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nobleman or fem noblewoman Noun pl -men or -women a person of noble rank
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I had heard in a vague way of the place, as a whim of a certain young nobleman who combined brains with the pursuit of pleasure. Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if both are at dinner on the same ox or calf, but in the seasoning, the dressing, the garnishing, and the setting forth? Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he might have been the child of a nobleman or a beggar; it would have been hard for the haughtiest stranger to have assigned him his proper station in society. |
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