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... turned for preferment . Other gentlemen went into trade ; many merchants were men of power and wealth . The small landowners were very prosperous . Decreased fertility of the soil and the high prices for wool which prevailed until about ...
... turned for preferment . Other gentlemen went into trade ; many merchants were men of power and wealth . The small landowners were very prosperous . Decreased fertility of the soil and the high prices for wool which prevailed until about ...
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... turned to play - writing . His satires on Walpole were so effective that Walpole got the Licensing Act passed ( 1737 ) to stop them . Forced to seek other means of livelihood , Fielding turned to the study of law , became ( 1748 ) a ...
... turned to play - writing . His satires on Walpole were so effective that Walpole got the Licensing Act passed ( 1737 ) to stop them . Forced to seek other means of livelihood , Fielding turned to the study of law , became ( 1748 ) a ...
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... turned art from a form of snobbery into a secure inspiration . " Modern society , however , seemed to Ruskin neither III : 41-65 . great nor moral . He loved Gothic art and the middle ages . He hated the steam - engine and all it had ...
... turned art from a form of snobbery into a secure inspiration . " Modern society , however , seemed to Ruskin neither III : 41-65 . great nor moral . He loved Gothic art and the middle ages . He hated the steam - engine and all it had ...
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