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  • Hétfalusy's daughter, the son of that once so haughty gentlewoman,

    The Day of Wrath M��r J��kai 1864

  • "If you could speak French," said the Queen to that gentlewoman,

    History of the United Netherlands, 1588b John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • When she found how her friend was situated, and how having a snug legacy from Miss Crawley, salary was no object to our gentlewoman,

    Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • But the last mentioned lady never troubles her head with these menial affairs; – nothing will suit her but the pen; and though she does nothing very extraordinary in this way, yet she so far surpasses the first-named gentlewoman,

    Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor 1832

  • I stayed not to ask why, but took to my heels as best I might and made my way hither, where, thanks to God and to this gentlewoman,

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

  • Even the queen looked surprised; but recovering herself, inclined her head graciously, and said, "Do we read your meaning aright, Lady Anne, and would you this gentlewoman,

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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