Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 182
... became a general practitioner in Boston . His genial manners , lofty character , and cultivated charm made him generally popular , and he became one of the intellectual leaders of Boston society . At this time he began to exercise his ...
... became a general practitioner in Boston . His genial manners , lofty character , and cultivated charm made him generally popular , and he became one of the intellectual leaders of Boston society . At this time he began to exercise his ...
Page 213
... became so complicated that when one man killed or mutilated another he had to suffer death or mutilation himself , because in ninety - nine cases out of a hundred he had not the wherewithal to buy himself off . The When the Normans came ...
... became so complicated that when one man killed or mutilated another he had to suffer death or mutilation himself , because in ninety - nine cases out of a hundred he had not the wherewithal to buy himself off . The When the Normans came ...
Page 352
... became archaic , money being levied in place of military service , when knighthood was not the meed of valour , but could be had for purchase , the system of chivalry crumbled away , and its old statutes , so inspiring and ennobling in ...
... became archaic , money being levied in place of military service , when knighthood was not the meed of valour , but could be had for purchase , the system of chivalry crumbled away , and its old statutes , so inspiring and ennobling in ...
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