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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... manners , morals , educa- tion , and religious feeling , had on the whole those character- istics which at once consolidated and overwhelmed a later England . Walpole's peace régime not only advanced their interests but also hardened ...
... manners , morals , educa- tion , and religious feeling , had on the whole those character- istics which at once consolidated and overwhelmed a later England . Walpole's peace régime not only advanced their interests but also hardened ...
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... manners , it is not po- liteness ; in behaviour , it is not address ; but it is a little like them all . It can only belong to people of a certain race , who live in a certain manner , with certain persons who have not certain virtues ...
... manners , it is not po- liteness ; in behaviour , it is not address ; but it is a little like them all . It can only belong to people of a certain race , who live in a certain manner , with certain persons who have not certain virtues ...
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... manners that interest him , and manners that he is brilliantly qualified to portray . Except historically , Goldsmith's plays have not the slight- est importance : they are merely diverting . They offer no great insight into character ...
... manners that interest him , and manners that he is brilliantly qualified to portray . Except historically , Goldsmith's plays have not the slight- est importance : they are merely diverting . They offer no great insight into character ...
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