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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... seem a little ... well , improbable . They are quite without real vision ; it never seems to occur to them that there may be a larger , wiser , better world than their own . They had to be gentle- men ; obviously , then , they could not ...
... seem a little ... well , improbable . They are quite without real vision ; it never seems to occur to them that there may be a larger , wiser , better world than their own . They had to be gentle- men ; obviously , then , they could not ...
Sivu 135
... seems to damn Addison : as his manoeuvring never turned him into the least bit of a cynic , it is fair to assume that he must have been to a large extent a hypocrite . He must even , to avoid being found out a self - seeker , have ...
... seems to damn Addison : as his manoeuvring never turned him into the least bit of a cynic , it is fair to assume that he must have been to a large extent a hypocrite . He must even , to avoid being found out a self - seeker , have ...
Sivu 262
... seems to sum up a whole frivolous , fictional , grandee society . Not much , it is true , remains to be told of Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire . With great good sense she demolished the hoopskirt ten feet round , but only to glorify ...
... seems to sum up a whole frivolous , fictional , grandee society . Not much , it is true , remains to be told of Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire . With great good sense she demolished the hoopskirt ten feet round , but only to glorify ...
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