Behaviour

Examples

• His satisfaction was not removed by Rebecca's own statements, behaviour, and conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And his behaviour, so strikingly altered--what could it mean? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The house, furniture, neighbourhood, and roads, were all to her taste, and Lady Catherine's behaviour was most friendly and obliging. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Elizabeth, however, had never been blind to the impropriety of her father's behaviour as a husband. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• How shocked had he been by her behaviour to Miss Bates! Jane Austen. Emma.
• I cannot conceive how I can be guilty of such heartless unfeeling behaviour! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The behaviour of the men had undergone too I don't know what change. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Wit, and a certain easy and disengaged behaviour, are qualities immediately agreeable to others, and command their love and esteem. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• All doubts upon the subject, if he had any, were speedily removed by the young lady's behaviour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Far be it from me, he presently continued, in a voice that marked his displeasure, to resent the behaviour of your daughter. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• If you feel towards me, in one particular, as you might if I was a lady, give me the full claims of a lady upon your generous behaviour. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I was very much pleased with what I collected to have been your behaviour on the occasion; it shewed a discretion highly to be commended. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Her behaviour to my dear Charlotte is charming. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It's of a piece with the rest of your behaviour. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What did he say to my behaviour the other night? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Editor: Moll