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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... society women , both among themselves and in mixed company , was — as is well known - extremely free . There is no reason , indeed , for calling it anything other than foul - mouthed . Lady Mary , who though a coarse was not a vulgar ...
... society women , both among themselves and in mixed company , was — as is well known - extremely free . There is no reason , indeed , for calling it anything other than foul - mouthed . Lady Mary , who though a coarse was not a vulgar ...
Sivu 113
... society acknowledged their im- portance as much as they acknowledged society's . If Pope at his Twickenham villa cherished an invitation to Hamp- ton Court , visitors at court delighted equally in going to Twickenham . The result , for ...
... society acknowledged their im- portance as much as they acknowledged society's . If Pope at his Twickenham villa cherished an invitation to Hamp- ton Court , visitors at court delighted equally in going to Twickenham . The result , for ...
Sivu 238
... society : Addison , Steele , Pope , Prior , Gay . A Duke of Shrewsbury might stand on his dignity and refuse to ... society , they were not taken up as wits , and the mid- century wit was a special product of society itself - some- one ...
... society : Addison , Steele , Pope , Prior , Gay . A Duke of Shrewsbury might stand on his dignity and refuse to ... society , they were not taken up as wits , and the mid- century wit was a special product of society itself - some- one ...
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