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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Life in Eighteenth-century England Louis Kronenberger. Defoe DEFOE wrote everything that contributes to his lasting repu- tation inside the space of a very few years . They were not the years of his physical prime : he was near sixty ...
Life in Eighteenth-century England Louis Kronenberger. Defoe DEFOE wrote everything that contributes to his lasting repu- tation inside the space of a very few years . They were not the years of his physical prime : he was near sixty ...
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... Defoe was prospering in William's service ; but after William's death , when the Tories were swept into office and dissent fell upon evil days , Defoe swiftly got into trouble . His cele- brated Shortest Way with the Dissenters , the ...
... Defoe was prospering in William's service ; but after William's death , when the Tories were swept into office and dissent fell upon evil days , Defoe swiftly got into trouble . His cele- brated Shortest Way with the Dissenters , the ...
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... Defoe's characters is what hap- pens to them , not what they are , as it was Defoe's great gift , not to dissect them , but to drive them on . ( If his people are real , it is from the vigour with which Defoe could im- plant in others ...
... Defoe's characters is what hap- pens to them , not what they are , as it was Defoe's great gift , not to dissect them , but to drive them on . ( If his people are real , it is from the vigour with which Defoe could im- plant in others ...
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