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Ann Taylor - The Vulgar Little LadyAnn Taylor - The Vulgar Little Lady
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"But, mamma, now, " said Charlotte, "pray, don`t you believe   That I`m better than Jenny, my nurse? Only see my red shoes, and the lace on my sleeve;   Her clothes are a thousand times worse. "I ride in my coach, and have nothing to do,   And the country folks stare at me so; And nobody dares to control me but you   Because I`m a lady, you know. "Then, servants are vulgar, and I am genteel;   So really, `tis out of the way, To think that I should not be better a deal   Than maids, and such people as they. " "Gentility, Charlotte," her mother replied,   "Belongs to no station or place; And there`s nothing so vulgar as folly and pride,   Though dress`d in red slippers and lace. Not all the fine things that fine ladies possess   Should teach them the poor to despise; For `tis in good manners, and not in good dress,   That the truest gentility lies`.
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