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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... tion . The capitalist egg , laid in Tudor times , was hatched in England under Anne . And it was vilely hatched , by men who stooped low to advance themselves , and who saw in the coming - of - age of Parliament the clue to indirect gov ...
... tion . The capitalist egg , laid in Tudor times , was hatched in England under Anne . And it was vilely hatched , by men who stooped low to advance themselves , and who saw in the coming - of - age of Parliament the clue to indirect gov ...
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... tion which English prison life was to take in the next cen- tury , though it remedied most of the abuses , carried with it one great hardship which the old system , riddled with abuses though it was , did not have . Nineteenth - century ...
... tion which English prison life was to take in the next cen- tury , though it remedied most of the abuses , carried with it one great hardship which the old system , riddled with abuses though it was , did not have . Nineteenth - century ...
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... tion remains as to how ultimately satisfying is the result , as to how much that is richly personal and true is wanting , regardless of whether it would be discordant or out of place if it were there . And we must conclude that a very ...
... tion remains as to how ultimately satisfying is the result , as to how much that is richly personal and true is wanting , regardless of whether it would be discordant or out of place if it were there . And we must conclude that a very ...
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