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I must here remark to you, that the term aristocrate has much varied from its former signification.
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I must here remark to you, that the term aristocrate has much varied from its former signification.
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I must here remark to you, that the term aristocrate has much varied from its former signification.
A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795 Lady, An English 1797
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Would you ask me to abandon that and come to you penniless, compelled thereby to live in perpetual terror in a country where at any moment an enemy might cast at me the word aristocrate, and thereby ruin me? "
The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini 1912
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He smuggled in boy's clothes and a man's caplike the one the goaler wore, but just as she was passing the gate all her hair fell down and they called out 'Une aristocrate, une aristocrate.'
The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955
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A year ago, aristocrate implied one who was an advocate for the privileges of the nobility, and a partizan of the ancient government -- at present a man is an aristocrate for entertaining exactly the same principles which at that time constituted a patriot; and, I believe, the computation is moderate, when I say, that more than three parts of the nation are aristocrates.
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Previous to our arrival at Soissons, the Marquise (who, though she does not consider me as an aristocrate, knows I am by no means a republican,) begged me to be cautious in expressing my sentiments, as the Comte de
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This, however, depends much on the political principles of those who happen to be on guard: an aristocrate or a constitutionalist will read a letter with his eyes half shut, and inspect bedding and trunks in a very summary way; while a thorough-paced republican spells every syllable of the longest epistle, and opens all the roasted pigs or duck-pies before he allows their ingress.
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He is an aristocrate, and a great sufferer by the troubles in France, but he is a very sober, moderate man, and intelligent.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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-- At Amiens, where almost every individual is an aristocrate, the fugitive Deputies could not procure the least encouragement, but the town would have received Dumouriez, and proclaimed the King without opposition.
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