Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandA. A. Knopf, 1942 - 323 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... Bolingbroke was furious that it was not he who had been stabbed ; and when Harley was created an earl and Bolingbroke only a viscount , the sense of injury deepened . Now more than ever the Viscount was determined to work by himself ...
... Bolingbroke was furious that it was not he who had been stabbed ; and when Harley was created an earl and Bolingbroke only a viscount , the sense of injury deepened . Now more than ever the Viscount was determined to work by himself ...
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... Bolingbroke . So late and severe a critic of prose as Mat- thew Arnold judged Bolingbroke a master . Swift considered him the coming man of his age ; Pope called him " the great- est man in the world " ; 1 Voltaire saluted him ...
... Bolingbroke . So late and severe a critic of prose as Mat- thew Arnold judged Bolingbroke a master . Swift considered him the coming man of his age ; Pope called him " the great- est man in the world " ; 1 Voltaire saluted him ...
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... Bolingbroke was not only ruthless with his enemies ; he was treacherous toward his friends . Professing admira- tion and loyalty for Marlborough , offering - though they shared different attitudes toward the war - his co - operation ...
... Bolingbroke was not only ruthless with his enemies ; he was treacherous toward his friends . Professing admira- tion and loyalty for Marlborough , offering - though they shared different attitudes toward the war - his co - operation ...
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