time, as he had been in the habit of doing in all the engagements in which he had previously been engaged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was gallantly made, many men getting up to, and over, the works of the enemy; but they were not able to hold them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Everything you do, you do well, said the Baronet gallantly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As Mr. Pickwick spoke, the ladies, gallantly escorted by Messrs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Yes, Madam, if need were; but we don't want Mrs Bute Crawley to be a martyr, Clump said gallantly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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