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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... moral fibre , to fortify her intellectual endow- ments , or even to improve her social tone . But he did seek to keep her well fed and well disposed and to save her from war and from internal disruption . Judged by his opportuni- ties ...
... moral fibre , to fortify her intellectual endow- ments , or even to improve her social tone . But he did seek to keep her well fed and well disposed and to save her from war and from internal disruption . Judged by his opportuni- ties ...
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... moral tone of politics and to transfer power to higher levels ; it is not every king who tries to be a reformer . In any case , we do not begin to understand George III until we grasp that the undermining and routing of the Whigs , like ...
... moral tone of politics and to transfer power to higher levels ; it is not every king who tries to be a reformer . In any case , we do not begin to understand George III until we grasp that the undermining and routing of the Whigs , like ...
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... moral bêtise . His consort , the crocodile - mouthed Charlotte , who had grown up in her small unaffluent duchy resigned to enter- ing a Protestant convent , was all the King asked for , and as much as he deserved . She bore him many ...
... moral bêtise . His consort , the crocodile - mouthed Charlotte , who had grown up in her small unaffluent duchy resigned to enter- ing a Protestant convent , was all the King asked for , and as much as he deserved . She bore him many ...
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