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...clusion, on account of certain scandalous stories which had prejudiced the gentry of the town against her. It is a circumstance worth mentioning that ... ... satisfactorily explained. The officers of the British army, and the loyal gentry of the prov- ince, most of whom were collected within the beleaguere... ...olicy would be to laugh it off. 133 Hawthorne See—here come more of these gentry.” Another group of characters had now partly descended the staircase... ...w opportunities of gratifying in the undecorated dwellings of the colonial gentry. It was said that the early productions of her own pencil exhibited ... ...e Governor gave a ball in honor of Lady Eleanore Rochcliffe. The principal gentry of the colony received invitations, which were distributed to their ... ...dered eyes half recognized his face. Years ago she had known him among the gentry of the province. But the ban of the King had fallen upon him! How, t...

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...ic days introducing her com- pany to her. This was chiefly of the Catholic gentry, of whom there were a pretty many in the country and neighboring cit... ...anything. It was As- sizes at Hexton, and there was a great meeting of the gentry at the “Bell;” and my lord’s people had their new liveries on, and H... ...t Newbury, should declare for the King on a certain day, when likewise the gentry affected to his Majesty’s cause were to come in with their tenants a... ...aithful subject lent him. There were various letters from the nobility and gentry, some ardent and some doubtful, in the King’s service; and (very luc... ... ’Tis known that King William was disposed to deal very leniently with the gentry who remained faithful to the old King’s cause; and no prince usurpin... ...rranged so as to bring him ease and give him pleasure. She liked the small gentry round about to come and pay him court, never caring for admiration f... ...King Charles—and to this house, whither indeed a great part of the country gentry went, my lord in- sisted upon going, not only himself, but on taking... ...he First forced our great grandfather. We are above titles; we old English gentry don’t want ‘em; the Queen can make a duke any day. Look at Blandford... ...ing the bodies as they lay on the field, and Jack had brained one of these gentry with the club-end of his musket, who had eased Esmond of his hat and...

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...nds, house serfs, and peasants, with whom some officials, seminarists, and gentry were mingled, had gone early that morning to the Three Hills. Having... ...ly the crowd went in the direction of the Lubyanka Street. “There now, the gentry and merchants have gone away and left us to perish. Do they think we... ...ife. That is enough for me. I am quite at your service. Y ou belong to the gentry?” he concluded with a shade of inquiry in his tone. Pierre bent his ...

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...ed it. The good he has done to everybody here, from his peasants up to the gentry, is incalculable. On his arrival in Petersburg he received only his ... ...o clear the rooms for the visitors and arranged about refreshments for the gentry and the serfs, went about among the mum- mers without removing her s... ...an country dances and chorus dances, Pelageya Danilovna made the serfs and gentry join in one large circle: a ring, a string, and a silver ruble were ... ...boda Palace. The great halls were full. In the first were the nobility and gentry in their uniforms, in the second bearded mer- chants in full-skirted... ...chairs at a large table under the portrait of the Emperor, but most of the gentry were strolling about the room. All these nobles, whom Pierre met eve... ... shoulder, entered the room, stepping briskly to the front of the crowd of gentry. “Our sovereign the Emperor will be here in a moment,” said Rostopch... ...secretary was told to write down the resolution of the Moscow nobility and gentry, that they would furnish ten men, fully equipped, out of every thous... ...nish ten men, fully equipped, out of every thousand serfs, as the Smolensk gentry had done. Their chairs made a scraping noise as the gentlemen who ha... ...veling car- riage of the Governor’s. At the porch he met two of the landed gentry, one of whom he knew. This man, an ex- captain of police, was saying...

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...gs and painings by Richard Tinto, Esquire, which those of the nobility and gentry who might wish to complete their collections of modern art were invi... ...ocession from under the low-browed archway of the courtyard. The principal gentry of the country attended in the deepest mourning, and tempered the pa... ...ain of attendants of various ranks, in and out of livery. The nobility and gentry of Scot- land, at this period, were remarkable even to extravagance ... ...nown, and tapestry was confined to the houses of the nobility and superior gentry. The cooper, there- fore, who was a man of some vanity, as well as s...

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...ed it. The good he has done to everybody here, from his peasants up to the gentry, is incalculable. On his arrival in Petersburg he received only his ...

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...ut twelve or eighteen months before. They wore the cast- off graces of the gentry;—and this, I believe, involves the best definition of the class. The... ...ll pick- pockets with which all great cities are infested. I watched these gentry with much inquisitiveness, and found it difficult to imag- ine how t...

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...raveling carriage of the Governor’s. At the porch he met two of the landed gentry, one of whom he knew. This man, an ex-captain of police, was saying ... ...e wounded who were waiting. “It seems that even in the next world only the gentry are to have a chance!” remarked one. Prince Andrew was carried in an...

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...he different inhabitants. By all means he was to avoid the approach of the gentry. For hours Evan, in a trance, half stupefied, had to listen to the C... ...et an eccentric woman. Of course I have not pretended to rank here, merely gentry. It is gentry in reality, for had poor Papa been legitimized, he wou... ...been a nobleman. You know that; and between the two we may certainly claim gentry. I twiddle your little good Andrew to assert it for us twenty times ... ...is shaping the course of his conduct at once after the model of the landed gentry generally. ‘And you may think yourself lucky to come into that cata-... ... mother, added: ‘ And yet I doubt not you think the smallest of our landed gentry equal to great continental seigneurs. I do not say the contrary.’ ‘Y...

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...that is to say, Mrs. Cadwallader the Rector’s wife, and the small group of gentry with whom he visited in the northeast corner of Loamshire. So Miss B... .... Standish, the old lawyer, who had been so long concerned with the landed gentry that he had become landed himself, and used that oath in a deep-mout... ...des, which of course they were ashamed to men- tion; they were Middlemarch gentry, elated with their silver- headed whips and satin stocks, but embarr... ... had to ask a favor instead of preaching. Moreover, he was one of the high gentry living four miles away from Lowick, and was thus exalted to an equal... ...neliness which was due to the very ardor of Dorothea’s nature. The country gentry of old time lived in a rarefied social air: dotted apart on their st...

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...ords!) that I’m ashamed to wait on him—who’s the laughing stock of all the gentry and the housekeeper’s room too—try a man,’ says he—’don’t be taking ... ...erod of a monarch wanted to secure the eldest sons of all the nobility and gentry, as hos- tages for the good behavior of their parents. Athelstane wa...

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...ey, miss,’ said he jocularly, ‘you won’t look at me any more, now you have gentry at the castle.’ Her cheeks burned with anger. ‘That’s my lord’s chay...

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...nything but secondary importance. That was the spirit of the English small gentry and mercantile class, the com- fortable property owners, the Parliam...

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..., and cap- tain of industry have practically displaced a hereditary landed gentry as the immediate directors of social af- fairs. The problem of socia...

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...the peaks of Sierra Nevada in sight, across the North Fork of the Merced, by Gentry’s Gulch, over hills and through canons, to Fremont’s again, and th...

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...ations were made of it in French, and great numbers bought by the clergy and gentry, to distribute gratis among their poor parishioners and ten ants....