Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandLife in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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Girls learned to be genteel , and among other things were taught to “ make waxworks , japan , paint upon glass , to raise paste , and make sweetmeats and sauces . ” Two other matters attracted wide notice .
Girls learned to be genteel , and among other things were taught to “ make waxworks , japan , paint upon glass , to raise paste , and make sweetmeats and sauces . ” Two other matters attracted wide notice .
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A Duke of Shrewsbury might stand on his dignity and refuse to accept a Prior as his co - ambassador to Paris , but would have no objection to dining or drinking with him for the good things he might say .
A Duke of Shrewsbury might stand on his dignity and refuse to accept a Prior as his co - ambassador to Paris , but would have no objection to dining or drinking with him for the good things he might say .
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His vain , velvety , catlike nature basked in the sunlight of an age when aristocrats dared not work hard at serious things , when gentlemen scorned being thought of as writers , when warmth was no necessary part of friendship ...
His vain , velvety , catlike nature basked in the sunlight of an age when aristocrats dared not work hard at serious things , when gentlemen scorned being thought of as writers , when warmth was no necessary part of friendship ...
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