"Patronising" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the merry-faced gentleman, who did not seem to approve very much of the patronising tone adopted by Squeers, 'that if they had not been firmly checked when they were, you would most probably have had no ...
— The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby • Charles Dickens
... advise perfect repose of your every limb, my man," said Cuticle, addressing him; "the precision of an operation is often impaired by the inconsiderate restlessness of the patient. But if you consider, my good fellow," he added, in a patronising and almost sympathetic tone, and slightly pressing his hand on the limb, "if you consider how much better it is to live with three limbs than to die with four, and especially if you but knew to what torments both sailors and soldiers were subjected before ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville
... who lectures or preaches in the Highlands, not to adopt a patronising attitude or make it appear that he is talking down to the audience. Such a feature would be at once detected and deeply resented. A well-known Professor lectured to a Bute audience on Electricity, and out of ignorance, spoke in a very elementary way to the audience, defining the ...
— Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland • Daniel Turner Holmes
... genius of the place, a small man of about five feet high, with a very sharp countenance, and dressed in a brown jockey coat, and top boots. "Joey," {212} said he, "this is a friend of mine." Joey nodded to me with a patronising air. "Glad to ...
— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow
... small myself," answered Olive, laughing; for she took quite a pride in patronising him, as girls of sixteen often affectionately patronise boys some five or six years their junior. "You know, you are to grow up ...
— Olive - A Novel • Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
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