GENTLEMAN.
He is gentil that doth gentil dedis.
Canterbury Tales: The Wyf of Bathes Tale. CHAUCER.
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne;
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed
As by his manners.
Faërie Queene, Bk. VI. Canto IV. E. SPENSER.
Tho' modest, on his unembarrassed brow
Nature had written—"Gentleman."
Don Juan, Canto IX. LORD BYRON.
I freely told you, all the wealth I had
Ran in my veins, I was a gentleman.
Merchant of Venice, Act iii, Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
"I am a gentleman." I'll be sworn thou art;
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions and spirit,
Do give thee five-fold blazon.
Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 5. SHAKESPEARE.
Nothing to blush for and nothing to hide,
Trust in his character felt far and wide;
Be he a noble, or be he in trade,
This is the gentleman Nature has made.
What is a Gentleman? N.L. O'DONOGHUE.
And thus he bore without abuse
The grand old name of gentleman,
Defamed by every charlatan,
And soiled with all ignoble use.
In Memoriam, CX. A. TENNYSON.
His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.
Absalom and Achitophel. J. DRYDEN.