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- Nov 07, 2020
Genteel Quotes
Elegance and refined manners
These quotes describe genteel figures and settings, including historical accounts of a smooth, powerful man and the polished high society of classic 19th century novels.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's such a wealth of literature from the 18th century and 19th century, George Eliot... Jane Austen... that's all about a genteel high society, relationships, all of that stuff. There wasn't ever really, apart from Dickens, a literary evocation of working class life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Awards shows are being pushed to shed their genteel limousine liberalism and embrace the race-gender-sexual identity agenda in full.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is not a genteel profession; it's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty.
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- Nov 07, 2020