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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Page 49
But when his ” temper was not aroused , the typical squire , like Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley , was good humoured and friendly : the kind of man who saluted everyone who passed him with a good morrow or good night and , “ when he ...
But when his ” temper was not aroused , the typical squire , like Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley , was good humoured and friendly : the kind of man who saluted everyone who passed him with a good morrow or good night and , “ when he ...
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To him and his kind , defying the sombre black of the encroaching towns , that landscape owed at least a part of its enchantment . The lovely primary colours of the English past that to - day only survive in the dress uniform of the ...
To him and his kind , defying the sombre black of the encroaching towns , that landscape owed at least a part of its enchantment . The lovely primary colours of the English past that to - day only survive in the dress uniform of the ...
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It was often of a vulgar , garish , sodden kind : there was much drunkenness and often a good deal of brutality . But at its core was an invincible love of good fare and of sport . In Lancashire and the West Riding , gala days , wakes ...
It was often of a vulgar , garish , sodden kind : there was much drunkenness and often a good deal of brutality . But at its core was an invincible love of good fare and of sport . In Lancashire and the West Riding , gala days , wakes ...
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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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