Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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... perhaps that here ( as at Giltspur Street , London ) rode knights to the tourney in the smooth field ( or Smithfield ) in the age of chivalry . The names over the shop - doors remind him perhaps ( as the French names at Canterbury ) ...
... perhaps that here ( as at Giltspur Street , London ) rode knights to the tourney in the smooth field ( or Smithfield ) in the age of chivalry . The names over the shop - doors remind him perhaps ( as the French names at Canterbury ) ...
Page 75
... perhaps at this moment a procession of barefooted friars , in brown habits , and girdled with ponderous beads , pace slowly across the cobble - stones of the square , chanting as they pass , while from another quarter a train of black ...
... perhaps at this moment a procession of barefooted friars , in brown habits , and girdled with ponderous beads , pace slowly across the cobble - stones of the square , chanting as they pass , while from another quarter a train of black ...
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... Perhaps they have been educated with genius as a goal . Perhaps fond parents or flattering friends have pandered to a vanity , or have predicted genius with a certainty that would make failure a life's embarrassment . More often still a ...
... Perhaps they have been educated with genius as a goal . Perhaps fond parents or flattering friends have pandered to a vanity , or have predicted genius with a certainty that would make failure a life's embarrassment . More often still a ...
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