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Page 145
... Colonel Jack draws upon and addresses issues discussed in his nonfiction . William McBurney and others have pointed out similarities between Colonel Jack and such books as The Complete English Gentleman , The Family Instructor , and Of ...
... Colonel Jack draws upon and addresses issues discussed in his nonfiction . William McBurney and others have pointed out similarities between Colonel Jack and such books as The Complete English Gentleman , The Family Instructor , and Of ...
Page 147
... Jack notes that men have no chance for employment except in the military , and we see no signs of an apprenticeship ... Colonel Jack is closer to our idea of the novel partly because Jack was far less typical than the Cavalier or ...
... Jack notes that men have no chance for employment except in the military , and we see no signs of an apprenticeship ... Colonel Jack is closer to our idea of the novel partly because Jack was far less typical than the Cavalier or ...
Page 151
... Colonel Jack faith- fully captures the social flux of the time . Even the lack of moral standards and the bizarre pasts of his wives portray a more complex and disrupted world . The ambitious , opportunistic , confident spirit of the ...
... Colonel Jack faith- fully captures the social flux of the time . Even the lack of moral standards and the bizarre pasts of his wives portray a more complex and disrupted world . The ambitious , opportunistic , confident spirit of the ...
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