Geometry of High Life
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mathematics, Status, Human Species, Sociology |
Describes the principal circles in high society in terms of their 'geometry'. For example, 'An Illustrious Circle is a Circle having for centre a royal duke, and for radii peers and nobles of high rank'. |
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