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Beau Monde

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noun

  1. (dated) The fashionable part of society.

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The speaker knows that this beau monde does not proscribe love, provided it be in accordance with the proprieties which IT has determined upon and established.
Robert Browning; Hiram CorsonAn Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's PoetryProject Gutenberg ebook #260