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| PREFACE | [v] |
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| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | [xi] |
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| [CHAPTER I] |
| ENGLAND IN EMBRYO | [1] |
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| [CHAPTER II] |
| BOYHOOD AND YOUTH | [12] |
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| [CHAPTER III] |
| THE KING’S SQUIRE | [25] |
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| [CHAPTER IV] |
| THE AMBASSADOR | [36] |
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| [CHAPTER V] |
| THE MAN OF BUSINESS | [51] |
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| [CHAPTER VI] |
| LAST DAYS | [64] |
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| [CHAPTER VII] |
| LONDON CUSTOM-HOUSE | [76] |
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| [CHAPTER VIII] |
| ALDGATE TOWER | [93] |
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| [CHAPTER IX] |
| TOWN AND COUNTRY | [104] |
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| [CHAPTER X] |
| THE LAWS OF LONDON | [119] |
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| [CHAPTER XI] |
| “CANTERBURY TALES”—THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ | [137] |
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| [CHAPTER XII] |
| “CANTERBURY TALES”—FIRST AND SECOND DAYS | [151] |
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| [CHAPTER XIII] |
| “CANTERBURY TALES”—THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS | [160] |
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| [CHAPTER XIV] |
| KING AND QUEEN | [173] |
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| [CHAPTER XV] |
| KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES | [188] |
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| [CHAPTER XVI] |
| HUSBANDS AT THE CHURCH DOOR | [202] |
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| [CHAPTER XVII] |
| THE GAY SCIENCE | [217] |
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| [CHAPTER XVIII] |
| THE GREAT WAR | [232] |
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| [CHAPTER XIX] |
| THE BURDEN OF THE WAR | [245] |
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| [CHAPTER XX] |
| THE POOR | [257] |
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| [CHAPTER XXI] |
| MERRY ENGLAND | [272] |
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| [CHAPTER XXII] |
| THE KING’S PEACE | [282] |
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| [CHAPTER XXIII] |
| PRIESTS AND PEOPLE | [294] |
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| [CHAPTER XXIV] |
| CONCLUSION | [304] |
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| INDEX | [317] |