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certain elements gain greater significance
Starting with a relative equality of the social elements, certain elements gain greater significance; within the circle of influence thus constituted certain especially powerful individuals differentiate themselves until this development accommodates itself to one or to a few heads.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

courteous enough gave good service
They were courteous enough, gave good service, but were inclined to speak to him as man to man,β€”an inference of equality that he regarded with great displeasure.
— from The Snowshoe Trail by Edison Marshall

Croyland Evesham Glastonbury Gloucester St
The mitred abbots in England were those of Abingdon, St Alban's, Bardney, Battle, Bury St Edmund's, St Augustine's Canterbury, Colchester, Croyland, Evesham, Glastonbury, Gloucester, St Benet's Hulme, Hyde, Malmesbury, Peterborough, Ramsey, Reading, Selby, Shrewsbury, Tavistock, Thorney, Westminster, Winchcombe, St Mary's York.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Civil Engineers Great George Street
All these plans were publicly exhibited during a month, from the 10th of June, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster....
— from Hyde Park from Domesday-book to Date by John Ashton

Cubitt Esq Great George Street
William Cubitt, Esq., Great George Street, Westminster.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Cook Ebenezer Goldthwait George Southwick
Danvers .β€” Killed : Henry Jacobs, Samuel Cook, Ebenezer Goldthwait, George Southwick, Benjamin Deland, Jotham Webb, Perley Putnam, 7. Wounded : Nathan Putnam, Dennis Wallace, 2. Missing : Joseph Bell, 1.
— from The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes by Abraham Tomlinson

Cubitt Esq Great George Street
William Cubitt, Esq., Great George Street, Westminster. Henry Currie, Esq., M.P., West Horsley, Surrey.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 83, May 31, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various


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