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joyapple
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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: parents to the manner born |
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(Merit has replaced the old system of inherited privilege, in which parents to the manner born handed down the manor to their children. )
Does "parents to the manner born " refer to "parents who are born in a rich family? |
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bud
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Yes! This is from bartleby.com:
A person who is �to the manner born� is one who has acquired genteel tastes and habits by virtue of having been born into a privileged class: �Rachel is charming at dinner parties�as if she were to the manner born.� This expression is sometimes mistakenly rendered as �to the manor born.� The phrase is from Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. |
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