But these days, it has a more genteel atmosphere as an upmarket suburb and peaceful fishing village.
Under willows in the genteel outdoor garden, the breaded veal and fried potatoes were my madeleine.
The 18 genteel guest rooms all have lofty ceilings, reproduction colonial furniture, and verandas.
But by the early 20th Century popular murder fiction had taken on a more genteel feel.
But it feels intimate and genteel, with an old-world elegance that is mostly gone from this earth.
He was perfectly suited to thrive in the more genteel, insiderish early years of European private equity.
For some in the food world's old guard, vulgar cookbook language is an assault on once-genteel food writing.
And that, in the genteel world of the Ivy League, will mean that the gloves really come off.
Managing director Melvin Benn said he wanted to emulate the "genteel, less manic feel" of his favourite European festivals.
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She says big-spending Russian women have different tastes in clothing than the more genteel British--"Think leopard print, " she says.
Maison Souvannaphoum had the wisdom not to sacrifice the genuine for the genteel.
And when softer, more genteel persuasive methods and political actions fail, will need another instrument of statecraft: political warfare.
Envelop yourself in this city's passion and 19th-century charm for an escape that is as genteel as it is surreal.
In Japan's curiously genteel election campaign, opinion polls indicate that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is heading for defeat.
We end up eating lunch in the chilly front room of one of the genteel houses that advertise chicken dinners.
By the genteel standards of the House of Lords, it was a particularly acrimonious debate, with coalition tensions laid bare.
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Later, when she began writing books, she fostered no atmosphere at all other than genteel squalor and heavy drinking and gloom.
Sir George is considered to be a more genteel character than his predecessor, Andrew Mitchell, and widely respected across all parties in the Commons.
Debate may become less genteel and the work of all those worthy committees on fish quotas and chemical regulations could be disrupted.
Yet it can lead as easily to genteel poverty as to prosperity.
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But on at least two issues, such genteel methods are proving inadequate.
We've got rather genteel since then and locked away our bodily functions.
If the Kentucky Derby is genteel julep-sipping, the Preakness is boisterous beer-swilling.
Some of the city's formerly upscale villas and apartments languish in not-so-genteel decay, crowded with multiple families that moved in after the revolution.
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Such is artist Damien Hirst's love of the more genteel Panerai Italian watch brand that he uses them as inspiration for his art.
I've now met her twice in the last few months, and I'd go so far as to describe her as genteel, even ladylike.
What charms audiences about this genteel film may be the kind of gracious, caring, and well-groomed behavior that Hazanavicius has put on the screen.
Postwar England was gray, genteel and ultracareful but not so the flamboyant Mr. Tynan, who had the indispensable critical gift of being able to communicate enthusiasm.
Today, Quora has taken this same idea and built it into a lovely space where genteel thought leaders ask questions, provide answers and debate ideas in an open forum.
Winchester has a large liberal-minded public-sector middle-class: Hampshire County Council, the Winchester School of Art, King Alfred's College, and the genteel types round its ancient cathedral and public school.
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