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Meanings of decay gentlewoman in английском

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Usage of decay gentlewoman in английском
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Probably you have seen frequent mention in English publications about decayed gentlewomen.
Europe Revised
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You would have enjoyed giving them to a decayed gentlewoman.
Living Alone
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Any relatives I have are in homes for decayed gentlewomen!
The Secret Adversary
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The ostensible manager of this repository was generally a decayed gentlewoman, a clergyman's widow, or so forth.
My Lady Ludlow
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Get out of it, you decayed gentlewoman!
Snake and Sword: A Novel
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The three youngest girls in the family were tutored by Miss Eufemia Sotomayor, a decayed gentlewoman from Mexico.
The new yorker
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Sir Harry is too disgusting with his ' decayed gentlewomen.' I meant to read him a lesson some time.
A Room with a View
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A very savage parish was civilised by a decayed gentlewoman, who came among them to teach a petty school.
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 / 1776-1780
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"But I am not a decayed gentlewoman," Hester objected; "at least, not yet.
Shining Ferry
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I daresay Nelly is a better servant-notwithstandingthe unfortunate chickens of to-day, which was our own fault, you know-thanthe decayed gentlewoman.
Janet's Love and Service
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"May I humbly ask if these decayed gentlewomen are to inhabit their palatial retreat rent-free?"
Rose in Bloom / A Sequel to "Eight Cousins"
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She was precisely of the type of decayed gentlewoman that one meets often in the city, especially at some of the middle-class boarding-houses.
The Ear in the Wall
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"There was near his parish a very nice-charity,"-herbreathcaught itself pathetically,-"somemost comfortable almshouses for decayed gentlewomen.
T. Tembarom
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"My advice," put in Mrs. Honeychurch, "is to have nothing to do with Lucy and her decayed gentlewomen at all.
A Room with a View