Getting One's Bearings: Observations for Direction and DistanceFleming H. Revell Company, 1903 - 301 |
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... taken from the Latin Gens , which means family or clan . It therefore denotes rank , and the nobler the Gens the higher the rank . The word came into the English language through the Norman , as Gentilhomme . The former part of the word ...
... taken from the Latin Gens , which means family or clan . It therefore denotes rank , and the nobler the Gens the higher the rank . The word came into the English language through the Norman , as Gentilhomme . The former part of the word ...
Strona 15
... taken to show that his father , although a bookseller and sta- tioner , was entitled to the name of gentleman , because he was the sheriff of Lichfield . In the colony of Jamestown there were a hundred and five persons , of whom fifty ...
... taken to show that his father , although a bookseller and sta- tioner , was entitled to the name of gentleman , because he was the sheriff of Lichfield . In the colony of Jamestown there were a hundred and five persons , of whom fifty ...
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... taken , but he could get no help for its recovery . He went out , and soon remembered that he had no money to pay his fare to the city where he was to preach on the next day . He went back to the shop , and ad- dressing one of the group ...
... taken , but he could get no help for its recovery . He went out , and soon remembered that he had no money to pay his fare to the city where he was to preach on the next day . He went back to the shop , and ad- dressing one of the group ...
Strona 20
... taken into a mind alert but not preëmpted , will keep their place while other information may come and go . This is in the order of nature , enforced by docility and affection . A man may not be able to give his children money , but he ...
... taken into a mind alert but not preëmpted , will keep their place while other information may come and go . This is in the order of nature , enforced by docility and affection . A man may not be able to give his children money , but he ...
Strona 53
... taken their place . They are often but little more than the way in which things are done . They rest on precedent more than on reasoning . In- deed , it is surprising to see how much of the work of the world is done because it has been ...
... taken their place . They are often but little more than the way in which things are done . They rest on precedent more than on reasoning . In- deed , it is surprising to see how much of the work of the world is done because it has been ...
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