Nay, these London companies have rules against taking any prentice not of gentle blood.
Though the trade of "capping" had fallen off, there were still good substantial burgesses who would be willing to receive an active lad of good parentage, some being themselves of gentle blood.
The verdurers of the New Forest were of gentle blood, and their office was well-nigh hereditary.
Had many men of gentle blood come to Virginia during the first half of the 17th century there would have been no chance for the "merchant" class to acquire such prominence.
Since the squire or nobleman from whom the right to the coat-of-arms came to them might have lived many generations before the migration to Virginia, the use of this emblem could give but little ground for a claim to gentle blood.
Amongst the enemies of the king were the Earls of Bedford, Warwick, Manchester and Essex, while many leaders of the Roundheads such as Pym, Cromwell and Hampden were of gentle blood.
For know, whate'er my origin may be, I have been brought up as a gentleman, And hope to marry one of gentle blood.
It ill becomes a maid of gentle blood Unblushingly to listen to the vows And fervid protestations of a knight Upon such slight acquaintance.
After the battle the prince offered to make him an esquire in spite of the absence of gentle blood in his veins, but Ralph declined the honour.
No doubt that is so, Edgar, but I wish I lived in days when it were not deemed necessary that one of gentle blood should be either a fighting man or a priest.
Nevertheless, there was honour and rank to be won in the foreign wars, and it was to these the young men of gentle blood looked to make their way.
Her own child, Robin, is away, the Lord knows where; and those who are not of gentle blood are as eager after secrets as other folk.
He saw in it an explanation of why he had been drawn in affection towards Aasta, and why, in spite of her having been a bondmaid, he had recognized that she was of gentle blood.
Weary work it was in sooth, and much did he deplore the laws that made it binding upon one of gentle blood to thus demean himself.
That you are of gentle blood I can well believe," said Kenric softly, as he regarded her surpassing beauty.
Yet this was plainly the first step to be taken in any investigation of the Poet's claim to be of "gentle blood.
Of gentle blood, part shed in honour's cause,-- Each parent sprung.
That is well, because the Pleydells are of gentle blood.
A stable and a kennel, when they take the place of a nursery and a school, are apt to breed such bumpkins even out of gentle blood.
Hearing this speech, I seemed to behold myself swinging by a tow from a tree branch, a death not beseeming one of gentle blood.
After the battle the prince offered to make him an esquire in spite of the absence of gentle blood in his veins, but Ralph declined the honor.
Thy graciousness warmeth the heart, but we are not of gentle blood, and unbecoming to us would be the ways of the court.
Of gentle blood, I dare say, for he hath the port of such.
Naught ofgentle blood have I either on the spear side or the spindle side.
Gentle blood may be transmitted without goods enough to afford a reputably free consumption at one's ease.
Where this cultural advance has been achieved, the chief wife is ordinarily of gentle blood, and the fact of her being so will hasten her exemption from vulgar employment.
The manner in which the concept of gentle blood originates, as well as the place which it occupies in the development of marriage, cannot be discussed in this place.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gentle blood" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
