The family was of the purest blue blood, and at his birth they were lords of three estates in central Scotland. |
It was the same distinguished guests, same idle chitchat, same stifling atmosphere of blue blood. |
The notorious exaggerator, in fact, put down just about everyone who was not German blue blood or to the manor born. |
Of course everyone secretly hopes they might find a celebrity connection, figures of power and influence or even blue blood. |
It wouldn't do to mix their blue blood with the debased genes of commoners! |
I had to tell him that my crooked lineage, unlike his blue blood, allows me to establish many antecedents, Punjabi being one. |