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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... road , the traveller entered a land of apples , hops and cherries . High two - wheeled carts drawn by oxen , bearing ... road for over a mile . Beyond the town , coast and road ran for a time within sight of one another , until from the ...
... road , the traveller entered a land of apples , hops and cherries . High two - wheeled carts drawn by oxen , bearing ... road for over a mile . Beyond the town , coast and road ran for a time within sight of one another , until from the ...
Page 20
... Road , miraculously reached York the same afternoon , where , after changing his clothes , he repaired to the bowling- green and , singling out the Lord Mayor , made a small wager with him on the fortunes of the game , being careful to ...
... Road , miraculously reached York the same afternoon , where , after changing his clothes , he repaired to the bowling- green and , singling out the Lord Mayor , made a small wager with him on the fortunes of the game , being careful to ...
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... roads were so bad , much of the heavier merchandise went by river . The wharves of Reading , Maidenhead and Hen- ley ... Road , " for his Majesty's most important service . Ride for your life . ” The chief drawback of the postal service ...
... roads were so bad , much of the heavier merchandise went by river . The wharves of Reading , Maidenhead and Hen- ley ... Road , " for his Majesty's most important service . Ride for your life . ” The chief drawback of the postal service ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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