Their greatest charm is their unobtrusiveness, just as the charm and distinguishing mark of a well-dressed person is that the dress is not striking or obtrusive.
"Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls"
Helen Ekin Starrett
We call a well-mannered person a cultivated person; and this culture consists mainly in kindness and gentleness of manner, in self-restraint, and in unobtrusiveness The real reason for every true rule of good manners is some moral reason.
"Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls"
Helen Ekin Starrett
In every instance, with an unobtrusiveness all his own, Henry Fair had made her pleasure his business.
"John March, Southerner"
George W. Cable