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"Thoughts on Beauty;" "Gentility;" "Sympathy," etc. And in one longish poem, entitled "My Childhood" (written when I was about fifteen), I find verses like these, which would seem to have come out of a mature experience: --
A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Lucy Larcom 1858
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Gentility and scenery are hallmarks of the HBO show, filmed in Botswana.
She's Precious, 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' is perfect 2009
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Gentility was the keyword, and for that, they looked to the middle-classes from whence they came.
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Gentility, caring and hope are all on the increase here in America.
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Gentility, however, is a very hard habit to break.
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Gentility as a mode will never lack devotees; just ask Merchant and Ivory.
The Murdoch Touch 2005
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My first book recommendation is Janet Mullany's Rules of Gentility.
Archive 2007-09-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2007
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So much in the mean time I do attribute to Gentility, that if he be well-descended, of worshipful or noble parentage, he will express it in his conditions,
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Gentility as a mode will never lack devotees; just ask Merchant and Ivory.
The Murdoch Touch 2005
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Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary…
Hey Slash, why you gotta plug your amp up in that car? | EW.com 2006
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