He Condescended to make small advances, show her petty attentions, and even distinguish her by that flattering stare, with his glass to his eye, which he had known to be what the poet calls "blush-compelling" in many a fair cheek in provincial circles.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Since you began it you have very rarely Condescended to speak of anything else.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
A man who appeared from within Condescended to hand Alison's light trunk up, which she did not know then was a very great favor, and in another moment or two they were flying out across the white waste of prairie.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss