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| to press or beset solicitations; demand urgency or persistence |
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| extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc |
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| causing or being subject for grief or regret; lamentable |
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| the elements or first principles of a subject; a mere beginning, first sight appearance, an undeveloped imperfect form of something |
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| producing offspring/fruit/etc abundantly, in large quantities |
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Noun, security pledged for the payment of a loan.
Adjective, additional, confirming, accompanying; auxiliary |
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| respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc of another |
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| having or showing strict regard for what one considers right |
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| a strong feeling of dislike, ill will, or enmity to display itself in action |
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| producing or ability to produce a desired effect |
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| the state of being inclement (physically severe; severe in temper or action) |
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| feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
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| something that encumbers (impediment, burden); a claim against property |
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| ambitious of envious rivalry; ambition or endeavor to equal or excel other (as in achievement); imitation |
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| to ascertain the number of; to list something |
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| the act of propagating as: increase in numbers, spreading of a belief, or enlargement or extension in a solid body |
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| suitable for achieving a particular gain (circumstance); characterized by concern with what is opportune, especially by self-governed interest |
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| why did the Restoration era begin? |
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| 1660 - when the Stuart family returned from exile and reoccupies the British throne - starts with King Charles II |
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| what did people want in this era? |
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| what was wrong with James II and his son James III? |
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| they were Catholic, not Protestant. England didn't keep them as rulers. |
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| what was wrong with King George I and King George II |
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| they couldn't speak English; they were from Germany! so they ended up giving most of the power to Parliament (though king stays highly influential) |
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| who countries make up Great Britain? |
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England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland
(England being most important, Ireland being least) |
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| why was Ireland the least important of the 4 countries that make up Great Britain? |
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| England was a commercial country yet it wasn't abundant in natural resources. So instead they exploited Ireland and treated it like a colony only out for economic and monetary gain. This spawned a hate between the two. |
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| you know what you experience |
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| what is the seven classes in English hierarchy (1709) |
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Great
Rich
Middle Sort
Working Trades
Country People
Poor
Miserable |
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| minority of people who did not belong to the Anglican Church and were some of the greatest writers |
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| influenced by French classics; "wit" |
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| satire, concern for moral analysis |
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| Age of Johnson (literature) |
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| rise of the novel, actual life over imaginary worlds |
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| what ends the Restoration era? |
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| John Dryden's death in 1700 |
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| (who) brought French influence, (five things), to England |
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Charles's court writers
wit, elegance, literary tastes, strict order, and regularity |
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