William Blackstone: Law and Letters in the Eighteenth Century

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Law and Letters in the Eighteenth Century Wilfrid Prest, Wilfrid R. Prest ... 107, 134, 141, 161, 273, 289, 310 moroseness 140, 272 perfectionism 83 priggishness 61 propriety, concern for 134, 273–5, 284 punctuality 213,310 response to critics 152–3, 159, 162, 175, 247–50, 252–3, 295 self-confidence 72 –3 sense of humour 114, 210, 278 sensitivity to slights 23–4, 141, 145,191–2, 198, 311 sexuality 49–50, 140 sternness 7, 41,265–6, 273, 276–7 uxoriousness 179–80, 208–9, 277–9, ...