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He did not believe that the forces working within the economic system were self - adjusting ; the severe economic depression following the Napoleonic Wars seemed to prove the contrary . “ The stagnation which has been so generally felt ...
He did not believe that the forces working within the economic system were self - adjusting ; the severe economic depression following the Napoleonic Wars seemed to prove the contrary . “ The stagnation which has been so generally felt ...
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To the governing classes the masses did indeed present a frightening spectacle both in numbers and the brutalised character of their lives . The dangers of revolution and untold destruction seemed very real . How could they be HAZLITT ...
To the governing classes the masses did indeed present a frightening spectacle both in numbers and the brutalised character of their lives . The dangers of revolution and untold destruction seemed very real . How could they be HAZLITT ...
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH : THE EVOLUTION OF A POET discord seemed unthinkable . ... The hopes that had been placed in European coalitions were three times thwarted , and for a time there seemed no alternative principle upon which to rely .
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH : THE EVOLUTION OF A POET discord seemed unthinkable . ... The hopes that had been placed in European coalitions were three times thwarted , and for a time there seemed no alternative principle upon which to rely .
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Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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