The privileged aristocracies to the foretime, with all their iniquities, did at least preserve some taste for higher human quality and honor certain forms of refinement by their enduring traditions.
过去的特权贵族尽管罪孽深重，但至少保留了一些追求更高品质的品味，并通过其持久的传统尊重某些形式的优雅。