How To Use Gallant In A Sentence

For a week after the headlands of Tarifa and Spartel have sunk under the eastern horizon, the vessel is kept every day upon her course, -- her top-gallant and studding sails all distent with the wind blowing freely from over Biscay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
I teach young gentlemen the whole art of gallanting a fan.
In the afternoon set the fore and main topgallant sails. 1pm set the mizzen topgallant sail and spanker.
The topmast in turn supported the topgallant mast, which could be lowered and replaced, if necessary, even at sea.
The flame was glorious - radiant with the colours of antique knighthood and the flashing gallantries of the past; but no substance fed it; flaring wildly, it tossed to and fro in the wind; it was suddenly put out.

As she was starting to shiver, he gallantly wrapped his cloak around her shoulder.
Then it was clewlines and buntlines and lowering of yards as the topgallant-sails were stripped off. CHAPTER XXIX
They stood their ground while the king and his party made a gallant retreat. Somewhere East of Life
MacGregor --- I carena wha kens it --- And Rob had soon a gallant band; and as it grieved him (he said) to see sic hership and waste and depredation to the south o 'the Hieland line, why, if ony heritor or farmer wad pay him four punds Scots out of each hundred punds of valued rent, whilk was doubtless a moderate consideration, Rob engaged to keep them scaithless; Rob Roy
Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate.
‘When I stumbled upon the technique of creating montages it was like rediscovering photography’ says Gallant.
And he who were pleasantly disposed could not well avoid to liken it to the exploit of that gallant man who thought to pound up the crows by shutting his park gate.
He had been promoted to captain, and later he was brevetted major for ‘gallant and meritorious service’.
As matched well, and rivalless for gallantry and force; Mediaeval Tales
He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the U.S. Army.
Users can therefore search for medal awards (mainly gallantry and meritorious service awards), army and navy commissions, promotions, the naturalisation of an ancestor and much more during this crucial period in history.
All the miracle of sails; the steady foresail; the sensitive jibs; the press canvas delicate as bubbles; the reliable main; the bluff topsails; topgallants like eager horses; the impertinent skysails; the jaunty moonraker, were just canvas stretched on poles. The Wind Bloweth
A little time to carry on this intrigue with the Frank, when possibly, by the assistance of this gallant, Alexius shall exchange the crown for a cloister, or a still narrower abode; and then, Agelastes, thou deservest to be blotted from the roll of philosophers, if thou canst not push out of the throne the conceited and luxurious Caesar, and reign in his stead, a second Marcus Count Robert of Paris
Just when a draw seemed inevitable a break upfield saw the ball fall to Collingwood and he kept his cool under pressure to send over the winning points to give his side a win they just about deserved over gallant opponents.
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An incredible horror-barely mitigated by the gallantry award and hero's status he had earned by staking his own life.
gallants" of the reign of Charles were now a past generation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847
At any rate, as the years pass, let us on this side of the water be more and more in the one great family, looking to the time when the young Canadian will win the crown of wild olive, that emblem of sweet honour and gray rest, that which is given as a reward and as a guerdon to gallant youth who stands dowered from the night and splendid for the day as the pride and hope of mankind. The Imperial Significance of Games
Between whiles, and all the while, he gauged the gusts, and ever his eyes lifted to the main-topgallant-yard. CHAPTER XXXVIII
'Heavens! said she, peevishly,' is this the gallant, polite Frenchman! The Castle of Wolfenbach
The vulgar always knew what General danced with the lovely Miss A., and how they looked, and what they said to each other; how many jewels Miss A. wore, and the material her dress was made of; they knew who polkaed with the accomplished Miss B., and how like a duchess she bore herself; they had the exact name of the colonel who dashed along so like a knight with the graceful and much-admired Mrs. D., whose husband was abroad serving his country; what gallant captain of dragoons (captains of infantry were looked upon as not what they might be) promenaded so imperiously with the vivacious Miss E.; and what distinguished foreigner sat all night in the corner holding a suspicious and very improper conversation with Miss An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith
Wife to have me disobliged, that I might get me gone, and so rid her of the Company of an ill Husband; Cloris, that I might be prevented from going, that she might retain her beloved Gallant. The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen
It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to romance and gallantry.
They stood their ground while the king and his party made a gallant retreat. Somewhere East of Life
Aye, aye, sir," the boy answered readily, for he enjoyed being aloft, and he clambered up the shrouds to the fore-topgallant yard and furled the sail, taking a pride in having it lie smooth and round on the top of the yard. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
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Charles sighed in relief, and kissed Catherine in the most charming and gallant manner.
The George Cross is second only to the Victoria Cross and is the highest civilian award for gallantry, recognising that the recipient has put their life in extreme danger for the sake of others.
The overlapping view makes it difficult to sort out the various spars, but it appears that the foremast has only lower and topmasts, while topgallants are carried on the main and mizen.
There must be routs and balls beneath sparkling chandeliers, where young gallants whirl sloe-eyed, bare-shouldered girls in the schottische and the carmagnole.
a gallant warrior
The total figure raised by these gallant ladies on their Sit Out Night in aid of Newry Hospice in December amounted to £2,700 and 1,700 euro.
Because they cannot ride a horse, which every clown can do, salute and court a gentlewoman, carve at table, cringe and make congees, which every common swasher can do … they are laughed to scorn and accounted silly fools by our gallants. Inside Higher Ed
She became the virtuous focus of masculine desire, the unmoved mover who stirred her subjects to acts of gallantry and heroism.
Mildmay stood for a moment, as one in a dream, watching the submergence of the ill-fated _Mercury's_ jib-boom end and fore-topgallant mast-head The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure
For a certain portion of the passengers had the unmistakable excursion air: the half-jocular manner towards each other, the local facetiousness which is so offensive to uninterested fellow-travelers, that male obsequiousness about ladies 'shawls and reticules, the clumsy pretense of gallantry with each other's wives, the anxiety about the company luggage and the company health. Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing
They tell tales ranging from courtly romances full of gallant knights and maidens-in-distress to rude fabliaux telling of the perils of drink, fighting and lust!
Iago himself is opposed to the gallantries and polite talk of Cassio, especially in regard to Desdemona.
When she gallantly removes her cap, her glabrous head radiates a glorious halo.
The skysails were already furled; men were furling the royals; and the topgallant-yards were running down while clewlines and buntlines bagged the canvas. CHAPTER XXXIII
But it so chanced, that Bello's crafts, one by one meeting the foe, in most cases found the canoes of Vivenza much larger than their own; and manned by more men, with hearts bold as theirs; whence, in the ship - duels that ensued, they were worsted; and the canoes of Vivenza, locking their yard-arms into those of the vanquished, very courteously gallanted them into their coral harbors. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)
The play scoffs at citizens like Gertrude who marry above their station; at wannabe gallants like Quicksilver the apprentice; and at ‘false’ gentlemen such as the new-made knight Sir Petronel Flash.
Seldom had the King evinced more gaiety of heart than at this particular period, or appeared to derive greater amusement from the gossipry of the Court and the gallantries of the courtiers; and he no sooner ascertained that Mademoiselle d'Entragues had become the mistress of Bassompierre than he said laughingly to the Duc de Guise: The Life of Marie de Medicis
Peele's "Arraignment of Paris, a Pastorall" is a court drama in the style of Lilly, intended to flatter the Queen, "poor in action but all the richer in gallant phrases, provided with songs, one in Italian, and with all kinds of love scenes between shepherds and shepherdesses, nymphs and terrestrial gods"; the diction is interesting, because it shows revolt from the prevailing "euphuism," and therefore Peele must be given the praise of first opposing Lilly's affected style. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant
Your gallant battle-hosts and work-hosts, as the others did, will need to be made loyally yours; they must and will be regulated, methodically secured in their just share of conquest under you; -- joined with you in veritable brotherhood, sonhood, by quite other and deeper ties than those of temporary day's wages! Past and Present
In the morning and evening, the cock struts gallantly around his beat, his handsome forked tail outspread.
Sometimes additional pieces of wood were fastened to the topmasts, which carried topgallant sails.
About midnight we lost the main topgallant sail, which is the next to the highest of five sails on the mainmast.
But she stemmed every thing gallantly, under the direction of our experienced guides, and we soon embarked again, and proceeded to the lower dalles. Townsend Chapter 15
Walking the deck with quick, side-lunging strides, Ahab commanded the t'gallant sails and royals to be set, and every stunsail spread.
We always like seeing the topgallants run back up in spring.
She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears.
I must say again that I heartily admire your gallantry and youthfulness.
But Jean-Michel's gallantries were a welcome antidote to plaster dust and grisly discoveries about underground pipes.
She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears.
He received a Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of the Wilderness despite subsequent controversial administration of the Elmira, New York, prison camp.
The gallant soldiers lost their lives so that peace might reign again.
Inside the mansion, the hostages have displayed gallantry, solidarity and stoicism.
Douglas was a complex man, thoughtful, gallant, and generous.
Then, the hostler was told to give the horse his head; and, his head being given him, he made a very unpleasant use of it: tossing it into the air with great disdain, and running into the parlour windows over the way; after performing those feats, and supporting himself for a short time on his hind – legs, he started off at great speed, and rattled out of the town right gallantly. Oliver Twist
The wind, during the night, had so eased that by nine in the morning we had all our topgallant-sails set. CHAPTER XXVIII
Their tradition of gallantry is typical of the Canadian Forces with their battle honours, with their thousands of dead in two world wars, and their countless awards for bravery. Loyal Societies Dinner
Furthermore, the writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit - for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love…
True, the Solamnics would never mention him or name Medan a hero, but Gerard guessed that if Laurana had died, the gallant Marshal had preceded her in death. Dragons Of A Vanished Moon
Not all people are gallant enough to speak for justice, and most of them remain silent on injustice. Dr T.P.Chia
What a repulsive, ungallant callback to a relationship! Times, Sunday Times
At one point, when it was just me and her and I had nothing I thought about betting big and bluffing her out, but decided that that would be ungallant on a first date.
He concluded to have that which might supply his wants, because he would be clothed gallantly.
We were called to dinner and Nelson gallantly stepped up between us and took both our arms to escort us into the dining room. Olivia
She encouraged the Duke in his gallantries towards the fair stranger, and seemed to regard them as complimentary to herself. Quentin Durward
These braces come down to the ship's sides, or to the heads of the masts fore and aft of those on which the yard is swung; all the mizzen-braces working on the mainmast; the maintopgallant, mainroyal and skysail braces working on the mizzenmast; and the foretopgallant and foreroyal braces working on the mainmast, as is clearly shown in our illustration. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
Despite the odds, they gallantly fought their way out of the trap.
Though I'd like to think this gallant display was reserved especially for moi, it seems they give everybody the special treatment.
An extremly intricate knot orginally used for belaying the topgallant foresheets of a gaff-rigged China clipper, and now more commonly observed when trying to gen an old kite out of the cupboard under the stairs. The Meaning of Liff
The room was very gallant with pale yellow walls and a pink ceiling.
After securing the lie of Thursday's gallantry, York himself dons the identical hat with havelock attached.
These works are considered as icons of amorous pursuits in an age of gallantry and the accompanying and complementary coquetry.
The surprising effect which had been produced by small means, in 1745 – 6, animated their hopes for more important successes, when the whole nonjuring interest of Britain, identified as it then was with great part of the landed gentlemen, should come forward to finish what had been gallantly attempted by a few Highland chiefs. Redgauntlet
Those explorers gallantly adventured on unknown seas.
The dazzling full moon, as if a queen, is gallantly strolling from the eastern side of the blue evening sky.
She scorns his gallant language, and constantly rebuffs his advances.
That's just the lazy shiftlessness of your folks," responded Ezekiel with prompt ungallantry. The Argonauts of North Liberty
But this intrigue of the antient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed affects to disbelieve: as she does also some puisny gallantries of her foolish brother; which, by way of recrimination, I have hinted at, without naming my informant in their family. Clarissa Harlowe
It is quite clear in the above exchange about Mr Woodhouse's gallantries that she knows she is galling Emma: she wants to gall her rival and does it with malicious and practised expertise.
By the end of the reign of the carrack, a third sail, the topgallant sail had appeared in some ships above the topsail in its topgallant mast.
I am sorry to have to confess to so much ungallantry; but the only effort which I made, in common with the others, was to avoid her -- she was so hopelessly dense. A Boy's Voyage Round the World
Jane_, as the fore-topmast had soon snapped off sharp at the cap like a carrot, bringing with it, of course, the fore-topgallant mast as well, and the main-topgallant mast, with their respective yards and other spars, and the jib-boom as well. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
When his submarine is bombed, McClenahan gallantly chooses to save his crew over himself. Weekly Mishmash: January 24-30 : Scrubbles.net
It was to that place he began to attract the world by fêtes and gallantries, and by making it felt that he wished to be often seen.
"She's a better cook than I am," he adds gallantly.
Hak forrit! hark! ye gallant hounds, hark onwart, hark away. The Kielder Hunt
Ay, I'm no sayin 'ye may no be richt, sir," answered the first lieutenant; "but it'll be an unco strain upon the spars to set thae to'gallants'ls; our new rigging has stretched until it's all hangin 'in bights, as ye may see for yoursel' by lookin 'at it. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
As the Prince of Wales somewhat ungallantly observed in his toast at this week's state dinner, the American media hoped to marry him off to her.
Burnett to restrain the roving eyes of the congregation and make gallants better attend to their devotions; all these, in addition to the memorial slabs and tablets, and weeping angels over cinereal urns, tend to give the church that air of ugliness and comfort which the modern churchman detests. She and I, Volume 1
Stupified as I was, some instinct must have told me not to refuse Gallantin's invitation a second time-it's a good rule, as I hope I've demonstrated, that when scalp-hunters offer you a squaw, you should take her away quick and quiet, and if you don't fancy her, then teach her the two times table, or "Tintern Abbey", or how to tie a sheepshank. Isabelle
From the reputation which he had previously acquired for gallantries, and the sort of reckless and boyish levity to which -- often in very "bitterness of soul" -- he gave way, it was not difficult to bring suspicion upon some of those acquaintances which his frequent intercourse with the green-room induced him to form, or even (as, in one instance, was the case,) to connect with his name injuriously that of a person to whom he had scarcely ever addressed a single word. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
The "gallant failure" had been the biggest botch since the Kabul Retreat, thanks to the idiot Maximilian, who was damned if he'd be rescued, so there, and I'd come off by the skin of my chattering teeth and the good offices of that gorgeous little fire-eater, Princess Aggie Salm-Salm, and Jesus Montero's gang of unwashed bandits who were on hand only because Jesus thought I knew where Montezuma's treasure was cached, more fool he. Watershed
Then it was clewlines and buntlines and lowering of yards as the topgallant-sails were stripped off.
The Grammy winner, 30, botched the lyrics, mistakenly singing "what so proudly we watched, at the twilight's last reaming" instead of "o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. Christina Aguilera Fumbles the Lyrics, Black Eyed Peas Light Up Super Bowl XLV
For the good town is gathering a gallant host of men; and we shall look to thee to do well in the hard hand-play, whenso that befalleth. The Well at the World's End: a tale
The youth played the gallant, and just as another might entertain his _innamorata_ at a champagne supper _en tete a tete_ in a private room, he led Cadine into some quiet corner of the market cellars to munch apples or sprigs of celery. The Fat and the Thin
The naval officer did receive a posthumous George Cross for the operation, but due to secrecy he could not receive the United Kingdom's highest award for gallantry.
He told himself that it was a silly piece of superstition; but, all the same, a strange feeling troubled him; and it seemed as if the fall of these old mementoes of the gallant officer, his dead father, was a kind of portent of trouble to come -- trouble and disaster that would be brought about by his cousin. The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne
an equally gallant little wife and mother uncomplainingly keeping up the production of tasty and nourishing meals
Looking ahead, she added in one of her more baroque phrases that the Chinese “have faith, that, at the writing of peace, America and our gallant Allies will not be obtunded by the mirage of contingent reasons of expediency.” The Last Empress
He took my elbow and assisted me a bit more gallantly during the last mile. How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
The abbot, neither overawed by the strength nor by the quantity of the potion, took it off with what he himself would have called a feeling of solace and pleasance, and his voice became much more composed; he signified himself as comforted extraordinarily by the medicine, and willing to proceed to answer any questions which could be put to him by his gallant young friend. Castle Dangerous
In his treatment of the sexual undertones of courtly love and seventeenth-century gallantry, Maidment's wicked sense of humour could reduce a tutorial to helpless laughter.
Celebration time for the players in sky blue, dejection, utter dejection, for the gallant Gaeltacht.
And there beyond I see the red and silver of the Worsleys of Apuldercombe, who like myself are of Hampshire lineage, Close behind us is the moline cross of the gallant William Molyneux, and beside it the bloody chevrons of the Norfork Woodhouses, with the amulets of the Musgraves of Westmoreland. The White Company
‘But, Sir, this lady does not want that the contract should be dissolved; she only argues that she may indulge herself in gallantries with equal freedom as her husband does, provided she takes care not to introduce a spurious issue into his family.’
But fast as they run they stay there so long as if they wanted not time to finish the race; for it is usual here to find some of the young company till midnight; and the thickets of the garden seem to be contrived to all advantages of gallantry; after they have been refreshed with the collation, which is here seldom omitted, at The Strand District The Fascination of London
On the other hand, if I were just too fascinating the gallant gentlemen might be loath to drown me.
Not all the ‘women whom he chose to love’ shared this lady's antipathy, as we learn from the gallant, erotic, or downright scabrous poems they occasioned.
This makes for a well-rounded graduate student capable of effectively assuming a role in a field of their choosing, wary of both the gallantries and pitfalls potentially ahead of them.
The boy, though, was an accessory the gallant could ill afford.
His decorations included the U.S. Legion of Merit, as well as several British and French awards for gallantry.
The jibsails came down smoothly, then the topsails, until only the topgallants were still drawing.
When she stepped out the exit where Juan was gallantly manning the door, she pecked him on the cheek. The 12:39 to Matanzas
The clerk pauses to greet two bulkily clad, dot-faced women wary of crossing the slippery road, but ungallantly fails to raise his regulation top-hat.
The Victoria Cross was subsequently awarded for his outstanding gallantry.
The garrison fought gallantly, almost to the last man.
Oh well, perhaps some ballets possibly do look as though the dancers were gallantly improvising.
Army now in all men's mouths because of its gallant and distinguished share in the June and July fighting on the Marne -- were to attack towards Mézières and Metz, while the British Armies struck towards St. Quentin and Cambrai -- in other words, looked onward to the final grapple with the "great fortified zone known as the Hindenburg line. Fields of Victory
But when he reached gallantly to kiss my hand and I first looked into the eyes of General Eduard Rinaldi I was disquieted.
Of the hundreds of athletes I have repped, Gasol and Matsui are by far the most gallant and bighearted. Arn Tellem: Top Banana
I would not wittingly have intruded my poor presence upon such a gallant company.
The smaller greenheart, therefore, for the third time gallantly survived its month on a Norway river; but those rocks have literally chipped the shine from every joint, leaving, I believe and hope, its constitution, nevertheless, quite sound. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
I remember crying in the back stalls when Storm Boy lost gallant Mr Percival.
Henry was in his twenties, was handsome and gallant and well-trained in the ways of chivalry.
The lady was all of a flutter with faded lutestring, washed gauze, and ribbons three times refreshed; but she was most remarkable for the frisure of her head, which rose, like a pyramid, seven inches above the scalp, and her face was primed and patched from the chin up to the eyes; nay, the gallant himself had spared neither red nor white in improving the nature of his own complexion. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Gallant says that how the brain processes information on thoughts isn't understood well enough yet to "decode," or read, them. The Science Of 'Inception'
“Old!” exclaimed the knight; “now, by the gods and saints, if there be a gallant at the British Court more fancifully considerate, and more considerately fanciful, but quaintly curious, and more curiously quaint, in frequent changes of all rich articles of vesture, becoming one who may be accounted point-device a courtier, I will give you leave to term me a slave and a liar.” The Monastery
They would then halt, go aside and put on their shoes, while their barefooted gallants, with tow and cotton shirts and "britches," stood in the road till their return. Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters
There must be routs and balls beneath sparkling chandeliers, where young gallants whirl doe-eyed, bare-shouldered girls in the schottische and the carmagnole.
Surely you do not find me guilty of such ungallantry? Vendetta: a story of one forgotten
She kept the bridecake, and enclosed to the gallant captain Gosslett's bill for the dozen of simkin that excellent firm had sent in to wash it down wherewithal. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places
We saw, after that, a diminutive humpbacked gallant, pretty near us, taking leave of a she-relation of his, thus: Fare thee well, friend hole; she reparteed, Save thee, friend peg. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
And our two gallant leaders, both of whom claim to be Christians, seem to have missed the point of the parable of the good Samaritan.
The crafty Lethington, the deep and dark Morton, have held secret council with me, and Grange and Lindsay have owned, that in the field I did the devoir of a gallant knight — but let the emergence be passed when they need my head and hand, and they only know me as son of the obscure portioner of Glendearg.” The Abbot
But she conquered the cabal that was formed against her, for the dandies were her friends, and gallantly supported her through a trial under which some women would have sunk. The Young Duke
This day Abdalla Khan waited on the prince with a gallant equipage, himself and servants being anticly apparelled, yet soldier-like, according to their fashion. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
The lookout at the fore-topgallant masthead was hailing. Hornblower In The West Indies
Ah, what a sixain! how full of the gallant and the tendre? The French Immortals Series — Complete
He died at the age of 82, after a gallant fight against illness.
So it turns out that she was a Miss ----, of Mississippi; that your father gallanted her to Louisville, when she was going there to be married at sixteen years of age; that she was living in Richmond at the time I was teaching there, her sister boarding in the house with me. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss
He had served on the staff of General Winfield Scott during the Mexican War, earning three brevets or temporary promotions for gallantry and distinguished conduct. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
(26 May) was thought a fitting opportunity for asking for a further loan of £100,000 to enable her majesty to pay and "gratify" the seamen who had so gallantly warded off invasion and to refit the fleet. London and the Kingdom - Volume II
They suffer nosebleeds when taken down and, though gallantly fighting off the inevitable, meet their doom with a triple tap. Elliot Worsell: Britain's Third Wave of Mixed Martial Artists
They stood their ground while the king and his party made a gallant retreat. Somewhere East of Life
So saying, the Duchess rose, and the Major, bowing gallantly gave her the limb she demanded, and went off with her, 'haw'-ing in his best and most ponderous manner. The Amateur Gentleman
Had the charge of Balaclava taken place on Clapham Common, or had our gallant swordsmen replaced the donkeys on Hampstead Heath, even Tennyson would have been unable to poetise their exploits. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
How should I doe otherwayes, for I practized Cleopatria, when shee was in hir captivity, and could they have thought mee worthy to have adorned their Tryumphs, I would have perform'd his gallant Tragidye, and soe have made myselfe glorious for tyme to come. Three Hundred Years Hence
Travelling by private jet has many advantages for mega rich sporting superstars flying halfway round the world every second week and gallantly trying to battle off the effects of jet lag.
The drawbridge was the precarious ground of many a midnight strife, till the daring gallantry of Nigel Bruce became the theme of every tongue; a gallantry equalled only by the consummate skill which he displayed, in retreating within his entrenchments frequently without the loss of a single man either as killed or wounded. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History
Congratulations to those gallant ladies who participated in the South Armagh Women's Group Sit-Out last Friday night proceeds in Aid of Newry Hospice.
Well, going to sea, the mate told him to go aloft and help shake out the foreto'gallants'l. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
I thought it wise to leave any encounter with the lady to chance, and as the by-paths of the country-side were many and intricate, I intended, without ungallantry, to render the chance remote. The Guest of Quesnay
Anne gallantly sauntered up to them, smiling.
You would not be so ungallant as to refuse our hospitality.
In the Age of Reason and Science, gambling and gallantries, of pleasure and entertainment, Casanova has it all, does it all.
You have ungallantly declined to refrain from pointing at our citizens the rifles we sold you.
The lady was all of a flutter with faded lutestring, washed gauze, and ribbons three times refreshed; but she was most remarkable for the frisure of her head, which rose, like a pyramid, seven inches above the scalp, and her face was primed and patched from the chin up to the eyes; nay, the gallant himself had spared neither red nor white in improving the nature of his own complexion. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
A new-married man, when a pickthank friend of his, to curry favour, had showed him his wife familiar in private with a young gallant, courting and dallying, Anatomy of Melancholy
Sadly these were in fact few, with the Oxford gallants ' ambitions tempered by the 11.30 pm departure of their coach from the post-match nightclub, meaning that ‘good chat’ was all that was gained from the occasion.
She hurled the words at him in the desire that somebody would overhear them and come gallantly running to her rescue.
If it freshens more, though, between this and eight bells, you can take in the topgallants if you like, and a reef in the topsails as well.
Noa, I'll shy it mysel '," said the gallant Jimmy; and at the word whizz came the half of a turnip within art inch of Kate's ear. The Firm of Girdlestone
In our illustration the vessel has set her fore studding-sail, her fore-topmast studding-sail and her fore-topgallant studding-sail -- studding-sail being pronounced stu'nsail, just as topgallant-sail is telescoped into topgantsail. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
Above the topmast was added the topgallant mast and above that the topgallant mast royal.
Parolles, the gallant militarist, — that was his own phrase, — that had the whole theoric of war in the knot of his scarf, and the practise in the chape of his dagger. All’s Well That Ends Well
Eric ever so gallantly closed the door behind him and took off his shoes very neatly.
I liked the ballsy women and the gallant men, and their cheap-shot locker-room humour.
Before the time of greedy kings, gallant knights, and courtly love, there was a time when woodland creatures still roamed the earth.
It's nearly 20 years since those gallant lads o’ Fife, led by Christie, set off from the hamlet of Freuchie, in the lea of the Lomond Hills, en route to cricket's HQ at Lord's and a date with destiny.
Indeed my fair one does not verbally declare in my favor; but then, according to the vulgar proverb, that actions speak louder than words, I have no reason to complain; since she evidently approves my gallantry, is pleased with my company, and listens to my flattery. The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton: A Novel Founded on Fact
Parolles, the gallant militarist, — that was his own phrase, — that had the whole theoric of war in the knot of his scarf, and the practise in the chape of his dagger. All’s Well That Ends Well
From the reputation which he had previously acquired for gallantries, and the sort of reckless and boyish levity to which -- often in very bitterness of soul -- he gave way, it was not difficult to bring suspicion upon some of those acquaintances which his frequent intercourse with the green-room induced him to form, or even (as in one instance was the case) to connect with his name injuriously that of a person to whom he had scarcely ever addressed a single word. Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English
I could see the steeple of the church rising gallantly toward the untainted sky.
The award of honours for conspicuous gallantry came rather late, with the Victoria Cross during the Crimean War.
But how strange, that a man of so abandoned a character should be the choice of a sister of Lord Orville! and how strange, that, almost at the moment of the union, he should be so importunate in gallantry to another woman! Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war
I have never met a Christian who followed the parable of the Good Samaritan so literally as this gallant officer.
They are the highest form of award for gallantry awarded by the British Crown.
For this gallant lieutenant, slanting toward the bows of the flying bilander, which he had no hope of fore-reaching, trained his long swivel-gun upon her, and let go — or rather tried to let go — at her. Mary Anerley
And even if they killed him now, Brennan and the "Gallant kid" would know that he died trying to protect them, that he wasn't a contemptible "squealer" after all. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles
One gallant knight stands as the hope of the English people, Norman and Saxon alike, for justice and fairness.
My hubby Bill gallantly stepped in to carry out a hasty repair.
Needless to state, the firelocks were all "poised" -- whatever that may be -- and, led by Allen, a rush was made, the sentry overpowered, and soon the gallant "83" were standing back to back on the parade-ground within the fort, their muskets levelled at the two barracks which, filled with sleeping soldiers, faced each other. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Isabella of Bavaria, remarkable for her gallantry, and the fairness of her complexion, introduced the fashion of leaving the shoulders and part of the neck uncovered.
Constitution had royals above her topgallants, and later she had even higher sails called skysails.
The Yankee takes a good long look at her, or at least at her to'gallants'ls, which was all we could see, and then tells us he'd made up his mind to have a slap at the chap during the night. For Treasure Bound
He is a very masculine person, except for this one feminine quality, for, if I may say it without ungallantry, there is a legend that no woman has ever understood the tariff. The Gentleman from Indiana
Despite fierce competition she made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships.
Hollander was reported as describing Bulgarian men as gallant, caring, and somehow mysterious.

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