"As far as country houses were concerned, the functions of the lower ranks within the hierarchy were now only those of…"

"The separation of men from women at the dinner was still in the mediaeval tradition. Another interesting feature of t…"

"The combined results of the growing independence, culture and prosperity of the lesser gentry and professional classe…"

"One result of the nobility and gentry becoming more mobile and mixing more together was new kinds of parties. From th…"

"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"

"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"

"When men live in small communities, ... they cannot avoid personal participation in some public functions. So it was …"

"It is impossible to maintain that these attributes [caution and progress] have been constant in the two great English…"

"Kynge Henry beynge in Normādy, after some wryters fell from, or with his horse, whereof he caughte his deth: but Ranu…"

"The duke of Clarence and seconde brother to the kynge thanne beynge prysoner in the towre, was secretely put to deth …"