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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If the motion be thought well of and embraced , then the young man goeth perhaps twice to see how the maid standeth affected . Then if he see that she be tractable and that her inclination is towards him , then the third time that he ...
If the motion be thought well of and embraced , then the young man goeth perhaps twice to see how the maid standeth affected . Then if he see that she be tractable and that her inclination is towards him , then the third time that he ...
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Farington , the academician , staying in Norwich in 1812 was introduced to a house - painter and a coachmaker who were connoisseurs of the arts ; the former , he thought , was more devoted to pictures than anyone he had ever met .
Farington , the academician , staying in Norwich in 1812 was introduced to a house - painter and a coachmaker who were connoisseurs of the arts ; the former , he thought , was more devoted to pictures than anyone he had ever met .
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Ayton , in his Voyage round Great Britain , thought it the most beautiful town in England after London ; it brought to his mind “ the country in the pride of its industry and enterprise and under the most striking signs of its wealth ...
Ayton , in his Voyage round Great Britain , thought it the most beautiful town in England after London ; it brought to his mind “ the country in the pride of its industry and enterprise and under the most striking signs of its wealth ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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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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