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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... death was not on speaking terms with her sister Anne ; Anne at her death was not on speaking terms with the Duchess of Marlborough . The first two Georges were actual enemies of their sons . Steele fell out with Addison , Bolingbroke ...
... death was not on speaking terms with her sister Anne ; Anne at her death was not on speaking terms with the Duchess of Marlborough . The first two Georges were actual enemies of their sons . Steele fell out with Addison , Bolingbroke ...
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... death . In the reign of Anne executions were so frequent that men made jokes about them ; jokes , it must be remembered , not about what they heard tell of , but about what they themselves went to watch . Hanging was the commonest but ...
... death . In the reign of Anne executions were so frequent that men made jokes about them ; jokes , it must be remembered , not about what they heard tell of , but about what they themselves went to watch . Hanging was the commonest but ...
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... death - these were only punishable by fines and imprison- ment . Again , to steal fruit already gathered was punishable by death , but to gather fruit and then steal it was only a trespass . To break into a house at five p.m. in winter ...
... death - these were only punishable by fines and imprison- ment . Again , to steal fruit already gathered was punishable by death , but to gather fruit and then steal it was only a trespass . To break into a house at five p.m. in winter ...
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