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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The common people , ” observed an astonished foreigner , “ enjoy a liberty which is incredible , every man following that religion and those rites which most suit his fancy . " Yet the followers of all these varied creeds had two things ...
The common people , ” observed an astonished foreigner , “ enjoy a liberty which is incredible , every man following that religion and those rites which most suit his fancy . " Yet the followers of all these varied creeds had two things ...
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At East Burnham , until the sabbatarians stopped it , the common every Sunday afternoon “ presented a lively and pleasing aspect , dotted with parties of cheerful lookers - on , with many women , children and old persons .
At East Burnham , until the sabbatarians stopped it , the common every Sunday afternoon “ presented a lively and pleasing aspect , dotted with parties of cheerful lookers - on , with many women , children and old persons .
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Even the queen's apartments at Buckingham Palace were ventilated through the common sewer : and a mysterious outbreak of fever in Westminster cloisters led to the discovery of a mass of old cesspools from which 500 cartloads of filth ...
Even the queen's apartments at Buckingham Palace were ventilated through the common sewer : and a mysterious outbreak of fever in Westminster cloisters led to the discovery of a mass of old cesspools from which 500 cartloads of filth ...
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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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