Kings and Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth Century EnglandVintage Books, 1942 - 298 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... English drama underwent a change , then inside the same period English music under- went a revolution . In that short time music , as a native art , expired . It had long flourished : there had been the splendid anthems and the chorals ...
... English drama underwent a change , then inside the same period English music under- went a revolution . In that short time music , as a native art , expired . It had long flourished : there had been the splendid anthems and the chorals ...
Sivu 107
... English like , " he told Gluck , " is something they can beat time to . " Handel , the foreigner , best carried on the tradition of English music , which the English could not carry on for themselves . This tradition did not chime in ...
... English like , " he told Gluck , " is something they can beat time to . " Handel , the foreigner , best carried on the tradition of English music , which the English could not carry on for themselves . This tradition did not chime in ...
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... English counterpart , and words like ton and gout soon acquired a scriptural im- portance . As time went on , sons ... English , or of a George Selwyn , which is sometimes hardly English at all . Elegance , at any rate , became capital ...
... English counterpart , and words like ton and gout soon acquired a scriptural im- portance . As time went on , sons ... English , or of a George Selwyn , which is sometimes hardly English at all . Elegance , at any rate , became capital ...
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