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Thomas Bulfinch
Thomas Bulfinch
American Writer
Born: Jul 15, 1796
Died: May 27, 1867
After Education Knowledge People Romances Word
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The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms. Thomas Bulfinch
Man Word Young Admitted Bearing He Knight Particularly Arms Boy Privilege After Which Young Man Meant Originally Servant Applied
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. Thomas Bulfinch
Knowledge Society Other Our Claim Station Possessions Mythology Which Then Useful Helps Deserves Raise
It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear. Thomas Bulfinch
Prose Toward Till Began End Romances Century Appear
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body. Thomas Bulfinch
Suits Year Consisting Solid About General Mail Pieces Armor Parts Till Continue Iron Gradually Different Body Different Parts Use Plate Plates Adapted
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns. Thomas Bulfinch
Love Loyalty Religion Priesthood Ambition Sanctity Those Religious Object Attended Knighthood Became Greatest Endowed Influence Order United Awe
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. Thomas Bulfinch
Made Hoop Secure Some Similar Through Generally Sort Metal Leather Were Covered Surrounded Substance Wood Being Them Cut Sword
The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse. Thomas Bulfinch
Rude Kind Verse Romances Form Which Appear Earliest
The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous. Thomas Bulfinch
Education Long Arduous Knighthood Candidates Preparatory
We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean. Thomas Bulfinch
People Country Own Mediterranean Those East See Except Knew Thus Real South Greeks Real People Any Little Ages Coast Near Early
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. Thomas Bulfinch
Knowledge Language Own Our Mythology Without Understood Cannot Literature Much Elegant Appreciated

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