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… of aristocratic officeholders dispensing sinecures, licences, honours, and other jobs – for example, populating various European embassies and Irish colonial offices – rather than direct financial support. Six of Vanbrugh’s main …
… peasants, without acknowledging the existence of their distinct culture, neither entirely African nor entirely European. 18 14 . The surveys can be compared to modern opinion polls: ‘The following queries were sent by Mr. …
… Gutenberg EBook April 4, 2010 [EBook #31879]), ch.XLVIII. 16 . Her fame was international as her works circulated in Europe, with the translation of The Cheap Repository Tracts into Italian. 17 . Hannah More’s Will, The National Archives, …