10 QUOTES WITH «ARISTOCRATIC»
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aristocratic.
Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Slavery is malignantly aristocratic.
I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image.
Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.
The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the street scene of an old aristocratic kind of man.
I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world.
Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARISTOCRATIC»
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Aristocratic Women in Medieval France
"This elegantly written volume turns upside down prejudices and idées reçues concerning society, family, and women in the Middle Ages."—The Medieval Review
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Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550: Marriage and Family, ...
This groundbreaking study argues that the roles of aristocratic women in early modern England constituted careers that had as much public and political significance, and were as crucial for the survival and prosperity of their families and ...
Barbara Jean Harris, 2002
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Aristocratic Liberalism: The Social and Political Thought of ...
Aristocratic Liberalism will be valuable to students of history, political science, sociology, and political philosophy. Alan Kahan is associate professor of history at Florida International University.
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Aristocratic Women, 1450-1550 : Marriage and Family, ...
By recognizing the full significance of the aristocratic women's careers, this book reinterprets the politics and gender relations of early modern England.
Barbara J. Harris Professor of History and Women's Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
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The
Aristocratic Ideal and Selected Papers
The reissue of Donlan's 1980 seminal work, The Aristocratical Ideal in Ancient Greece, is long overdue. It is paired here with Donlan's later writings, which span the years 1970-1994.
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John Milton's
Aristocratic Entertainments
This book is the first comprehensive account of Milton's two aristocratic entertainments.
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Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on ...
This work is a social history of the bureaucracy of the Ballhausplatz primarily in the decade leading up to 1914, though it provides a thorough overview of the service during the entire Dualist period.
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Women and
Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World
In Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World, Valerie L. Garver offers a fresh appraisal of the cultural and social history of eighth- and ninth-century women.
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Aristocratic Encounters: European Travelers and North ...
European aristocrats visiting North America developed an affinity with the warrior elites of Indian societies.
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Aristocratic Century: The Peerage of Eighteenth-Century England
Since the work of Butterfield and Namier in the 1930s, it has commonly been said that eighteenth-century England appears atomised, left with no overall interpretation.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARISTOCRATIC»
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Poem of the week: The Silver Swan by Anon
As mysterious as the object of her final scorn is the symbolic identity of the Silver Swan. A finely dressed aristocratic lady, seduced or raped? «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Welcome to Castle Asparagus, Where an Iran Deal May Be Forged
In an ironic twist, nuclear talks with Iran are taking place above an ancient gunpowder depot: a former aristocratic abode known as “Castle ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
London Symphony Orchestra/Rattle, Barbican, London — review
His playing had great power, but also an aristocratic poise to the balancing of chords, a clarity in inner parts. Zimerman does not attack the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
Christie Cabinet officers running for the doors | Quigley
He was charming and competent but his aristocratic background made it difficult for him to understand the real impact of budget cuts. The latest ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
Londoner's Diary: Damien Hirst's opening could be a bitter pill for …
“My parents came from an aristocratic background,” Corinna explained, “so it never occurred to them to be anything else but Tory. At college I ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
Bring on the dancing horses
Aristocratic white equine heads appear at a number of half stable doors with ears erect and eyes taking in all the curious antics of the human ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Top 10 fashion items that changed the world from the bikini to the …
Did you know that high heels were originally meant for aristocratic men to show their wealth? Men wearing heels will look really odd and will ... «India.com, Jul 15»
Spy: The Bachelor's awkward birthday reunion
Jumping in her red, white and blue 80s swimsuit, Kim Crossman celebrates the patriarchy of aristocratic, slave-owning white men who didn't ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
'Outlander' season 2 spoilers: Jamie, Claire off to France; season to …
Calling Paris a "completely different world," the EP said it took a great deal of effort to have Jamie and Claire fit in the "aristocratic world" of the ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
Helen Flanagan shows off baby Matilda's stylish nursery gear on …
Leopold. This aristocratic boy's name - meaning 'brave people' - is an interesting Germanic one. Think 'Leo' for short! «Closer, Jul 15»
