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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... French tongue ; a little Music , on the Harpsichord or Spinet ; to read , write and cast accounts in a small way " -nothing else . Such an edu- cation , plainly , could only qualify them to speak as vapidly in French as they did in ...
... French tongue ; a little Music , on the Harpsichord or Spinet ; to read , write and cast accounts in a small way " -nothing else . Such an edu- cation , plainly , could only qualify them to speak as vapidly in French as they did in ...
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... French aggressive warfare , the rise of a military dictator . It all came true and , thanks to Burke , England escaped with almost nothing of it . There are men whose conduct history must morally in- dict ; there are others whose ...
... French aggressive warfare , the rise of a military dictator . It all came true and , thanks to Burke , England escaped with almost nothing of it . There are men whose conduct history must morally in- dict ; there are others whose ...
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... French Revolution produced a crisis in English life , but it first produced a schism among the Whigs . It brought out everything latent in the opposition's two great leaders : everything reactionary in Burke , everything liberal ...
... French Revolution produced a crisis in English life , but it first produced a schism among the Whigs . It brought out everything latent in the opposition's two great leaders : everything reactionary in Burke , everything liberal ...
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