Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... English poetry . The other surviving undergraduate verses ascribed to Rochester are a Latin and an English poem on the death of Charles II's sister , the Princess of Orange . Whitehall probably had a hand in these too , and he may have ...
... English poetry . The other surviving undergraduate verses ascribed to Rochester are a Latin and an English poem on the death of Charles II's sister , the Princess of Orange . Whitehall probably had a hand in these too , and he may have ...
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... English gentlemen of his age secure in their wealth and their traditional social position ? But it happened that Lord Rochester was rather different from the other English gentlemen . There was something growing up in his mind that made ...
... English gentlemen of his age secure in their wealth and their traditional social position ? But it happened that Lord Rochester was rather different from the other English gentlemen . There was something growing up in his mind that made ...
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... English gentlemen at the Opera in Paris , when Cavendish was attacked by several drunken French officers , and was only saved by being thrown off the stage , where he was standing , into the pit by a servant of Montagu , the English ...
... English gentlemen at the Opera in Paris , when Cavendish was attacked by several drunken French officers , and was only saved by being thrown off the stage , where he was standing , into the pit by a servant of Montagu , the English ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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