He met the steady gaze of the bonde quietly, and slightly bent his head as though in deference to his remarks.
The pilot started; a look of astonishment and fear came into his eyes; his hand went instinctively to his red cap, as though in deference to the name.
They bent forward towards her with a quiet sort of deference and equality which she felt instinctively the very same persons would never have shown to the sennerin in her châlet.
There was deference in it, without a tinge of servility.
On the other hand, the child should pay due deference to the parent's moral suasion, and seek, if possible, to follow his counsels.
It was, in fact, a graceful fiction which deceived nobody, and had been devised by my great-grandmother out of deference to her husband's prejudices.
In spite of the hybrid words he used, the note of subtle deference was never out of his voice; and Miss Burton, unconsciously intrigued by it, became even more interested in this strange product of the high seas.
He had to keep diving into his secret hoard, which out of deference to the thought of Grandma he was still determined not to disclose in bulk and sum.
Ever since that time, he had always put in the aitch in deference to his friend's superior artillery, which included Greek and Latin and other surprising things.
Far wiser to open the door, if only out of deference to the manes of her uncle, whose end had taught her that suicide was not such a terrible thing after all.
They were abreast of the times, were lively and intelligent, and could be at ease in Bohemia, but up till now Bohemia had known the deference due to Queen Street, Mayfair.
No, sir," said Ginger, with a deference he was very far from feeling.
As for men, she was shy of them, and, moreover, she loathed the elaborate and insincere ritual of deference which the average man practises towards women unrelated to him, particularly when they are young and rich.
Ronador bent with deference over the girl's outstretched hand and brushed it lightly with his lips, unconscious that her face had grown very white and troubled.
He rose restlessly, smiling down at her with a lazy expression of deference in his eyes.
The aviator met her astonished glance with one of laughing deference even as she marveled at his genial air of staunch philosophy.
The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince.
A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.
And he plainly hinted that, unless greaterdeference was shown to his advice, even this "moral support" might be withdrawn.
They who know not the strange mixture of deference and familiarity of which the relation between officer and soldier is made up in the French service, will perhaps wonder a the tone of almost equality in which we conversed.
Before we recovered from the surprise of the proceeding, the master had approached the party, and by his air of deference and deep respect denoted that they were no ordinary visitors.
Before these distinguished persons there was a look--a tone of deference at once most affectionate and polite.
The people at Mr. Stone's did not know the livery or the carriage, but such a carriage and such a lady commanded the deference of the shopman.
Even Le Glorieux was treated with a degree of deference that caused him to throw back his shoulders and strut about with a great deal of pride.
At the head of it rode a boy, whom from his dress and the deference paid him, I immediately recognized as the Dauphin of France, so soon to be king.
The princess, so far from being conducted to the plain but comfortable quarters which would have been hers had her identity remained a secret, was now shown all the deference accorded a person of rank.
France has been called "the paradise of women;" and if consideration and deference be sufficient to constitute a paradise, I think it may be called so justly.
Cullyngham was all deference and vivacity, and played like the stylist he was.
A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others and exacts it in return from them.
He exhibits a lack of proper deference to the feelings of others, an arrogant and unsympathetic tone of voice, and sometimes yields, under opposition, to unrestrained violence of language.
In other countries, the landlord walks out last, as a common mark of deference and regard.
He must be a very superficial thinker, who imagines that all instances of mutual deference are to be understood in earnest, and that a man would be more esteemable for being ignorant of his own merits and accomplishments.
He may, indeed, externally pay a superior deference to the great lord above the vassal; because riches are the most convenient, being the most fixed and determinate, source of distinction.
His deference to woman, even in a land where such deference was still the fashion, was remarkable, and his sympathy with the oppressed was as deep as his loyalty to Virginia.
The manly courtesy of the true American is no exotic product; nor is the universal deference to woman peculiar to any single class.
Among Buddhists, specially of the Monto sect, cremation was largely practised till it was forbidden five years ago, as some suppose in deference to European prejudices.
Benri, in whose house I am, is the chief of Biratori, and is treated by all with very great deference of manner.
Possibly the increased deference corresponds to a decrease of friendship.
If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it, in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right.
And I aver that, to this day, I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract feeling and judgment on slavery.
She was evidently easily offended, and rather absurdly tenacious of her maternal dignity; so that sometimes the deference and submission of the great writer are surprising and rather touching.
His deference to his absent friend, his fear of her disapproval, his admiration for her perfections, are half pathetic and half comical.
With due deference to the great psychologist, we cannot think the painter was wrong in imparting a slightly truculent expression to the face.
Tom never fails of paying his obeisance to every man he sees, who has title or office to make him conspicuous; but his deferenceis wholly given to outward considerations.
This deference is only what is due to him; for no man thoroughly nettled can say a thing general enough to pass off with the air of an opinion declared, and not a passion gratified.
The men were entering upon themes which, in deference to her, ought to be postponed to another time, but she would be patient and listen.
Perhaps nothing is more opposed to the very nature of a child than a perpetual deference and compliant acquiescence.
There was a deference and a ready submission in his manner, which filled Eric with delight, when he saw them together.
Many who knew him saluted him, and many too, who did not know him; for a foreign prince might sit in such a carriage, and deference must be paid to a foreign prince.
Pranken moved with great deference towards the other group, catching Manna's bright glance, which followed him everywhere.
This shows the power of the gospel in their hearts, as well as the deference shown by the younger pastors to their seniors in the ministry of the Word and sacraments.
Agreeably with the promise of Bacon, the captured ladies were treated with a respect and deference which allayed in a great degree their many apprehensions.
Will you leave their wives and daughters, whom they can no longer defend, to the insults and outrages of a band of lawless adventurers, who have shown that they disregard the rights of men, and the more sacred deference due to a woman?
