 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 578 pages
...manners. His politeness was proverbial, and delighted the Virginians, who had a weakness for courtliness. He belonged to an ancient English family ; believed...Established Church. For these, this smiling gentleman, with his easy and friendly air, was going to fight like a tiger or a ruffian. The glove was of velvet,... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 568 pages
...His politeness was proverbial, and delighted the Virginians, who had a weakness for courtliness, lie belonged to an ancient English family ; believed in...Established Church. For these, this smiling gentleman, with his easy and friendly air, was going to fight like a tiger or a ruffian. The glove was of velvet,... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - History - 1888 - 582 pages
...manners. His politeness was proverbial, and delighted the Virginians, who had a weakness for courtliness. He belonged to an ancient English family ; believed...that time were articles of faith with the Cavaliers. Ho was certainly a Cavalier of cavaliers, taking that word to signify an adherent of monarchy and the... | |
 | John Roy Musick - Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 - 1893 - 446 pages
...to an ancient English family, and believed in monarchy as a devotee believes in his saint, "and he brought to the little capital at Jamestown all the...amenities, and well-bred ways which at that time were characteristic of the cavaliers. He was a cavalier of the cavaliers, taking the word to signify an... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 444 pages
...to an ancient English family, and believed in monarchy as a devotee believes in his saint, "and he brought to the little capital at Jamestown all the...amenities, and well-bred ways which at that time were characteristic of the cavaliers. He was a cavalier of the cavaliers, taking the word to signify an... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1908 - 458 pages
...to an ancient English family, and believed in monarchy as a devotee believes in his saint, " and he brought to the little capital at Jamestown all the...amenities, and well-bred ways which at that time were characteristic of the cavaliers. He was a cavalier of the cavaliers, taking the word to signify an... | |
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He was at this time about forty, and a man of charming manners. His politeness was proverbial, and delighted the Virginians, who had a weakness for courtliness. He belonged to an ancient English family ; believed in monarchy, as a devotee believes in... 