Although not of noble birth, the young elf was rich enough, handsome enough, and charming enough to make his way into the society of the gently bred.

Those modes may serve very well among your own kind, but let me remind you, English women are gently bred.

But I am not a 'gently bred young woman.'

He is not fit company for a gently bred young woman," Tom told her as they rode back to the West End in a filthy hackney.

I understand that he is gently bred, for all he is employed as a sec-" Her hand flew to cover her mouth.

And yes, Tom is gently bred, for his father is a minister and the younger son of a baronet.

What sort of man was he, to so forget his station that he would enter into an affaire with a gently bred young woman?

You are gently bred, Cecilia.

"I am gently bred?"

The Waites, Gilmans, Eliots and Marshes are the "gently bred" families of Innsmouth.