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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... never rash ; large , it was never flatu- lent ; seeking scope , it never grew hasty in details . The Duke's coolness is proverbial , and was perhaps the cement for all his other gifts ; and if he could be brilliant in relaxed moments ...
... never rash ; large , it was never flatu- lent ; seeking scope , it never grew hasty in details . The Duke's coolness is proverbial , and was perhaps the cement for all his other gifts ; and if he could be brilliant in relaxed moments ...
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... never spoke to servants , but communicated with them by signs ; he never travelled without having the roads cleared of bystanders ; he never permitted his own children to sit down in his presence , and when ( while he was doz- ing ) one ...
... never spoke to servants , but communicated with them by signs ; he never travelled without having the roads cleared of bystanders ; he never permitted his own children to sit down in his presence , and when ( while he was doz- ing ) one ...
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... never agitate , whom women would never arouse , on whom life itself would never crudely impinge , exactly fitted . He was to live narrowly , for his make - up was neither lusty nor can- did , but in that narrow way- the way of the ...
... never agitate , whom women would never arouse , on whom life itself would never crudely impinge , exactly fitted . He was to live narrowly , for his make - up was neither lusty nor can- did , but in that narrow way- the way of the ...
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