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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And behind each house , which was thus in itself a small castle , were gardens and meadows ; for rus in urbe was the English rule.l Leaving Canterbury on the Faversham road , the traveller entered a land of apples , hops and cherries .
And behind each house , which was thus in itself a small castle , were gardens and meadows ; for rus in urbe was the English rule.l Leaving Canterbury on the Faversham road , the traveller entered a land of apples , hops and cherries .
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An hour later he was mounted again and , galloping up the Great North Road , miraculously reached York the same afternoon , where , after changing his clothes , he repaired to the bowlinggreen and , singling out the Lord Mayor , made a ...
An hour later he was mounted again and , galloping up the Great North Road , miraculously reached York the same afternoon , where , after changing his clothes , he repaired to the bowlinggreen and , singling out the Lord Mayor , made a ...
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Since the roads were so bad , much of the heavier merchandise went by river . The wharves of Reading , Maidenhead and Henley shipped Berkshire and Oxfordshire malt and meal on to barges which fed London , taking in return oils ...
Since the roads were so bad , much of the heavier merchandise went by river . The wharves of Reading , Maidenhead and Henley shipped Berkshire and Oxfordshire malt and meal on to barges which fed London , taking in return oils ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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