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... least these boroughs reflected in their electorate something of the growing importance of business in national life . Johnson's friend Thrale , a brewer , was MP from 1765 to 1780 for Southwark , a constituency which had long chosen men ...
... least these boroughs reflected in their electorate something of the growing importance of business in national life . Johnson's friend Thrale , a brewer , was MP from 1765 to 1780 for Southwark , a constituency which had long chosen men ...
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... least he is given the dignity of a key role . One might say that it is through these changes in the dramatis personae of art that social development first articulates itself ; later , and more diffusely , comparable evolutions make ...
... least he is given the dignity of a key role . One might say that it is through these changes in the dramatis personae of art that social development first articulates itself ; later , and more diffusely , comparable evolutions make ...
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... least as plausible on average . More important , Johnson wrote some of the best explanatory notes ever annexed to the plays . Not the least of their merits are the spirited retorts to previous commentators . Secondly , Johnson provided ...
... least as plausible on average . More important , Johnson wrote some of the best explanatory notes ever annexed to the plays . Not the least of their merits are the spirited retorts to previous commentators . Secondly , Johnson provided ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Landscape of the Age | 5 |
The Shape of Society | 7 |
Copyright | |
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