elegance+of+manners
31Jane Douglas — Detail from Hogarth s The March of the Guards to Finchley, 1745 showing Douglas in the window at the bottom right praying for the safe return of her Babes of Grace . Douglas s girls line the other windows and the cats on the roof indicate the… …
32Victor Emile Marie Joseph Collin de Plancy — (1853 1924) was a career French diplomat who served most of his working life in Korea and whose private collection of Far Eastern art and antiquities went on to form the core of the Korean collection at the Musée Guimet in Paris.Victor Emile… …
33Elegantia morum — Lit. elegance of manners, fashion . The term points to those qualities necessary for a courtier and a sophistication of manners and behaviour: conduct should be moderate and affable, self effacing but always competent. These qualities first… …
34refinement — /rəˈfaɪnmənt/ (say ruh fuynmuhnt) noun 1. fineness of feeling, taste, etc. 2. elegance of manners or language. 3. an instance of refined feeling, manners, etc. 4. the act of refining. 5. the state of being refined. 6. improvement on something… …
35Accomplishment — Ac*com plish*ment ( ment), n. [F. accomplissement, fr. accomplir.] 1. The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. That which completes,… …
36Courtship — Court ship (k?rt sh?p), n. 1. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage. [1913 Webster] This method of courtship, [by which] both sides are… …
37Polish — Pol ish, n. 1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. [1913 Webster] Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything used to produce a gloss. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.:… …
38accomplishment — noun /əˈkɒmplɪʃmənt/ a) The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc. b) That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that …
39civility — n. Courtesy, courteousness, urbanity, politeness, affability, complaisance, amiability, suavity, good breeding, elegance of manners …
40courtesy — I. n. Politeness, courteousness, civility, urbanity, complaisance, affability, good breeding, elegance of manners. II. v. n. Make a courtesy …
