"Genuflect" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... require a lady to genuflect before him to show her appreciation of a gentlemanly act. Mr. PUNCHINELLO, being a gentleman of the old school, and of several colleges and universities, is quite satisfied by a nod and a smile, or "Thank you." And one or the other he is pretty certain to receive. He never ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 • Various |
