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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... lacked solidity , conviction , character , all the elements which make a public man great instead of brilliant . ” He lacked , indeed , what his times lacked , and shared in what they might choose to boast of . At bottom , however , he ...
... lacked solidity , conviction , character , all the elements which make a public man great instead of brilliant . ” He lacked , indeed , what his times lacked , and shared in what they might choose to boast of . At bottom , however , he ...
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... lacked . He lacked also Whitefield's tender , unrancorous , unde- nominational spirit , his charm and amiability as a man . But he lacked Whitefield's weakness , his impulsiveness , his highstrung and emotional nature - qualities that ...
... lacked . He lacked also Whitefield's tender , unrancorous , unde- nominational spirit , his charm and amiability as a man . But he lacked Whitefield's weakness , his impulsiveness , his highstrung and emotional nature - qualities that ...
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... lacked Burke's insight and Pitt's integrity ; he lacked a certain moral stam- ina , even a certain common sense . But his career is saved because , even if we ascribe the worst motives to his best performances ( which it is not safe to ...
... lacked Burke's insight and Pitt's integrity ; he lacked a certain moral stam- ina , even a certain common sense . But his career is saved because , even if we ascribe the worst motives to his best performances ( which it is not safe to ...
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