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 27
... horses of the capital required . " Now for the stables , " wrote a London friend to Buckinghamshire Sir Ralph Verney , " I have my choice of two . One is in Magpie Yard . There is a pond on the yard to wash the horses in and very good ...
... horses of the capital required . " Now for the stables , " wrote a London friend to Buckinghamshire Sir Ralph Verney , " I have my choice of two . One is in Magpie Yard . There is a pond on the yard to wash the horses in and very good ...
Page 66
... horse was the surest medium . Post - horses could be hired from the Government postmasters along the main roads at threepence a mile , with an extra fourpence for the guide at each stage . But , though a single man riding post might ...
... horse was the surest medium . Post - horses could be hired from the Government postmasters along the main roads at threepence a mile , with an extra fourpence for the guide at each stage . But , though a single man riding post might ...
Page 67
... horses and inns went together , he was generally something of a jockey , and , like good Mr. Hunt of the " Three Cranes , " Doncaster , was fond of talking horses . And with good fare for mind and body , it mattered little if an odd ...
... horses and inns went together , he was generally something of a jockey , and , like good Mr. Hunt of the " Three Cranes , " Doncaster , was fond of talking horses . And with good fare for mind and body , it mattered little if an odd ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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