Careful Words

conduct (n.)

conduct (v.)

  We may give advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.

Isaac De Benserade (1612-1691): Maxim 378.

Genteel in personage,

Conduct, and equipage;

Noble by heritage,

Generous and free.

Henry Carey (1663-1743): The Contrivances. Act i. Sc. 2.

Genteel in personage,

Conduct, and equipage;

Noble by heritage,

Generous and free.

Henry Carey (1663-1743): The Contrivances. Act i. Sc. 2.

Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain,

And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Rape of the Lock. Canto iv. Line 123.

His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Retaliation. Line 46.