breeding

• Each of them has three Qualities, but until all three manifest, there's no way to tell if the breeding has been a success Gellman has manifested two of her Qualities and much is made of what will happen when her third manifests. —  FSF, July 2006
• Good-breeding is the middle point between those two odious extremes Ceremony is the superstition of good-breeding, as well as of religion: but yet, being an out-work to both, should not be absolutely demolished. —  The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant
• "He does not look on all things as I do, perhaps, for our breeding was as different as the desk is different from the drum. —  In the Valley
• Of course, a man practicing this breeding ought to be a thorough stockman and a first-class judge of live stock W. M. Carruthers Whitewashes for Stock Buildings I desire whitewash recipes which have given durable results on outbuildings It is so desirable to make outbuildings neat and clean, and so important to keep trees from sunburning, etc., that a durable whitewash as cheaply and easily made as possible is very important. —  One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
• Of all their qualities of mutual adaptability the one that impressed him most deeply was the one at which he was always scoffing--what he called their breeding. —  The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel

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