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 157
... social duties with the same calm and dignified bearing to the end . " Throughout the whole of his career , " Gronow wrote of Wellington , " he always placed first and foremost , far above his military and social honours , his position ...
... social duties with the same calm and dignified bearing to the end . " Throughout the whole of his career , " Gronow wrote of Wellington , " he always placed first and foremost , far above his military and social honours , his position ...
Page 238
... social and moral backbone of the parish . In 1831 one countryman in three possessed some stake in the land . One in seven worked his own land without hiring labour . Such a man - often a yeoman who held his tenure for life - was still ...
... social and moral backbone of the parish . In 1831 one countryman in three possessed some stake in the land . One in seven worked his own land without hiring labour . Such a man - often a yeoman who held his tenure for life - was still ...
Page 250
... social cohesion of the British people - qualities which they had derived from genera- tions of healthy living and sound social organisation . The early Forsytes , for all their integrity and frugality , never comprehended this and ...
... social cohesion of the British people - qualities which they had derived from genera- tions of healthy living and sound social organisation . The early Forsytes , for all their integrity and frugality , never comprehended this and ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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