It had always been his practice to dress punctiliously before going into action, even on dark nights in front of Sevastopol, where all Niceties of dress were lost at once in the slush of the trenches.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
The Commandant, however, reminded them that he had not yet put the resolution, and that it was doubtful-he spoke as one who, some years ago, had made a study of these constitutional Niceties-if the Council of Twelve had really any say in the matter.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
My dear friend, if true love were an every-day phenomenon, experienced by everybody, it would cease to be in any way interesting; people would be so familiar with it that it would bore them to extinction; they would have it for breakfast, dinner, and supper as a matter of course, and would be as fastidious of its Niceties as an Anglo-Indian about the quality of the pepper.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford