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 53
... living conditions and , in the average decent Christian home , the affections of those for whom they worked . So did the day labourers who slept in their own cottages but worked on the land of their better - to - do neighbours and took ...
... living conditions and , in the average decent Christian home , the affections of those for whom they worked . So did the day labourers who slept in their own cottages but worked on the land of their better - to - do neighbours and took ...
Page 114
... living upon his trade relies , Were it not for the ploughman both rich and poor would rue , For we are all dependent upon the painful plough . ' Often such songs , with their scope for character , would be acted , some elder piping up ...
... living upon his trade relies , Were it not for the ploughman both rich and poor would rue , For we are all dependent upon the painful plough . ' Often such songs , with their scope for character , would be acted , some elder piping up ...
Page 278
... living from the country to the town , and with their new wealth , were the better able to gratify it . They loved to take the summer steamer to Blackwall or Greenwich and dine in Lovegrove's great room or at the “ Ship " or " Trafalgar ...
... living from the country to the town , and with their new wealth , were the better able to gratify it . They loved to take the summer steamer to Blackwall or Greenwich and dine in Lovegrove's great room or at the “ Ship " or " Trafalgar ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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