Latin from the books of the Laws of England, which taken along with the context, means, that of all whales captured by anybody on the coast of that land, the King, as Honorary Grand Harpooneer, must have the head, and the Queen be
respectfully presented with the tail.
I should have said, `Amen' in place of `yours
respectfully,' shouldn't I?--the way the ministers do.
The other bowed
respectfully, and offered his arm to assist the count in descending.
Casting a rapid glance at all those in the room and noticing the count's confessor there, she glided up to him with a sort of amble, not exactly bowing yet seeming to grow suddenly smaller, and
respectfully received the blessing first of one and then of another priest.
The family doctor
respectfully ceased in the middle of his observations.
And as for going as cook, -- though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board --yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; --though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more
respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will.
"You shall have a speech!" Here one of the waiters, who had been for some minutes busy making a queer-looking mixture of egg and sherry,
respectfully presented it on a large silver salver.
Please to tell them so; and allow me to subscribe myself, yours
respectfully,
This faithful but unpretending record of a remarkable adventure is hereby
respectfully dedicated by the narrator,
When the others left the great hall he eyed the splendidly dressed servants of the Princess Ozma as if he expected to be ordered out; but one of them bowed before him as
respectfully as if he had been a prince, and said:
'Your majesty shouldn't purr so loud,' Alice said, rubbing her eyes, and addressing the kitten,
respectfully, yet with some severity.
Not with the moonlight, for that is faint beside the other one--the sparkle from the crystal candelabra, which negroes, moving noiselessly and
respectfully about, are lighting, one after the other.