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 condition of the two islands was thus dissimilar : the one a closely - knit commonwealth pursuing its own interest , the other a dependency garrisoned by a ruling caste , foreign in religion and mainly so in race .
The condition of the two islands was thus dissimilar : the one a closely - knit commonwealth pursuing its own interest , the other a dependency garrisoned by a ruling caste , foreign in religion and mainly so in race .
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benefit from all this prosperity - tended to be small and rather pale , suggesting to one foreign observer that , for all their neat appearance , they were better dressed than fed , there was about the race an unmistakable air of health ...
benefit from all this prosperity - tended to be small and rather pale , suggesting to one foreign observer that , for all their neat appearance , they were better dressed than fed , there was about the race an unmistakable air of health ...
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... which comprised a great readiness to criticise , a strong sense of self - righteousness , a very real respect for integrity and sound moral conduct , and an unreasoning distrust of the Pope and of all foreign fal - lals .
... which comprised a great readiness to criticise , a strong sense of self - righteousness , a very real respect for integrity and sound moral conduct , and an unreasoning distrust of the Pope and of all foreign fal - lals .
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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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