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The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

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fulsome (en)

(adjective) characterized by abundance; copious / (adjective) generous in amount, extent, or spirit / (adjective) being full and well developed / (adjective) aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive / (adjective) exceeding the bounds of good taste; overdone / (adjective) excessively complimentary or flattering; effusive

592

Hence ‘history’ has dealt fairly with the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and fulsomely with Francis Place

always forget this

—p.592 An Army of Redressers (472) by E.P. Thompson
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Hence ‘history’ has dealt fairly with the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and fulsomely with Francis Place

always forget this

—p.592 An Army of Redressers (472) by E.P. Thompson
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welter (en)

(verb) writhe toss / (verb) wallow / (verb) to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves / (verb) to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved / (verb) to be in turmoil / (noun) a state of wild disorder; turmoil / (noun) a chaotic mass or jumble

647

when the Manchester movement was beginning to break up in a welter of personal disputes and warring factions

—p.647 Demagogues and Martyrs (603) by E.P. Thompson
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when the Manchester movement was beginning to break up in a welter of personal disputes and warring factions

—p.647 Demagogues and Martyrs (603) by E.P. Thompson
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salutary (en)

(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedial / (adjective) promoting health; curative

728

The touchstone can be seen during the field labourer’s ‘revolt’ in 1830, when The Times (Cobbett’s ‘BLOODY OLD TIMES’) led the demand for salutary examples to be made of the rioters

—p.728 Class Consciousness (711) by E.P. Thompson
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The touchstone can be seen during the field labourer’s ‘revolt’ in 1830, when The Times (Cobbett’s ‘BLOODY OLD TIMES’) led the demand for salutary examples to be made of the rioters

—p.728 Class Consciousness (711) by E.P. Thompson
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celerity (en)

(noun) rapidity of motion or action

780

The problem was to indoctrinate the youth in ‘habits of attention, celerity, and order’.

—p.780 Class Consciousness (711) by E.P. Thompson
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The problem was to indoctrinate the youth in ‘habits of attention, celerity, and order’.

—p.780 Class Consciousness (711) by E.P. Thompson
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chiliastic (en)

(adj) another term for millenarian (the religious doctrine of a thousand-year period of peace and prosperity)

787

The very rigour of his environmental and mechanical materialism meant that he must either despair or proclaim a secular chiliasm.

—p.787 Class Consciousness (711) by E.P. Thompson
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The very rigour of his environmental and mechanical materialism meant that he must either despair or proclaim a secular chiliasm.

—p.787 Class Consciousness (711) by E.P. Thompson
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