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 169
... hand , taught his son - in - law his youthful expedient of sinking his wine into a well in the morning and hauling it up as his guests arrived for dinner . Frugality was the handmaid of industry ; the possession of property , saved or ...
... hand , taught his son - in - law his youthful expedient of sinking his wine into a well in the morning and hauling it up as his guests arrived for dinner . Frugality was the handmaid of industry ; the possession of property , saved or ...
Page 202
... hand - in - hand . In the vicinity of an inexhaustible supply of coals in South Wales the mouldering remains of Neath Abbey were populated by the families of the workmen employed in the neigh- bouring copper - smelting works . Obsession ...
... hand - in - hand . In the vicinity of an inexhaustible supply of coals in South Wales the mouldering remains of Neath Abbey were populated by the families of the workmen employed in the neigh- bouring copper - smelting works . Obsession ...
Page 284
... hand in hand , as , amid a strong flavour of gin , corduroy and tobacco smoke , the rough audience joined in the chorus of the latest music - hall ditty . On Saturday night , after the workman's weekly pay had been taken , it was a ...
... hand in hand , as , amid a strong flavour of gin , corduroy and tobacco smoke , the rough audience joined in the chorus of the latest music - hall ditty . On Saturday night , after the workman's weekly pay had been taken , it was a ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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