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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... Pope himself was patronized , first as a means of cozening Swift at a time when Swift was in- valuable to the Tories , and second as a means of tempting Pope into the Tory camp . And in the final reckoning , these men who rose by the ...
... Pope himself was patronized , first as a means of cozening Swift at a time when Swift was in- valuable to the Tories , and second as a means of tempting Pope into the Tory camp . And in the final reckoning , these men who rose by the ...
Sivu 124
... Pope's " Atticus , " who was also a Secretary of State and the husband of a countess and a renowned writer , played his cards well . He learned wisdom and applied it— applied it so skilfully that it passed for virtue also . It may be ...
... Pope's " Atticus , " who was also a Secretary of State and the husband of a countess and a renowned writer , played his cards well . He learned wisdom and applied it— applied it so skilfully that it passed for virtue also . It may be ...
Sivu 127
... Pope had to be helped in and out of grotesque clothes , and always required a servant within call . ) In character Proust had little in common with Pope , but in temperament he had a great deal . But Proust lived in an age when that ...
... Pope had to be helped in and out of grotesque clothes , and always required a servant within call . ) In character Proust had little in common with Pope , but in temperament he had a great deal . But Proust lived in an age when that ...
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