Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
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... king , her father , or lose the hero , her lover , whilst her attendant is only concerned lest she should entangle her feet in her petticoat . We are told that an ancient tragic poet , to move the pity of his audience for his exiled kings ...
... king , her father , or lose the hero , her lover , whilst her attendant is only concerned lest she should entangle her feet in her petticoat . We are told that an ancient tragic poet , to move the pity of his audience for his exiled kings ...
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... king does not exclude a man from such society . Great kings have al- ways been social . The King of Prussia , the only great king at pres- ent , is very social . Charles the Second , the last King of England who was a man of parts , was ...
... king does not exclude a man from such society . Great kings have al- ways been social . The King of Prussia , the only great king at pres- ent , is very social . Charles the Second , the last King of England who was a man of parts , was ...
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... kings from fear , freed both kings and subjects from the precautions of tyranny , shall be extinct in the minds of men , plots and assassinations will be anticipated by preventive murder and preventive confiscation and that long roll of ...
... kings from fear , freed both kings and subjects from the precautions of tyranny , shall be extinct in the minds of men , plots and assassinations will be anticipated by preventive murder and preventive confiscation and that long roll of ...
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Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
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