The Poetry of Conservatism, 1600-1745: A Study of Poets and Public Affairs from Jonson to PopeRivers Press Limited, 1973 - 279 páginas |
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... court and country , and that it was only the selfish recalcitrance of the gentry that prevented the harmonious realisation of this unity . But these proclamations and the policy of forcing the gentry to fulfil their local functions are ...
... court and country , and that it was only the selfish recalcitrance of the gentry that prevented the harmonious realisation of this unity . But these proclamations and the policy of forcing the gentry to fulfil their local functions are ...
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... court represents the summit of national achievement , it is a unifying symbol of political greatness and national wealth ; in practice such ostentation is often seen as a drain on the nation's resources , and the court as an excrescence ...
... court represents the summit of national achievement , it is a unifying symbol of political greatness and national wealth ; in practice such ostentation is often seen as a drain on the nation's resources , and the court as an excrescence ...
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... court and country . But the tone in these poems is rarely so simple ; their harmony is precarious , threatened . Almost always the country house and the values it embodies are set as an ideal against dis- ordered reality , usually ...
... court and country . But the tone in these poems is rarely so simple ; their harmony is precarious , threatened . Almost always the country house and the values it embodies are set as an ideal against dis- ordered reality , usually ...
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Chapter | 1 |
THE NATURE OF ARISTOCRACY | 21 |
POETS AND REVOLUTION | 73 |
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