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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For where London had once encroached it never receded . Yet the old divisions remained . The new houses rose on the same lines as the old , the strength of the foundations and walls undestroyed by the fire making it difficult for them ...
For where London had once encroached it never receded . Yet the old divisions remained . The new houses rose on the same lines as the old , the strength of the foundations and walls undestroyed by the fire making it difficult for them ...
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To those impatient of delay and waste of human effort it could be very irritating ; Wellington once remarked that he brushed his own clothes and regretted that he had not time to clean his boots , for the presence of a crowd of idle ...
To those impatient of delay and waste of human effort it could be very irritating ; Wellington once remarked that he brushed his own clothes and regretted that he had not time to clean his boots , for the presence of a crowd of idle ...
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CHAPTER 8 The Naked and Outcast IN SPITALFIELDS , once a village of pleasant gardened houses built by Huguenot silk - weavers , one saw the reverse of the London of elegance and splendour that the free institutions and the vigorous ...
CHAPTER 8 The Naked and Outcast IN SPITALFIELDS , once a village of pleasant gardened houses built by Huguenot silk - weavers , one saw the reverse of the London of elegance and splendour that the free institutions and the vigorous ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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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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