But when on his way across the moor he stopped the carriage at the cottage, seven or eight children who were playing about gathered in a group and bobbing seven or eight friendly and polite curtsies told him that their mother had gone to the other side of the moor early in the morning to help a woman who had a new baby.
"The Secret Garden"
Frances Hodgson Burnett
We parted this night so much displeased with each other, that when we met again in public, we merely exchanged bows and curtsies-in private we had seldom met of late-I never went to Lady de Brantefield's.
"Tales & Novels, Vol. IX [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond]"
Maria Edgeworth
It was full of bobbing curtsies and racing and scampering about the room.
"Peggy in Her Blue Frock"
Eliza Orne White