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ADVERTISEMENT lantry medal holders, widows of past holders and other guests at St James's Palace.
unknown title 2008
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It is reported (but witTi fome appearance of uncer - tainty) in the printed memoirs of his life f, that king William, in token of his regard to admiral Kooke's galr lantry on this occafion, fettled on him a penfipn of ipooL a year.
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And this Tom innocently improved to better advantage, by following only the didates of his natural gal - lantry and good - nature, than he might, perhaps, have done, had lie had the deeped defigns on the young Lady.
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Thus the freedom and independence, which the mercantile and ma - nufacturing people derived from the nature of their em - ployment, was, in fome meafure, communicated to the pea - lantry; who, inftead of remaining tenants at will, were fecured for a limited term in the polfemon of their farms.
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The fubftitution of the word gal - lantry for that crime which ftabs F domeflic
Thoughts on the Importance of the Manners of the Great to General Society 1789
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All my public-fpirit and gal - lantry is turned into the care of a wayward beau - ty called a wife, and a parcel of brats called children.
The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele ... 1787
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At Paris, as fecretary to Lord Jermin, he was en - gaged in tranfafting things of real importance with real men and real women, and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gal - lantry.
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What pafled between us, a Point of Gal-* lantry obliges me to conceal; but after fome extra«
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