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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... Lady Morgan , constantly dressed and redressed , and displayed their elegant accomplishments to the gentlemen . " Lady Asgill estab- lished herself in an attitude with Sir Thomas Graham at her feet , " wrote Lady Shelley ; " in the next ...
... Lady Morgan , constantly dressed and redressed , and displayed their elegant accomplishments to the gentlemen . " Lady Asgill estab- lished herself in an attitude with Sir Thomas Graham at her feet , " wrote Lady Shelley ; " in the next ...
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... Lady Charlotte Bury after a summer night in 1819 , “ there is none of the skill of the mere merchanic in the art ; it is poetry - the dis- tinct enunciation , the expression , the nationality of his genius- when heard , delighted in ...
... Lady Charlotte Bury after a summer night in 1819 , “ there is none of the skill of the mere merchanic in the art ; it is poetry - the dis- tinct enunciation , the expression , the nationality of his genius- when heard , delighted in ...
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... Lady Holland . Elizabeth , Lady Holland to her Son ( ed . Earl of Ilchester ) . 1946 . Lady Shelley . The Diary of Frances , Lady Shelley ( ed . Richard Edgcumbe ) . 1912 . Lamb . The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb ( ed . E. V. Lucas ) ...
... Lady Holland . Elizabeth , Lady Holland to her Son ( ed . Earl of Ilchester ) . 1946 . Lady Shelley . The Diary of Frances , Lady Shelley ( ed . Richard Edgcumbe ) . 1912 . Lamb . The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb ( ed . E. V. Lucas ) ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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