man of breeding

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"I think him a man of breeding," she went on, "and I also think him a man of honour."

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo

A man of breeding does not slap strangers on the back nor so much as lay his finger-tips on a lady.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

Such was Henry Fielding's ancestry, and it cannot be too much insisted on that, throughout all the vicissitudes of his life, he was ever a man of breeding, no less than a man of wit.

From Henry Fielding: a Memoir by Godden, G. M.

Very well," he said, "but you must then authorize me to stand, as behooves a man of breeding who prides himself on possessing a certain amount of savoir faire.

From The Secret of Sarek by Leblanc, Maurice

Perhaps the most striking and admirable thing about a man of breeding is his carefully disciplined impulses.

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian