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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... less ability than he , but less decency and on the whole less principle . The very best of them were morally superior to him as individuals , but morally of a piece with him as administrators , and mentally not within hailing dis- tance ...
... less ability than he , but less decency and on the whole less principle . The very best of them were morally superior to him as individuals , but morally of a piece with him as administrators , and mentally not within hailing dis- tance ...
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... less indulged and much less advertised ; but high life still meant high living , and society was notoriously licentious . Marlborough was not admired , but ridiculed , for being a faithful husband . Far from becoming a model , Addi ...
... less indulged and much less advertised ; but high life still meant high living , and society was notoriously licentious . Marlborough was not admired , but ridiculed , for being a faithful husband . Far from becoming a model , Addi ...
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... less blue blood , it had much more distinction : the original membership included Burke , Fox , Gibbon , Reynolds , Garrick , and Hume . So overwhelming was the passion to bet in the clubs that some of their wagers sound today less like ...
... less blue blood , it had much more distinction : the original membership included Burke , Fox , Gibbon , Reynolds , Garrick , and Hume . So overwhelming was the passion to bet in the clubs that some of their wagers sound today less like ...
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