They kissed my hand in greeting, an old-world courtesy common in these parts, and showed us the carp they had caught.

He was made up as an old Indian colonel that week, and he complimented his host on the aroma with a fine old-world courtesy.

'Il n'y a pas de quoi' said Miller, with old-world courtesy.

"Right or left, whichever you prefer," he added with fine old-world courtesy.

He took her arm, helping her up the last stair with old-world courtesy.

Only when he was assured Corvus was comfortable did he take his own seat, in a display of old-world courtesy.

In public, however, the mayor's old-world courtesy never deserted him.

With a strangely old-world courtesy, he stood aside to let me go in.

I, on the other hand, would write her the most devoted letters, and bow, with old-world courtesy, whenever we met.

His oddly accented speech and old-world courtesy would make him stand apart in any crowd, even if he hadn't been built like a Greek god.