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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... George I and George II , who had no sense of style , no turn for elegance , were undeceived by the blandishments of such things . When Walpole wisely urged the first George to receive the repatriated Bolingbroke and listen to his high ...
... George I and George II , who had no sense of style , no turn for elegance , were undeceived by the blandishments of such things . When Walpole wisely urged the first George to receive the repatriated Bolingbroke and listen to his high ...
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... George had been despoiled of all else , he found a final weapon . He went periodically mad , and in his saner moments realized how scared the nation was of driving him mad again . George II was never a comedy figure . He was a very ...
... George had been despoiled of all else , he found a final weapon . He went periodically mad , and in his saner moments realized how scared the nation was of driving him mad again . George II was never a comedy figure . He was a very ...
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... George III had scarcely more feeling than George II or George I , though a trifle more respect . Like most Hanoverians , he really liked music , particularly Han- del . He founded the Royal Academy and wanted to found a literary ...
... George III had scarcely more feeling than George II or George I , though a trifle more respect . Like most Hanoverians , he really liked music , particularly Han- del . He founded the Royal Academy and wanted to found a literary ...
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