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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... once the Tories returned to power and Tory scholars obtained fat jobs - once , that is , a Guelph king summed up all that one might ask of a Stuart - Jacobitism melted away . Successful themselves , the Ox- ford Tories no longer ...
... once the Tories returned to power and Tory scholars obtained fat jobs - once , that is , a Guelph king summed up all that one might ask of a Stuart - Jacobitism melted away . Successful themselves , the Ox- ford Tories no longer ...
Sivu 243
... once : " Mark my words , that lit- tle boy will be a thorn in Charles's side as long as he lives . " The little boy was never permitted , nor did he ever seek , his future rival's modes of pleasure ; he was shy and studious , aiming ...
... once : " Mark my words , that lit- tle boy will be a thorn in Charles's side as long as he lives . " The little boy was never permitted , nor did he ever seek , his future rival's modes of pleasure ; he was shy and studious , aiming ...
Sivu 257
... Once Selwyn visited his den- tist to have a tooth pulled , and said he would drop a hand- kerchief as the signal to begin . And once , when someone named Charles Fox had been hanged , the other Charles Fox asked Selwyn if he had gone to ...
... Once Selwyn visited his den- tist to have a tooth pulled , and said he would drop a hand- kerchief as the signal to begin . And once , when someone named Charles Fox had been hanged , the other Charles Fox asked Selwyn if he had gone to ...
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