Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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Page 132
... Howitt recalled , " were heaped with loads of viands of the best quality and highest price ; their houses were crowded with furniture , . . . publicans and keepers of tea - gardens made fortunes . " Though the peasants in the south ...
... Howitt recalled , " were heaped with loads of viands of the best quality and highest price ; their houses were crowded with furniture , . . . publicans and keepers of tea - gardens made fortunes . " Though the peasants in the south ...
Page 136
... Howitt 107 , 131–3 , 202–3 ; Ann . Reg . 1816 , Chron . III ; Ashton II 220–1 ; Bamford I 43 , 94 , 99 , 209–11 , 214 , 219 ; II 33 , 68–9 , 260 , 331 , 333 ; Bury I 242 , 245 , 263 ; II 15 ; Clapham I 28–9 , 32–3 , 36-7 , 230 ; Cobbett ...
... Howitt 107 , 131–3 , 202–3 ; Ann . Reg . 1816 , Chron . III ; Ashton II 220–1 ; Bamford I 43 , 94 , 99 , 209–11 , 214 , 219 ; II 33 , 68–9 , 260 , 331 , 333 ; Bury I 242 , 245 , 263 ; II 15 ; Clapham I 28–9 , 32–3 , 36-7 , 230 ; Cobbett ...
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... Howitt . W. Howitt , The Boy's Country Book . 1839 . Jekyll and Jones . J. Jekyll and S. R. Jones , Old English Household Life . 1939 . Johnny Newcome . The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome ( 1904 ed . ) . Jusserand . J. J. ...
... Howitt . W. Howitt , The Boy's Country Book . 1839 . Jekyll and Jones . J. Jekyll and S. R. Jones , Old English Household Life . 1939 . Johnny Newcome . The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome ( 1904 ed . ) . Jusserand . J. J. ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
The Yellow Streak | 167 |
The Naked and Outcast | 193 |
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