Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandLife in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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And when lives were not at stake , men played for wagers with buttoned foils , craving excitement even while they displayed finesse . ... and Walpole , the greatest statesman under the first two Georges , lived openly in sin .
And when lives were not at stake , men played for wagers with buttoned foils , craving excitement even while they displayed finesse . ... and Walpole , the greatest statesman under the first two Georges , lived openly in sin .
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But Proust lived in an age when that temperament received thoughtful handling , and was saved by other men's courtesy from excesses and malformations . Pope lived in an age of high language and low sensibilities and , though certainly ...
But Proust lived in an age when that temperament received thoughtful handling , and was saved by other men's courtesy from excesses and malformations . Pope lived in an age of high language and low sensibilities and , though certainly ...
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From his youth he was caught up in the practical affairs of living – business , politics , hardfisted journalism ; these employments kept him on the run ... He never lived among writers or reflected about writing ; he merely sat down ...
From his youth he was caught up in the practical affairs of living – business , politics , hardfisted journalism ; these employments kept him on the run ... He never lived among writers or reflected about writing ; he merely sat down ...
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