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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... play , for " he that plays when he is a child will play when he is a man . ” If Wesley rejected worldly pleasure , he no less rejected worldly gain . A man must not even put aside , for pru- dence ' sake , a certain portion of his ...
... play , for " he that plays when he is a child will play when he is a man . ” If Wesley rejected worldly pleasure , he no less rejected worldly gain . A man must not even put aside , for pru- dence ' sake , a certain portion of his ...
Sivu 268
... play- wright . Not only had the public the right , upheld by law , to hiss ( as well as a less legal tendency to riot ) , but author - baiting had come to be a profession , and plays were cried down and killed off merely because play ...
... play- wright . Not only had the public the right , upheld by law , to hiss ( as well as a less legal tendency to riot ) , but author - baiting had come to be a profession , and plays were cried down and killed off merely because play ...
Sivu 269
... plays in coffee - houses , and it is clear that the press agent was infinitely more powerful than the drama critic . The ... play of 1760 was enriched by a harpsichord and a bookcase ! Stage lighting , which had been miserable , also ...
... plays in coffee - houses , and it is clear that the press agent was infinitely more powerful than the drama critic . The ... play of 1760 was enriched by a harpsichord and a bookcase ! Stage lighting , which had been miserable , also ...
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