'Make' causative takes bare infinitive: make + object + base verb. 'listen' is correct.
Chronological order: Restoration (1660-1700) Augustan (1700-1745) Victorian (1837-1901) Georgian (1910-1936). Georgian is latest.
Samuel Johnson published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755.
'All of whom' = non-restrictive relative clause. 'Whom' refers to 'three sons' as object of 'of'.
Simple present passive: am/is/are + past participle. 'By people' omitted as it is obvious.
'Intrepid' = resolutely fearless or dauntless.
'Bottom line' idiom = the most important or fundamental point.
'Plurality' in ecclesiastical/political context = holding more than one office simultaneously.
'Pediatrics' = medical care of infants children and adolescents.
'Bootleg' = to make or distribute something (especially alcohol or recordings) illegally.
British English: 'at the weekend'. American English: 'on the weekend'. 'At' is preferred.
'Too + adjective + to + verb' has negative implication. So clever he would NOT miss the point.
Poet Laureate = official court poet appointed by the British monarch.
Comedy of Humours based on ancient Greek medical theory of four humours (blood phlegm bile).
William Blake was a great Romantic poet AND visual artist/painter.
'Incredible' = impossible to believe. Synonym: 'Unbelievable'.
'Famous' = widely known. Antonym: 'Obscure' = not known to many.
A plebiscite = direct vote by the electorate on a political question.
From Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'.
'Archipelago' = a chain or cluster of islands.