An introductory history of England . Ml WOMILB. London; John Murray, .Albemarle St. Stanford* AN INTRODUCTORYHISTORY OF ENGLAND 1660—1792 CHAPTER ITHE RESTORATION Mr. Green has well said that the entry of Charles London marks the commencement of the life ofModern England, the life which we live and know. TheAge of Heroics is over, and the Age of Common Sensebegins. Our habits of thought and speech becomeattuned to this ; we become apt to speak slightingly ofgreat things, though we may not always feel indifferentto them. The ways of society become modern; thearistocr
An introductory history of England . Ml WOMILB. London; John Murray, .Albemarle St. Stanford* AN INTRODUCTORYHISTORY OF ENGLAND 1660—1792 CHAPTER ITHE RESTORATION Mr. Green has well said that the entry of Charles London marks the commencement of the life ofModern England, the life which we live and know. TheAge of Heroics is over, and the Age of Common Sensebegins. Our habits of thought and speech becomeattuned to this ; we become apt to speak slightingly ofgreat things, though we may not always feel indifferentto them. The ways of society become modern; thearistocracy is less strenuous, the middle classes lesseducated, the lower classes more unrestful, the boundariesbetween classes more sharply defined. Internally thereare fewer great quarrels, many more little are no more great Kings ; the nearest approachto a great King is a foreigner. In Parliament Party isin a fair way to become faction, and, before the Age ofCommon Sense gives way to the (present) Age of Hysterics,it has become faintroductoryhis03flet
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