A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
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Hardin Craig. Two THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD 1. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THE Revolution of 1688 was more than a political event ; it was so complex and profound , both in its causes and its consequences , that it must be viewed as a ...
Hardin Craig. Two THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD 1. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THE Revolution of 1688 was more than a political event ; it was so complex and profound , both in its causes and its consequences , that it must be viewed as a ...
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... political wisdom . His own deepest convic- tions contradicted at every point the doctrines of the philosophical revolution- aries , who constructed hasty ' paper constitutions ' for a perfect or perfectible humanity . In his estimate of ...
... political wisdom . His own deepest convic- tions contradicted at every point the doctrines of the philosophical revolution- aries , who constructed hasty ' paper constitutions ' for a perfect or perfectible humanity . In his estimate of ...
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... political tendencies of English economists . The classical school stemming from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) , and most notably represented in David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy and Taxation ( 1817 ) and ...
... political tendencies of English economists . The classical school stemming from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) , and most notably represented in David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy and Taxation ( 1817 ) and ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 1 The Temper of the Middle Ages | 3 |
The AngloSaxons | 5 |
Some Fundamental Facts Relating to Old English Literature | 8 |
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