George MacDonald Fraser, in the Flashman books, parodied this love of the upper class, well mannered, death defying hero.
Their messages are carefully reasoned, admirably articulated and exquisitely well mannered.
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"During his time on the course, Mr Abdulmutallab never gave his tutors any cause for concern and was a well mannered, quietly spoken, polite and able young man, " it said.
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Dr. Oguss says sometimes a well-mannered mutt is egged into barking by another dog.
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They were brought up unspoiled, modest, hardworking, well-mannered, friendly to their contemporaries, courteous to their elders.
At most other intersections, it was a fairly well-mannered free-for-all for both cars and pedestrians.
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He was well-mannered and rather shy, schooled in respect by his Irish mother and reinforced in fatalism by his fervent Catholic faith.
Whether using a bolster on a bed or a sofa, think of it as a charming diplomat, well-mannered and calmly efficient but capable of fun.
She will be sweet, charming and well-mannered, with only occasional freakouts.
With a tamped-down Scarlett Johansson, as the well-mannered Janet Leigh, and Jessica Biel, who brings stifled anger to the role of Vera Miles, a onetime muse in disfavor.
And no, serving spoon is used only in the strictest settings with strangers or acquaintances, or when you want to look neat and polite, or in the more-well-mannered families.
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When they had shown the French Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" in 1887, the XX artists lauded his well-mannered painting of a Parisian crowd.
He was a quiet, well-mannered young man.
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Economists are, after all, well known as mild mannered souls whose most dangerous action is to tap on a calculator.
More to the point, the mild-mannered Mr Aoki, though well-liked in parliament, commands little respect from the party rank and file.
Here he's earnestly ordinary as mild-mannered Walter Sparrow, a pet detective (well, OK, an "animal control officer") who becomes obsessed with a pseudonymous self-published novel, "The Number 23, " by Topsy Kretts.
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