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- And all the infant paupers might have chorussed the rejoinder with great propriety, if they had heard it.
- Mrs. Corney, with great propriety, turned her head away, and released her hand to get at her pocket-handkerchief; but insensibly replaced it in that of Mr. Bumble.
- Mr. Giles was apparently considering the propriety of indulging in a respectful smile himself, when a gig drove up to the garden-gate: out of which there jumped a fat gentleman, who ran straight up to the door: and who, getting quickly into the house by some mysterious process, burst into the room, and nearly overturned Mr. Giles and the breakfast-table together.
- While she took comfort in propriety, he saw it as a straitjacket.
- She was known for losing all sense of propriety once she had a few drinks.
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