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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... politics least of all : they were violently partisan , wrote on political subjects , lived by political alliances , and frequently held political office . Should they happen to write without bias , bias was inferred . In 1713 Addison's ...
... politics least of all : they were violently partisan , wrote on political subjects , lived by political alliances , and frequently held political office . Should they happen to write without bias , bias was inferred . In 1713 Addison's ...
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... political enemy , did to ruin himself ; and when Fox fell , the Whig fortunes collapsed . England , during such quarrelsome years , was a battered realm . She had lost a war , been lowered in prestige , milked dry of money , torn apart ...
... political enemy , did to ruin himself ; and when Fox fell , the Whig fortunes collapsed . England , during such quarrelsome years , was a battered realm . She had lost a war , been lowered in prestige , milked dry of money , torn apart ...
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... political philosopher with a style : " Who now reads Bolingbroke ? " so might we inquire : " Who now reads Burke ? " For I sus- pect we might find , even among those who should know better , very few readers of Burke under the age of ...
... political philosopher with a style : " Who now reads Bolingbroke ? " so might we inquire : " Who now reads Burke ? " For I sus- pect we might find , even among those who should know better , very few readers of Burke under the age of ...
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