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Hétfalusy's daughter, the son of that once so haughty gentlewoman,
The Day of Wrath M��r J��kai 1864
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"If you could speak French," said the Queen to that gentlewoman,
History of the United Netherlands, 1588b John Lothrop Motley 1845
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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
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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
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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
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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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