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Meanings of genteel society in English

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Usage of genteel society in English
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She and her mother were outcasts, who could no longer be received into genteel society.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
2
Emmeline and I often pity you, Miss Elinor, for being so far from genteel society.
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
3
The subject of the film is the erotic energy boiling beneath the surface of genteel society.
The new yorker
4
So you see, yours is no tea-drinking, cake-eating, genteel society; ladies would be distinctly out of place.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
5
For others, their speech, manner, dress and deportment identified them as unworthy of invitation to genteel society.
The Irish Times
6
Hill is not the poet to bring up, then, if you wish to succeed in genteel society.
The Guardian
7
A man would be hooted from genteel society in the Southern States, for such an ignoble act.
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery
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She had tried her hand at English genteel society, and no one had seemed to care for her.
The Chateau of Prince Polignac
9
Dodge, as you werry justly insinuate, is not werry refined, or particularly well suited to figure in genteel society.
Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea
10
For my part, I wonder Lawrence should bring such a monster into genteel society; and with a kiss they parted.
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
11
But since the peace they are learning French a good deal in genteel society, and French instructors are rather in demand.
A Changed Man, and Other Tales
12
In placing this picture before the spectator, an incomparable view of genteel society with contrasted touches of low life is offered.
Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personal...
13
Such people, however, are never spoken of in genteel society, and perhaps I ought not to have referred to them here.
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
14
His daughter Mary caused uproar in the genteel society of the 1860s when she sued Jane Wilde, mother of Oscar, for libel.
The Irish Times
15
They speak of it as of some secret, awful vice that seizes upon a man, and makes him a pariah from genteel society.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers
16
'Young man,' he addressed me, 'don't show that worse half of yours in genteel society, or, by the Lord!
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2
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