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... of England, making a great feast in France, the concourse of nobility and gentry was so great, that being, for sport’s sake, divided into troops, acc... ...had, in truth, some preeminence of titles and alliances above the ordinary gentry. Upon the debate of this prerogative, every one, to make himself equ...

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...erty. A gentleman, indeed! ay, ay, Newgate is the properest place for such gentry; as ar- rant carrion as ever was carried thither.” The fellows then ... ...ore to say. Women and the clergy are upon the same footing. The long-robed gentry are exempted from the laws of honour.” “I do not thank you for that ...

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...e- less she took up a rock-like position, looking about her to see that no gentry were near before she delivered her message, which had reference to t...

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...t, as I am true Scottish man, which I hold a privilege equal to my ancient gentry, and as sure as I am a belted knight, and come hither to acquire los...

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...s may account for the street mud on the backs of Numbers five, six, and seven, being much fresher than the stale splashes on their legs.) Charles Dic...

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...Wessex. In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up. One Saturday evening in the mon...

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...hen they came in, merely to give Jasper credit with me. I am told that the gentry at Frontenac will care more for the capture of the Scud, with Sergea...

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... naked to a tree and double the tale of lashes on me. These tender-hearted gentry should consider that it’s not merely a squire, but a governor they a...

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...xperienced in an agree- able and friendly commerce, it is at Chambery. The gentry of the province who assemble there have only sufficient wealth to li...

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... naked to a tree and double the tale of lashes on me. These tender-hearted gentry should consider that it’s not merely a squire, but a governor they a...

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...fore, that race of corsairs whom we dignify with the title of bankers, the gentry who take out a license for which they pay a thousand crowns, as the ...

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...ode at Saint-Lange. From time immemorial, farmers and laborers had seen no gentry at the chateau. The estate, considerable though it was, had been lef...

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...chool was likely to receive many cards of invitation from the nobility and gentry in the neighbourhood?’ ‘Really, my dear, I don’t know why it should ...

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...the slabs, and panels, and table tops, and tazze; the endless nobility and gentry of dessert, breakfast, and tea services; the gemmed perfume bottles,...

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...y times her aunt had been called upon to sit with recently bereaved ladies. It was gentry’s obligation to one another — although Roston society wou... ...y’s obligation to one another — although Roston society would never consider Hannah gentry. “Where’s Hannah now?” “I just left her at Cotton ... ...what Royce had said not long ago when she’d become restless. “What turns Southern gentry like you into eccentrics and lunatics is your old houses, ... ... a gift, but they still snubbed Hannah. People held it against her that she wasn’t gentry. You take someone like Johnelle Pittiford. Nobody could... ... He pointed a finger at her, then apparently re-thought how far he could go with gentry. He lowered his hand and looked around the room before h...

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...adly became the patroness of the ball that was to ensue; and which all the gentry and townspeople, Tory and Whig, were in the custom of attending. The... ...generally drunk, fairly burst into tears, and the grave tradesmen and Whig gentry, who had dined with the Member at his inn, and accompanied him thenc...

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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...

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... to undertake our wars against The fall’n off Britons, that we do incite The gentry to this business. He creates Lucius preconsul: and to you the trib... ...best wills, And make me blest to obey! I am brought hither Among the Italian gentry, and to fight Against my lady’s kingdom: ’tis enough That, Britain... ...hoods and honors, borne As I wear mine, are titles but of scorn. If that thy gentry, Britain, go before This lout as he exceeds our lords, the odds Is...

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... on, looking about the room. “How smart and win- ning he is! Ah! your fine gentry are made of other stuff than we are.” And Jacqueline went down again...

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...the hill there. The parsonage here’s a tumble-down place, sir, not fit for gentry to live in. He comes here to preach of a Sunday afternoon, sir, an’ ... ... tell by my tongue, sir. They’re cur’ous talkers i’ this country, sir; the gentry’s hard work to hunderstand ‘em. I was brought hup among the gentry, ... ...as a bye. Why, what do you think the folks here says for ‘hevn’t you?’—the gentry, you know, says, ‘hevn’t you’—well, the people about here says ‘hann... ...ay, an’ lift a matter o’ sixty ston’. He’s an un- common favourite wi’ the gentry, sir: Captain Donnithorne and Parson Irwine meks a fine fuss wi’ him... ...ays the keenest of bucolic minds felt a whispering awe at the sight of the gentry, such as of old men felt when they stood on tiptoe to watch the gods... ...man to the farmers, and th’ old women, and the labourers, as he did to the gentry. Y ou never saw HIM interfering and scolding, and trying to play th’... ...seen, considered Adam “rather lifted up and peppery- like”: he thought the gentry made more fuss about this young carpenter than was necessary; they m... ...e, was invited to-day; there was to be a grand dinner for the neighbouring gentry on the morrow, but to-day all the forces were required for the enter... ...n to be understood that Wiry Ben proposed to amuse the company, before the gentry went to dinner, with an impromptu and gratuitous performance— namely...