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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Given permanence by an alliance between the Whig nobility and the City merchants and bankers , the Revolution of 1688 placed a Dutch , and later a German prince , on the throne , but gave the controlling direction of the kingdom to the ...
Given permanence by an alliance between the Whig nobility and the City merchants and bankers , the Revolution of 1688 placed a Dutch , and later a German prince , on the throne , but gave the controlling direction of the kingdom to the ...
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... though no theologian , he loved any religion that gave men plenty to eat and drink . In this he spoke for his country . The English ate as though eating were an act of grace ; the very sick were prescribed beefsteaks and port .
... though no theologian , he loved any religion that gave men plenty to eat and drink . In this he spoke for his country . The English ate as though eating were an act of grace ; the very sick were prescribed beefsteaks and port .
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In this instance the woman of the house told me she had never been well since she came to it , and the only reason she gave for her living in it was , the house was 6d . a week cheaper than others free from the nuisance .
In this instance the woman of the house told me she had never been well since she came to it , and the only reason she gave for her living in it was , the house was 6d . a week cheaper than others free from the nuisance .
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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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