gentility
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"Gentility of speech is at an end," thundered an editorial in London's City Press, in 1858.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2017
Gentility and blood sport are old friends, but the mix of the wealthy and the rustic at Armstrong Ranch that weekend was exceptional.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gentility and blood sport are old friends, but the mix of the wealthy and the rustic at Armstrong Ranch that weekend was exceptional.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gentility and cultivation have made him a social favorite and an incessant host to visiting notables.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gentility at the Gold Fields.—Refinement in Australia appears to be a gross anomaly: and the only use of polish relates to boots.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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