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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... talk with , one could always sit quietly and eavesdrop . The policy of first come , first served provided a basis on which all classes could mingle . Noble- men engaged writers in talk ; merchants clutched at crumbs of news from ...
... talk with , one could always sit quietly and eavesdrop . The policy of first come , first served provided a basis on which all classes could mingle . Noble- men engaged writers in talk ; merchants clutched at crumbs of news from ...
Sivu 261
... talk ; “ mine out of the woods and fields , and many a weed there is in it . " Yet , while surveying her parties with a touch of humour , she plainly took pride in them : Mrs Montagu was brilliant in diamonds , solid in judgment ...
... talk ; “ mine out of the woods and fields , and many a weed there is in it . " Yet , while surveying her parties with a touch of humour , she plainly took pride in them : Mrs Montagu was brilliant in diamonds , solid in judgment ...
Sivu 312
... talk to the level of a life of action . " 4 3 For his talk , as for almost everything else , Johnson's debt to Boswell is enormous ; except for his satellite , he would today not be much more than a name and we should marvel that he ...
... talk to the level of a life of action . " 4 3 For his talk , as for almost everything else , Johnson's debt to Boswell is enormous ; except for his satellite , he would today not be much more than a name and we should marvel that he ...
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