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  • This is the more probable as "GENTLEMAN" says he knows how to dispose of them.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 10, 1892 Various 1876

  • "GENTLEMAN" does not specify whose profits the serious firm is capable of giving, and thus it may be presumed that the 100,000 francs would form the capital with which the charitable transaction would be conducted.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 10, 1892 Various 1876

  • "He sez a GENTLEMAN is a man who wouldn't willingly hurt anybody else.

    Peg O' My Heart J. Hartley Manners 1899

  • DIGNITY AND RESPECT ACTING LIKE GENTLEMAN AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

  • But aw man, this guy is a friggin 'SWEETHEART and a GENTLEMAN and I'm just blown away.

    ZOMG I LIKEEE!!!!!!!! emu-head 2009

  • Just as many of my colleagues, notably including my historical mentor, the late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., have been astute observers of the Presidency, I've kept a close eye on CIA Directors ever since I began writing a biography of the legendary Allen Dulles which morphed into Peter Grose's book, GENTLEMAN SPY.

    PANETTA TO CIA: A "BRILLIANT" CHOICE? 2009

  • THE MERRY GENTLEMAN/U.S.A. (Director: Michael Keaton; Screenwriter: Ron Lazzeretti) — After fleeing an abusive marriage, a young woman sets off to start a new life.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2007

  • JONATHAN THE GENTLEMAN: Let him be your knight in shining armor.

    Become Your Own Matchmaker Patti Stanger with Lisa Johnson Mandell 2009

  • A DAPPER GENTLEMAN from Persia, Antoine Kitabgi, carrying the title of general, arrived in Paris toward the end of 1900.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • A DAPPER GENTLEMAN from Persia, Antoine Kitabgi, carrying the title of general, arrived in Paris toward the end of 1900.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

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