Ladyship

Examples

• He described her ladyship as willing to acknowledge that she had spoken over-hastily. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I now take my farewell of your ladyship, and assure you that there's no danger of your ever being waited on by me again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I fear your ladyship rested badly last night, I remarked, after waiting a little. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have told your ladyship that I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation if any complaint was made, and all is in strict confidence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Your ladyship will pardon my freedom, I remarked, in conclusion, but it is said, 'by their fruits ye shall know them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He addressed her ladyship again the moment I offered that reply. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We gratefully thank your ladyship, I said; but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Her Ladyship was godmother to Mrs. Dobbin's child, which bore her name, and was christened by the Rev. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Her ladyship the Countess returned by the last train that night, and brought with her the nurse from London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Her Ladyship kept her room when the ladies from the Rectory visited their cousins at the Hall. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I think your ladyship, says Mr. Guppy, can hardly remember Miss Summerson's face? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I would not sell you my horses, no, not for the two largest diamonds that your Ladyship wore at the ball. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Those letters, in her ladyship's novel, _Glenarvon,_ are much in your own style, and rather better than she could write. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was he who taught the butler to say, My lady is served, and who insisted on handing her ladyship in to dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The family surgeon rode over and paid his respectful compliments, and inquiries for the health of their ladyships. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Their ladyships made three stately curtsies, and the elder lady to be sure gave her hand to the newcomer, but it was as cold and lifeless as marble. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Edited by Bernice