Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandLife in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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With such corruption Walpole's name has long been associated . His accusers have seen in him the cynical and predatory man of power , running the country for the interested few , and establishing a tradition of misgovernment by clique ...
With such corruption Walpole's name has long been associated . His accusers have seen in him the cynical and predatory man of power , running the country for the interested few , and establishing a tradition of misgovernment by clique ...
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It must also be said for Walpole that he long urged peace at the sure risk of acquiring unpopularity and encountering royal disfavour - which is not the usual procedure of the opportunist . As to his policy in general , it is as untrue ...
It must also be said for Walpole that he long urged peace at the sure risk of acquiring unpopularity and encountering royal disfavour - which is not the usual procedure of the opportunist . As to his policy in general , it is as untrue ...
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Walpole's merit is that he made England prosper ; his vice , that he made England value prosperity too much . And culturally this man who , when out of power and in declining health , confessed he could get no pleasure from reading ...
Walpole's merit is that he made England prosper ; his vice , that he made England value prosperity too much . And culturally this man who , when out of power and in declining health , confessed he could get no pleasure from reading ...
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