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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under the pseudonym of Robinson and carried a copy of Arthur Young's Farmer's Letters on all his journeys - to Parson Woodforde , who recorded daily his horticultural activities and observations on the weather , the pursuit of husbandry ...
under the pseudonym of Robinson and carried a copy of Arthur Young's Farmer's Letters on all his journeys - to Parson Woodforde , who recorded daily his horticultural activities and observations on the weather , the pursuit of husbandry ...
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1 *事 Year in , year out , the ships of maritime Britain carried her trade abroad , sailing from her estuaries under great wings of white sails , with manufactured cottons , woollens , hardware and cutlery , guns , wrought copper and ...
1 *事 Year in , year out , the ships of maritime Britain carried her trade abroad , sailing from her estuaries under great wings of white sails , with manufactured cottons , woollens , hardware and cutlery , guns , wrought copper and ...
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In May , at the Furry Festival at Helston , any person who would not join the dance and remained at work was set astride a pole and carried to the river there to leap or compound in cash : " Where are those Spaniards That made so great ...
In May , at the Furry Festival at Helston , any person who would not join the dance and remained at work was set astride a pole and carried to the river there to leap or compound in cash : " Where are those Spaniards That made so great ...
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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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