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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... stands out as the only useful work of his career . But when the peace had been made , Bolingbroke had no sound policy to offer his party . He weakened their future as well as his own by not having them stand for something important to ...
... stands out as the only useful work of his career . But when the peace had been made , Bolingbroke had no sound policy to offer his party . He weakened their future as well as his own by not having them stand for something important to ...
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... stand out . The first is the beginning of a Shakespeare re- vival which , as time passed , was to haunt and crowd ... stands out under the first Georges is the rise of political satire in dramatic form . Under Anne , plays often bore a ...
... stand out . The first is the beginning of a Shakespeare re- vival which , as time passed , was to haunt and crowd ... stands out under the first Georges is the rise of political satire in dramatic form . Under Anne , plays often bore a ...
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... stand by themselves , his words are not confined to his books ; both , far more than is usually true of men , are tangled up in his character . That character impresses us more than his achievements , fascinates us as much as his books ...
... stand by themselves , his words are not confined to his books ; both , far more than is usually true of men , are tangled up in his character . That character impresses us more than his achievements , fascinates us as much as his books ...
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