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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... London for encouragement and support ; and if London seemed displeased , Parliament grew concerned . On more than one occasion the City threatened to cause trouble , either by forcing Parliament's hand or by paralysing it . At Anne's ...
... London for encouragement and support ; and if London seemed displeased , Parliament grew concerned . On more than one occasion the City threatened to cause trouble , either by forcing Parliament's hand or by paralysing it . At Anne's ...
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... London of a joy in speculation , it increased its itch for gaming . What had been an upper - class became more and more of a national disease . There were other ways in which London amused itself -the pleasure haunts of Vauxhall and ...
... London of a joy in speculation , it increased its itch for gaming . What had been an upper - class became more and more of a national disease . There were other ways in which London amused itself -the pleasure haunts of Vauxhall and ...
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... London workhouses was inadequate to the problem of the London poor . As the century advanced , an increase in private philanthropy did something to mitigate the problem : five great hospitals were founded in London by 1750 , and ...
... London workhouses was inadequate to the problem of the London poor . As the century advanced , an increase in private philanthropy did something to mitigate the problem : five great hospitals were founded in London by 1750 , and ...
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