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Definition of Civilness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilness
Literary usage of Civilness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces ...by John Marshall by John Marshall (1804)
"Fathers, I desire you may hear me in civilness ; if not, we must handle that rod
which was laid down for the use of the obstreperous. ..."
2. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall, Bushrod Washington (1832)
"Fathers, I desire you may hear me in civilness; if not, we must handle that rod
which was laid down for the use of the obstreperous. ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"Fathers, I desire you may hear me in Civilness ; if not, we must handle that Rod
which was laid down for the Use of the ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"Fathers, I desire you may hear me in civilness, if not, we must handle that rod
which was laid down for the use ..."
5. Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First Discovery by Samuel Gardner Drake (1851)
"... in civilness ; if not, we must handle that rod which was laid down for the
use of the obstreperous. If you had come in a peaceable manner, ..."