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 133
... 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 finest limbs in the world , a ...
... 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 finest limbs in the world , a ...
Page 135
... Simond noted , instead of being left open 1 Lavengro , 36 , 319-20 ; Ashton , II , 220-1 ; Bamford , I , 30 , 71 , 94 , 107 , 132 , 211–12 , 214 ; II , 56–7 , 259 , 333 ; Clapham , I , 315–17 ; Cobbett , I , 17 , 43 , 53 , 81 ; De ...
... Simond noted , instead of being left open 1 Lavengro , 36 , 319-20 ; Ashton , II , 220-1 ; Bamford , I , 30 , 71 , 94 , 107 , 132 , 211–12 , 214 ; II , 56–7 , 259 , 333 ; Clapham , I , 315–17 ; Cobbett , I , 17 , 43 , 53 , 81 ; De ...
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... 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 Grecian temple as other people would a ...
... 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 Grecian temple as other people would a ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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