Set in a Silver SeaA 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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... 64 , 121 ; Granville II , 456–7 , 458 ; Grattan , 327–8 ; Gronow , II , 87 ; Keats , Letters , 6th July , 1818 ; Lavengro 57-9 ; Lockhart , V , 179 ; Nevill , 56– 60 ; Newton , 193 ; Peel , I , 206–7 , 231 , 236–7 ; Simond , I , 65 ...
... 64 , 121 ; Granville II , 456–7 , 458 ; Grattan , 327–8 ; Gronow , II , 87 ; Keats , Letters , 6th July , 1818 ; Lavengro 57-9 ; Lockhart , V , 179 ; Nevill , 56– 60 ; Newton , 193 ; Peel , I , 206–7 , 231 , 236–7 ; Simond , I , 65 ...
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The country lasses whom Louis Simond saw as he travelled through Lancashire had rosy cheeks , cherry lips , fine shapes and arms red as apples . The carpenter's daughter in Our Village was “ of square , sturdy , upright form with the ...
The country lasses whom Louis Simond saw as he travelled through Lancashire had rosy cheeks , cherry lips , fine shapes and arms red as apples . The carpenter's daughter in Our Village was “ of square , sturdy , upright form with the ...
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“ There is not a classical nook , " wrote Simond , “ unexplored by these restless wanderers — they dispute with each other for the remains of Greece and Egypt , purchase antique marbles for their weight in gold , pack up and ship home a ...
“ There is not a classical nook , " wrote Simond , “ unexplored by these restless wanderers — they dispute with each other for the remains of Greece and Egypt , purchase antique marbles for their weight in gold , pack up and ship home a ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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| Title | Set in a Silver Sea Anchor A680 Volume 680 of Anchor books Doubleday anchor books English social history |
| Author | Arthur Bryant |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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