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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... lacked solidity , conviction , character , all the ele- ments which make a public man great instead of brilliant . ” He lacked , indeed , what his times lacked , and shared in what they might choose to boast of . At bottom , however ...
... lacked solidity , conviction , character , all the ele- ments which make a public man great instead of brilliant . ” He lacked , indeed , what his times lacked , and shared in what they might choose to boast of . At bottom , however ...
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... lacked Burke's insight and Pitt's integrity ; he lacked a certain moral stamina , even a certain common sense . But his career is saved because , even if we ascribe the worst motives to his best performances ( which it is not safe to do ) ...
... lacked Burke's insight and Pitt's integrity ; he lacked a certain moral stamina , even a certain common sense . But his career is saved because , even if we ascribe the worst motives to his best performances ( which it is not safe to do ) ...
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... lacked the ability to bring them off . During the later stages he unfortunately lacked the inclination : once the shadow of revolution fell across Europe , Pitt sounded a retreat ; progress was sacrificed to Pitt's conception of duty ...
... lacked the ability to bring them off . During the later stages he unfortunately lacked the inclination : once the shadow of revolution fell across Europe , Pitt sounded a retreat ; progress was sacrificed to Pitt's conception of duty ...
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